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So for those of you Canadian readers wondering if your going to have to find a way to check out Crusoe on NBC, rest assured you get to watch the 13 weeks of Crusoe as well on Citytv. Channel Canada reports that Citytv will be airing Crusoe starting this fall on Friday’s at 8pm.

The Rogers Media Television group, a division of Rogers Communications Inc., will be the Canadian broadcaster of Crusoe, a new, adventure television series. The series is being produced by Muse Entertainment, Power and Moonlighting Crusoe Productions (Pty) Ltd as an official Canada/ UK/ South Africa co-production. This series was also partially funded by Rogers’ Citytv. Incendo Media is the Canadian distributor of the series. Crusoe will air Friday nights at 8:00 pm on NBC and Citytv this fall.

So if your Canadian, British, or American you will be set to see the adventures of Robinson Crusoe this fall!

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So I heard this news that one of the first people casted for NBC’s new series Crusoe was for the part of Mrs. Crusoe. But when in the book was there ever a Mrs. Crusoe?  From what I hear from  the UK publication  Daily Mail wrote about Anna Walton being casted as the wife of Robinson Crusoe himself. Anna Walton is currently working on Hellboy 2, but outside of that I can’t say I have heard of her. She is not going to be on the island, so rest assured the story isn’t changing to much. She is actually just going to be in flashbacks of Robinson before he was on the island.

Here is the direct quote from the article from Daily Mail:

Anna Walton, a graduate of the Oxford School of Drama, has been cast as Crusoe’s wife, with the main role of her husband being played by American actor Philip Winchester — who was Edmund, opposite Ian McKellen, in the recent Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear. Winchester also played Scott Tracy in the Thunderbirds movie.

His missus will be introduced when Crusoe reflects back on his family and growing up with childhood sweetheart Susanna, mother of their two children.

Later, the show will switch back and forth from Crusoe struggling to survive on the island to Mrs Crusoe struggling to cope back home.

Check back daily for new updates on Crusoe on NBC.

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So for those of you who are checking out CrusoeTV.com for the first time, welcome, it is a pleasure to have you stop by and I hope that you frequent our site during the shows 13 episode season! If you are as excited as I am for the show then you might want to read the classic novel by Daniel Defoe, and a great way to do that is on Audible.com! To download the audio book head on over to Audible.com, this is a great way to get you ready for the upcoming show Crusoe on NBC.

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So NBC in all there wisdom has announced their 2008-2009 TV Schedule which has a few changes. One of the additions to the lineup is Crusoe which will air on Friday’s at 8pm. So for fans of the book this is huge news, although I am sure the show will take quite a bit of its own flare on the book it should be interesting to see what NBC has up their sleeves with Crusoe. Here is the brief introduction to the show from NBC.com!

About the Show

Based on the legendary novel by Daniel Defoe, this is the tale of Robinson Crusoe. A young man leaves his true love to embark on an adventure, only to end up shipwrecked on a remote tropical island for 28 years, completely detached from the life he once knew. His desire to return to his wife and his strong and unlikely friendship with Friday are the only things that keep him sane. While stranded, Crusoe encounters enemies and braves the elements. Part MacGyver, part Castaway and part Pirates of the Caribbean, this is a contemporary morality tale about love, friendship and personal discovery. Crusoe is an aspirational tale of survival, rife with action and comedy.

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