Based on the tale of Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe will brave the elements in a contemporary tale of love, friendship and self discovery.

2-Hour Series Premiere, Friday, October 17th 8/7c

Find out more about this new show here.

oooh. this looks good.
i might watch it.

Yeah, it looks like it could be good...

I wonder if they had cast for this show before putting up the information. We're going into July now and there's no names listed as to who's going to be the stars of the show. Not good. A hit? Doubtful.

It was announced in May that Sam Neill, Sean Bean, and Joss Ackland had joined the cast of Crusoe. Crusoe will be played by Philip Winchester.

Nobody was over at Heroes board and so I was just cruising the site and saw this. I'd never heard of this show before...but it sounds really interesting. And I LOVVVVEEEEEEEEEE Sean Bean and Sam Neil. I'm gonna have to check this one out.

From NBC Universal Media Village

NBC ALLOWS VIEWERS TO GET A JUMP ON NEW FALL SEASON WITH 'THE NBC PRIMETIME PREVIEW' SPECIAL – HOSTED BY ZACHARY LEVI ('CHUCK') -- TO RUN OVER MULTITUDE OF BROADCAST AND ONLINE PLATFORMS FROM AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 28
Published: August 6, 2008

BURBANK, Calif. – August 6, 2008 – NBC draws back the curtain to provide broadcast and online audiences an early sneak peek at the network's new and returning series for Fall as title star Zachary Levi ("Chuck") hosts "The NBC Primetime Preview" -- a 30-minute cavalcade highlighted by an exclusive backstage look to be conveyed on a full spectrum of NBC Universal media platforms beginning August 30 through September 28.

The show will also feature appearances by Christian Slater (star of NBC's new drama "My Own Worst Enemy"), Molly Shannon and Selma Blair (stars of NBC's new comedy "Kath & Kim") and many NBC stars from the cast of such favorites as "Heroes" and "The Office," among others.

The annual Fall program will be offered to NBC's 232 television stations (check local listings) as well as other channel entities such as USA, SCI FI, Bravo, UniHD, Chiller, mun2, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Sleuth, NBC2Go, on-demand and broadband. NBC stations can also run it on their websites while NBC.com will also run it as well. In addition, the program will be screened on selected United Airlines flights.

NBC's Fall 2008-09 premiere week begins in earnest on Monday, September 22.

Viewers will also get a look at NBC's new dramas "Crusoe" (debuting with a two-hour episode on Friday, October 17 (8-10 p.m. ET) that stars Philip Winchester ("The Patriot") and Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park") in a contemporary take of the classic Daniel Defoe novel of a man marooned on a deserted island. On the heels of the hit NBC movie, "Knight Rider" (premiering Wednesday, September 24, 8-9 p.m. ET) is the iconic 1980s television classic that comes roaring back to life as a reinvented, updated and super-charged action series showcasing the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) – the coolest car ever. Justin Bruening ("All My Children"), Deanna Russo ("NCIS"), Sydney Tamiia Poitier ("Veronica Mars"), Paul Campbell ("Battlestar Galactica"), Yancey Arias ("Kingpin") and Bruce Davison ("Breach") star. Smith Cho ("Blades of Glory") recurs

"The NBC Primetime Preview" is produced by The NBC Agency.

I am a grieving Moonlight fan who is happy that there is something now I can watch on Friday nights.

With a great show like this on, NBC is going to rule the airwaves on Fridays!

Curlie Gurl = Angelscrest

I've seen a few previews of this lately, and it looks pretty interesting. I think the cast looks good, with Sean Bean and Sam Neill, and who can go wrong with pirates? Probably won't be too historically accurate, but just the bits I've seen look like fun. I'll definitely be shutting down the laptop to watch this! Unless Bean's part is just a cameo or something, NBC should put his bio up because he'll bring in viewers. I'll gladly hype this show around the web on sites I frequent.

This looks good. But why did they put it on the slowest night of the week? (Friday.) ... It's almost like they get this amazing cast, and then set it up to fail... *Darn NBC!*

The previews looks good....will look forward to the program!

The previews do look really good; hopefully it will do good in the ratings, and maybe we can get some more promotion for it...

Hey I am from the "Heroes" board and I think this show looks pretty interesting. I'll watch.

they should call it TGIF! one of the worst. really! Robinson Crusoe by daniel defoe is a wonderful novel! one of my favourite books and i have read it many times. this resembles it not! first, the most glaringly obvious crime against literature that seems to occur everytime hollywood tries to adapt this novel. "friday" was not black. why do they keep casting him as black? it's racist, p.c. garbage. he was a native american of a tribe of cannibals living near the mouth of the orinoco river. (that's in s. america for all you pageanteers.) crusoe rescued him from being eaten by a rival tribe. i suspect the writers have only seen the movie. for shame!
this show plays like "Crusoe...The Legendary Adventures." dont let your children watch this farce! give them the book, they'll love it. like all "hollywood" adaptations of this novel, they leave out the character development and background sequences when robinson was enslaved by muslims(moors) in africa. which occurs long before crusoe is marooned on the island. this one tries to cover that omission with flashbacks seq. to events that did not occur. there is no long-lost childhood sweetheart, that is totally fabricated into luring women viewers. clearly hollywood believes women are too simple to grasp a philosophical adventure if it doesnt contain the elements of a pulp-romance novel. i'd look for Fabio in an upcoming episode, but i wont be watching. this show bites! boo! boo! boo!
"Life" is still the best show on NBC. turn this off and watch "Life" it's good.