Crusoe (TV series)


Crusoe
Intertitle
Genre
Created byStephen Gallagher
Starring
Composers
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • South Africa
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Stephen Greenberg
  • Jean Bureau
  • Justin Bodle
  • Michael Prupas
  • Chris Philip
  • Jeff Hayes
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
  • Power
  • Muse Entertainment Enterprises (as Muse Entertainment)
  • Moonlighting Films
  • Universal Media Studios
  • Incendo Productions
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 17, 2008 (2008-10-17) –
January 31, 2009 (2009-01-31)
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Crusoe is an adventure-drama television series, based loosely on the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC from October 17, 2008, to January 31, 2009, during the first half of the 2008–09 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.