There‘s an on going buzz that Crusoe is on the brink of cancellation.  The show hasn‘t been a critical favorite and hasn‘t exactly attracted promising numbers. Following its premiere episode on October 17, 2008, ratings have significantly dropped, leading critics to predict that NBC will soon pull the plug on the multi-million pound budgeted series.  On the other hand, the show boasts its own share of weird and fantastical elements.  And if you‘re a fan of the Justin Bodle-created drama, you still have four remaining episodes to enjoy, including tonight‘s installment called “Hour 10 – Smoke and Mirrors.”

After it premiered a couple of weeks ago on NBC, Crusoe has not exactly been a critical favorite.  The reviews have ranged from lukewarm to scathing, but the overall consensus can be summarized in a single word: silly.  Prior to its airing, some have expected some sort of a

As a strongly-promoted segment of NBC’s fall line-up, one can’t help but think of Crusoe as a program of epic proportions.  Shot in multiple locations and featuring a stories cast (Phillip Winchester, Tongayi Chirisa, Anna Walton, Sam Neill and Joaqium de Almeida, among others), you’d think that it’s one of the more worthwhile programs to find itself on your television screens this season.

Crusoe.  I get it.  NBC wants an exotic adventure series, something that can appeal to kids and adults.  It‘s a worthy endeavor, though one difficult to pull off.  There is certainly a place for old-fashioned entertainment in a network landscape increasingly cramped with high-concept modern fare, but you have to nail the execution.  NBC did not. 

BuddyTV recently previewed the new NBC series, Crusoe, which debuts October 17 at 8pm. Our very own John Kubicek described the show as something that “looks and feels like a movie,” adding that it “has far more in common with HBO‘s

For exclusive on-set videos and hot features on the new TV season, check out BuddyTV‘s Fall 2008 Preview.From Errol Flynn in the early days of film to Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom in

For exclusive on-set videos and hot features on the new TV season, check out BuddyTV‘s Fall 2008 Preview.It‘s hard to get excited about a show you haven‘t seen.  I get it.  The failure rate of new series (both ratings and quality-wise) is so high, that you never want to get your hopes up too high before a new show premieres.  This season‘s new batch of shows aren‘t very inspiring (at least to me), and I‘m kind of happy about it.  If I enter into the season with low expectations, I can only be pleasantly surprised.  There will be at least one show that you expect little of that comes out of nowhere to impress.  Last season, for me, it was

For exclusive on-set videos and hot features on the new TV season, check out BuddyTV‘s Fall 2008 Preview.Network: NBCPremiere: Friday, October 17, 8pm

In an effort to give audiences the best in entertainment, television networks are investing significantly in production of favorite television shows, as well as new ones they hope will be loved as well.  The result is a plethora of programs that are epic in proportions, either in the actors that star, or the locations they shoot in, or the story itself.  To do just that, they need money.  Obviously.

Many press people over at the Television Critics Association press tour weren‘t too happy with how NBC introduced (or not introduced) Crusoe