Power's Crusoe smashes pre-sale records

Power's epic drama series Crusoe, a co-production with Muse and Moonlighting for US network NBC, is well on its way to becoming a run away success. With pre-sales in over 40 major territories including Australia's Channel 9, France's Canal Plus, New Zealand's TVNZ, Italy's Rai, Spain's Antena 3, Germany's Telemunchen, Scanadavia's Viasat, Sweden's TV 4, South Africa's SABC 4, NBC Asia and Fox's International channels Crusoe has already solidified a global viewership.

Season One of the series is adapted from Daniel Dafoe's classic and widely celebrated novel and boasts Hollywood stars Sam Neil and Sean Bean as well as introducing Philip Winchester, as the irrepressible Robinson Crusoe. Anna Walton (Hellboy 2) plays his wife Susannah. Production of Crusoe ends this weekend in South Africa.

Another NBC show from Power's dynamic production slate is the two part action thriller, XIII: The Conspiracy, (co-produced by Cipango and Prodigy in association with Power) starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff, which recently aired on Canal Plus with the highest ratings of all time for the channel in original production with a share of over 17%.

Power's Worldwide President of Sales Chris Philip, said "Crusoe is a perfect example of what the global audience has been waiting for and the high volume of pre-sales proves this"

"The storyline and production values of Crusoe have exceeded our expectations and the success of international pre-sales is a testament to the quality of the show. We are thrilled to have it on NBC and we're confident that international broadcasters will be equally satisfied," said Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios.