These are examples from the materials teachers are either required or choose to use. It may vary by school and by teacher. ...more

March 6, 2009

Soon "Crusoe" will be a castaway on a new island - Saturday nights. NBC decided to relocate the struggling first-year drama to make room for "Lipstick Jungle," which reportedly was canceled but is getting one more shot at finding an audience. ...more

November 28, 2008

So many younger viewers don't know the original story of Robinson Crusoe that NBC's reworking of the Daniel Defoe tale will seem more like a rip-off of "Pirates of the Caribbean" than messing with a classic. ...more

October 17, 2008

except for the brain-dead who can't turn away from "Big Brother" - here is a cornucopia of vidbits. Make that a plethora of pithy paragraphs from the world of television, answers to pressing questions from readers, plus a few items from the Walt TV blog. ...more

August 14, 2008