BURBANK, Calif., May 22 (UPI) -- Sam Neill, Sean Bean and Joss Ackland have joined the cast of "Crusoe," the U.S. TV series based on Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe," NBC said Thursday.

LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Paramount Pictures has acquired the Australian and New Zealand rights to "Dean Spanley," a star-studded, big-screen period drama, Variety.com said Monday.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Sept. 14, 2007.

Today is Thursday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2006 with 108 to follow.

LOS ANGELES, May 5 (UPI) -- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers will play King Henry VIII in Showtime's original series, "The Tudors," it was reported Friday.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Bruce Hart, whose "Sesame Street" lyrics are known to generations of TV viewers, has died of lung cancer in New York at age 68. The lyricist who also provided the words for "Free to Be ... You and Me" and Cass Elliot's hit, "One Way Ticket," died Tuesday,

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2005 with 108 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 14, the 258th day of 2004 with 108 to follow.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- From British TV this and next weekend come the U.S. premieres of two sweeping historical dramas, both excellent, that have in common the it-seemed-a-good-idea-a