Looks like Mr. Stroud has been busy.

http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1470294

"When I first pitched Survivorman, I actually pitched it as a kids' series," Stroud said, but "the kid networks didn't think that kids and the wilderness go together, which I thought was really stupid. Of course they do. They go together fantastically."

No doubt this will filter down to 'peasant-vision' eventually. I'm just getting Survivorman now.