UPDATE (May 23) : Friday Night Lights returns with reruns this summer (Sundays at 9/8 Central).
UPDATE (May 10) : Looks like it's official, folks. Kristin at E! Online reports that Season Two is on its way with a full order of 22 episodes. Michael Ausiello at TV Guide confirms the excellent news.
UPDATE (April 11) : First comes the Peabody. Then come an additional six scripts. Let's hope renewal is next.
The press has spoken. The public agrees. Friday Night Lights was one of the best things to come out of 2006-07. We think it deserves a shot at 2008, too.
Let this page be a monument to its excellence. Let it be a resource for The Powers That Be, where they may carefully examine its brilliance before deciding its fate. Most importantly, let it be a place where we, the fans, can say that we fought our hardest to keep a great thing alive.
Hands down the best new show of the season. It is now at the top of my can't miss list.
It would be a crime against Television if this show was cancelled before Connie Britton got her Emmy!!!! Also, I would consider it a personal vendetta if Matt and Julie were no longer cuteness personified on my TV once a week. I think we both know the right thing to do, don't we NBC?
I, too, was a latecomer to this show. I had some time over the holiday break and thought I'd give it a shot. I am so glad that I did. The acting is subtle and yet effective. The mood is evocative of a small town high school and everything feels so real. This show has quickly become one of my favorites and I have gotten all of my friends to watch. Shows of this caliber deserve more time to find an audience.
I've just recently tuned into the show, but I wish I had stuck with it the whole season. It's a highly-produced and down-to-earth high school drama, but the stories to be told are ongoing, and a single season just won't be enough. Why throw away such a good opportunity to establish a tradition of good storytelling and intriguing plot lines. I sincerely hope I have the opportunity to continue to watch this show.
I'm a fan of both the book and the movie on which it, and this series, is based (and my high school didn't even HAVE a football team, so the obsession with high school football isn't one I can relate to on a personal level), so I was excited when I heard it was being made into a series. It has exceeded all of my expectations by leaps and bounds. All of the actors are solid, but three are stellar: Connie Britton as Tami Taylor, Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor, and Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen. Gilford is in his mid-twenties, but he has captured perfectly the overburdened yet eager to please, sweet, stammering teenaged boy trying to balance everything on his plate (and to see him and Aimee Teagarden in the first flush of love is absolutely adorable). Britton and Chandler's chemistry is palpable, both as parents and as a couple. And as a lifelong northeast resident, I love the accents. It's about more than football: it's about families and faith and struggle. The writing is sharp, intelligent, and nuanced; the storylines are never trite. This is television at its finest. It's consistently engaging. In the age of slapdash reality television, it's sadly rare to see a program that not only engages, but shows the utmost respect for its audience. Please keep it around.
I'm a convert. When I first heard about the show, I was completely skeptical. I hated high school football players when I was in high school -- why spend an hour a week tuning in? During the holiday season, NBC put full episodes online. I watched the first episode, and then the second...by the time I was done, I had spent about four hours of my day glued to my computer screen, because what I was watching was unlike anything I'd seen in a long time.
This show is so special. It approaches the biggest issues -- the struggle to preserve small town vitality in the face of a fast-changing world, lingering examples of socioeconomic and racial discrimination, living with disability -- with this from-the-ground-up, zoomed-in focus, that provides a glimpse into all camps, without turning characters into caricatures or stereotypes.
The writing is realistic, funny, meaningful. The characters are complex -- flawed and yet so redeeming, all at once. The actors who portray them are amazing. I think Friday Night Lights deserves to live on because it is legitimately great television, from all angles. It's saying important things about our world and the people in it, and it's simultaneously entertaining and fun to watch. I think its quality is unmatched, especially when you compare it to other new dramas from this season. I really, really, really hope that NBC will give it the shot that it deserves.
I LOVE THIS SHOW! I just can't get enough. Please keep it on!
A couple of my friends kept telling me what a great show this is, so I watched and now I'm hooked.
I love, LOVE this show. The cast, the writing, everything about this show is great. I don't mind admitting that I have a tiny crush on the lovely Kyle Chandler. He is so good in this. And Connie Britton - how fantastic is she?! It's about far more than teenagers and football. There's heart and wit and real life in this. I am blown away by this smartly written, well acted show. Please keep it going so I can look forward to my Wednesday nights with Friday Night Lights!
Friday Night Lights is one of the best shows on TV. I haven't missed an episode. It is very real. The Taylor family dynamic is great. The acting is great too. The storyline carries through and it has never made me roll my eyes either. I think it's also the only new 2006-2007 show I'm still watching.....
LOVE IT!!!
Once given the chance, Friday Night Lights completely sucks you into the world of Dillon. At first, I was hesitant: a show about a small town obsessed with high school football? As if that would ever interest me. As a result of the constant praise I read at sites such as TVSquad.com, I headed over to NBC.com and watched a few episodes. I was amazed by the storylines and the characters; I totally bought each character, even if i didn't like one! The acting and the writing are both superb. It was a great decision for NBC to air full episodes online. It gives people (like me) who are busy Wednesday evenings an opportunity to catch up on the goings on in Dillon. Even if you do not expect to like a show with a premise such as this, I say give it a chance!
It is by far the best show of the year. The characters feel real and the dialog is the most authentic on TV. And if that isn't enough, Connie Britton serves to win an Emmy for her work on this show.
I just recently decided to give "Friday Night Lights" a shot and wow - I was amazed! I watched the entire 18 episodes in 2 days and you can bet that I will be watching when a new episode airs again, This is a GREAT show that deserves to remain on the air.
I think that the American public deserves quality programming. Program for the viewers, not the demographic. Please.
Leave FNL on the air.
This television series is very real. It has stories which have been very present in the lives of many people. It shows real emotions and does not only focus on football. The name of the series should not make you think that it is the only thing it is about. The person to person interactions are what make this show so good. The different things that the characters are dealing with are very real. Matt has to deal with the fact that his parents are gone and his grandmother is ill. Julie is a teenager who has had to move around so much that this is finally the time where she is able to open up to people. Ryan "Smash" has changed through out the show, he has battled with steroids and racism. He has taken all of this and still managed to have some kind of a normal life. There are many more characters on this show with just as complex personalities if not more so. These are real role models for people to look at. Other shows are do not have character development like this one does. You see what they are going through and you feel their pain. This show deserves to be on television as long as it can because it is real and not fake.
Friday Night Lights is a great show that is compassionate, thought-provoking, and so realistic of everyday life. It definitely needs to stay on the air for next year. NBC owes it to give it another chance!
I too have only just begun to watch FNL. I thought it was primarily a football focused show or a show for teenagers. Boy was I wrong. Thank you to all the critics who recommended watching. It has wonderful scripts, and terrific actors. The photography is breathtaking. They have captured small town America. I am a mom of a teen and I have been loving all of the parent/teen storylines. I wish I had known about this show earlier. Cant wait for the reruns!
Quite simply ... this is one of the best shows on network TV today and the best drama on network TV today!! This is a show and a cast that definetely deserves a second season in 2007-2008 and I hope (and pray) that NBC gives them that second season!!!
Television shows that are relatively wholesome and compelling are hard to come by these days. In a world of reality tv and game shows, good, quality television is becoming extinct. Friday Night Lights is one of the best dramas out there right now. It is something different from all the medical and crime dramas we see every night. The relationships and character developement is fantastic. We need to keep this show on the air.
This is one of the best written shows on TV.
It is NOT all about football, it is about so much more.
Do you really think you can come up with a better show to replace FNL with?
I think not.Network Powers That Be - Please don't insult our intelligence - keep this show on the air.
"Friday Night Lights" is truly one of the BEST shows on television. The acting and writing are truly superb and after you watch a few episodes you just may realize that what you "thought" was great TV doesn't really hold up again something as genius as FNL.
I was a late comer to the show. I thought it was about football - I was wrong. I caught up on the first 6 or7 ep over at NBC.com and now FNL has become not only appointment television but mandatory television.
Please spread the word and do what you can to help keep the show alive.
FNL is just a really good show. It flows like a really long movie I don't mind watching in one hour chunks once a week. I think anyone could enjoy it, people who love football will be attracted to the football scenes and I think would be impressed by how much work goes into it, and the dedication the players show, and even people like me who thought football was stupid can enjoy it because it shows the ugly reality of this world, without being all weepy.
The end of Friday Night Lights would mean the end of four things:
1. One of the most complete and rewarding family dynamics on television courtesy of the Taylors
2. A perfect reluctant hero in Matt Saracen
3. An incredibly effective pairing of visuals and music
4. CrucifictoriousI'm willing to concede that last one if it means keeping the first three. Landry will understand.
Of the eighteen episodes that have aired thus far, not a single one has disappointed. This show has far too many compelling storylines at its disposal for it to end prematurely -- hardly a surprise given its talent for transforming seemingly unremarkable situations into defining moments.
It has proven itself time and time again, provoking us in all of the right ways, never settling for the path of least resistance. Surely, it deserves another year. I'd hate to think we've seen the last Matt Chat.
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