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All The Way To State!! FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Gets NBC’s Full-Season Order!!
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With writer-producer Jason Katims – he of “My So-Called Life,” “Relativity” and “Roswell” fame – aboard as showrunner, “Friday Night Lights” has proven itself something far better I think than “One Tree Hill” on the gridiron.
Press release!!
NBC GOES THE WHOLE NINE YARDS IN GIVING CRITICALLY HAILED 'FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS' A FULL-SEASON ORDER OF EPISODES FOR 2006-07
BURBANK – November 13, 2006 – NBC has given a full-season order for 2006-07 to its critically hailed freshman drama "Friday Night Lights" (Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. ET), it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment.
"We're proud to reward an authentic, poignant series like 'Friday Night Lights' with a full-season order, demonstrating our confidence in it's appeal and quality," said Reilly. "Television critics and devoted fans have supported the show with well-deserved praise for the executive producers, writers and exceptionally talented cast."
"Friday Night Lights" is averaging a 2.7 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 6.7 million viewers overall with Tuesday originals through November 5. The acclaimed drama delivered 18-49 increases from its first half-hour to its second with each of its first five Tuesday telecasts. On a special Monday, October 30 telecast, "Friday Night Lights" won its
time period among adults 18-34, men 18-34 and men 18-49.
Inspired by the book and the film "Friday Night Lights," NBC's poignant series centers on the small rural town of Dillon, Texas, where the coveted state football championship rings are held in the highest regard. Dillon's promising high school team, its star quarterback, and newly appointed head coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler, "King Kong," "Grey's
Anatomy") continually feel the mounting pressure of the town's pride and honor riding on their shoulders as soon as the Panthers' new football season kicks off.
The strong cast also includes: Scott Porter ("The Bedford Diaries") as the severely injured team captain and first-string quarterback Jason Street; Gaius Charles ("Book of Daniel") as feared running back Brian "Smash" Williams; Taylor Kitsch ("Kyle XY") as running back Tim Riggins;
Connie Britton ("The Brothers McMullen," "24") as Taylor's supportive wife, Tami; Zach Gilford ("The Last Winter") as third-string quarterback Matt Saracen, and Minka Kelly ("What I Like About You") as Lyla Garrity, Panther cheerleader and Street's girlfriend.
Also starring are: Aimee Teegarden ("Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide") as Coach Taylor's daughter, Julie; Adrianne Palicki ("South Beach") as Tyra Collette, and Jesse Plemons ("Grey's Anatomy") as Landry Clarke.
The series is executive-produced by Peter Berg (the film "Friday Night Lights," "The Rundown"), who also wrote and directed the pilot, as well as Brian Grazer ("The Da Vinci Code," "A Beautiful Mind"), Jason Katims ("Roswell"), David Nevins ("Arrested Development," "24") and Sarah Aubrey ("Bad Santa," "The Kingdom"). "Friday Night Lights" is a production of Imagine Television, NBC Universal Television Studio and Film 44.

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Reader Talkback
FIRST!!!!!!!!! by NedGump | Nov 13th, 2006 03:07:55 PM | Wonders never cease. by PwnedByStallone | Nov 13th, 2006 03:09:38 PM | King Kong! Thank you!
(that's where I know him from) by Big Jim | Nov 13th, 2006 03:11:36 PM | DAMN YOU CARDIFF BAY!!! by Alonzo Mosely | Nov 13th, 2006 03:25:59 PM | Never watched this show by godzillasushi | Nov 13th, 2006 03:29:06 PM | Awesom show!! Deserves an
audience... by Hail | Nov 13th, 2006 04:09:37 PM | i'll admit it...the show is
good. by torpor_haze | Nov 13th, 2006 04:22:39 PM | oh and... by torpor_haze | Nov 13th, 2006 04:26:03 PM | Easily the best new show of
the season by jimmy_009 | Nov 13th, 2006 04:39:48 PM | Great Show by John-Locke | Nov 13th, 2006 04:48:12 PM | How does the school's game
sked fit into the season? by Lance Rock | Nov 13th, 2006 04:54:30 PM | YES!! by Ky-El | Nov 13th, 2006 05:11:05 PM | Never got into it by JohnnyS2 | Nov 13th, 2006 06:12:12 PM | possible reason for the
ratings by Freakemovie | Nov 13th, 2006 06:20:06 PM | Good stuff by Giz | Nov 13th, 2006 07:01:16 PM | Awesome by clockpolitiks | Nov 13th, 2006 07:14:41 PM | I went to De La Salle High
School in CA by slder78 | Nov 13th, 2006 07:34:40 PM | Bad Ratings Because the
Network Sucks... by Mr. Profit | Nov 13th, 2006 07:43:35 PM | What's the CW? by jimmy_009 | Nov 13th, 2006 09:59:12 PM | Amen NBC! You got this one
right! by exie | Nov 13th, 2006 11:01:28 PM | Open Eyes. Full Hearts. by Don Lockwood | Nov 14th, 2006 12:17:15 AM | I love love love this show. by symphy | Nov 14th, 2006 12:39:30 AM | Most Underrated Show Ever by Soonago | Nov 14th, 2006 09:02:49 AM | Friday Night Lights fucking
sucks by NapoleonDynamite | Nov 14th, 2006 12:30:14 PM | Gooooooooal!!!! by Ellipsian | Nov 14th, 2006 01:28:39 PM | Great news by ozliiifter | Nov 14th, 2006 06:18:13 PM | NapoleonDynamite has shown up
to troll. by johnmikeoos | Nov 14th, 2006 06:27:55 PM | Here's why I don't watch the
show: by FluffyUnbound | Nov 14th, 2006 07:02:48 PM | fluffyunbound and others: why
you SHOULD watch ... by Executor | Nov 15th, 2006 03:47:58 AM | plus... by Executor | Nov 15th, 2006 03:49:00 AM | I see a SURFACE-like scenario
here. by McGsStepson | Nov 15th, 2006 06:29:09 AM | Football? Yawn! by Dazzler69 | Nov 15th, 2006 06:50:54 AM | So Executor what you are
saying is by FluffyUnbound | Nov 15th, 2006 07:14:09 AM | I feel the same way,
Dazzler69... by Ellipsian | Nov 15th, 2006 11:43:55 AM | Glamorizes meatheads. Thumbs
down. by :-o | Nov 15th, 2006 03:18:28 PM |
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