Friday Night Lights

By theworldofhowey Is Riggins back and Lyla out on Friday Night Lights? What’s Wentworth Miller doing next? Has the Chicken Catcher ever performed in public before? Might Neil Patrick Harris host the Emmy’s? Who’s hosting marthon events on TV for the holiday weekend?

By fleurlb Fandom: Friday Night Lights Characters: Tim Riggins, Julie Taylor, Landry Clark, Matt Saracen Rating: PG Word Count: 3,700 Summary: First in a series of Tulie short stories. As a favor to Landry, Julie helps Tim with an English assignment and starts to see him in a new light.

By Rachel Characters: Tim Riggins/Jason Street Summary: The universe, otherwise known as Dillon, works as such: Lyla Garrity leaves anyone alive with a toothache from how sweet she is. Tyra Collette is unbearably hot and probably worth a ticket to hell. Tim Riggins is a flirtatious drunk. These are...

By bonniekaryn In addition to Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, full-time returnees include Jesse Plemons, Taylor Kitsch, Aimee Teegarden, and Jeremy Sumpter. Adrianne Palicki, Minka Kelly, and Zach Gilford will likely be back for short-term farewell arcs. (Michael Ausiello)

By Linden Disclaimer: Anything that you can recognize from the show Friday Night Lights is property of Peter Berg, Brian Grazer, David Nevins and NBC. Our purposes are not lucrative - we do not make money for this. Everything else is property of its corresponding author. Don't sue, we're just having h...

By petriej I didn’t get into Friday Night Lights until a few months ago. I’m a pretty loyal Bill Simmons reader, and he has ranted and raved about the show since it started. Like with One Tree Hill (what can I say? I’m a sucker for teenie-bopper drama) I saw the first season on the cheap at WalMart, picked it...

By Kiota 42 Tom Scavo, Desperate Housewives#39 Martin Crane, Frasier#35 Steve Brady, Sex and the City#32 Walter Bishop, Fringe#22 HRG, Heroes#20 Jonathan Kent, Smallville#19 Lincoln Burrows, Prison Break#7 Jack Bristow, Alias#5 John Winchester, Supernatural#4 Eric Taylor, Friday Nigh...

By editor@buddytv.com Talk about a big break for Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch, at least for the movies.  After a quick turn as Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he is set to take the much-coveted lead role in the upcoming Disney action flick John Carter from Mars.

 OK Fans of the TV series "Friday Night Lights” — which takes place in the fictional West Texas town of Dillon — can put together their own little tour of the town. The Austin Star Map features one "FNL” location — the Dairy Queen that on the show was ...

 CA By STUART LEVINE Being a partner on "Friday Night Lights" with NBC means DirecTV not only ponies up for production costs but an Emmy campaign as well. With the critically beloved series having the first run of its third season on the satellite ...

 CA But will it be good news finally for the "Friday Night Lights" folks, such as perennially praised-yet-ignored female lead Connie Britton? Could a critically acclaimed but marginalized entry like "Battlestar Galactica" see awards glory -- or at least a ...

By just call me happy(happywriter06@yahoo.com) Fandom: Friday Night Lights Rating: G Character: Matt Saracen Notes: I'm not sure what inspired this fic. I just started thinking about how on several of the shows I watch at least one of the main characters is motherless. This is the result. If I'm wrong about Matt's age here, let me know.

By Tempo Be professional," Gilford said. "It's your job." FNL" is known for giving its actors a wide degree of latitude in creating their characters, and at the invitation of executive producer Jason Katims, Gilford submitted some ideas for how to keep Saracen "relevant."

“Friday Night Lights” stars Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler were guests of NBC, and had some good casting news for fans of the show, especially those who flock to the drama for Tim Riggins, played by actor Taylor Kitsch. “We don't know exactly who is ...

In season one of "Friday Night Lights", I discovered a neat little--if a little cloying--drama about a small town and its rag tag high school football team. And, oh yeah...The president of the Dillon Science club made the varsity football team, and then got away with covering up a homicide he c...

By Jason Mittell For me, the dual emotional centers of the show are Tami Taylor and Matt Saracen, characters with rich depth that are often put in situations with conflicting priorities. In season 2, Tami’s portrayal of a mother grappling with an infant, teenager, absent husband, and career goals was one...

By Jenny(noreply@blogger.com) All good things must come to an end — that is, until next season. Friday Night Lights' third-season finale aired Friday, and dealt a shocking blow to Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler). The twist came after an already emotionally-packed 13 episodes that included Coach dealing with a new baby, se...

By asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) I joked at the end of season one that a renewed "Friday Night Lights" would feature NBC-mandated changes like murder mysteries and Tyra and Lyla working at a bikini car wash. We eventually got the murder (though it came from Katims, not NBC), and we got the bikinis, too, but the brief glimpse...

By morningaftershow We talk about all sorts of fun things like Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights (ok we talk about TV shows a bunch), Vanilla Pepsi, Pol Plastino, Politics, some radio broadcasting slips in there… good times. The boys will post the video of the show on their site later tonight, bu...

By asepinwall@starledger.com (Alan Sepinwall) The random introduction of a new Panthers player, with a problem that was easily solved in an episode with virtually no tension and no inspiration felt pointless. Even Tami giving a nice speech about how wonderful Eric is -- followed by Eric opening the car door for a very self-satisfied Ta...

By harper_m Fandom: Friday Night Lights A/N: This happens after the 2nd season episode (handily entitled Let’s Get It On) where Tim, Lyla, and Jason come back from their adventures in Mexico. I’m sure it’s been done before, and by better, but the ending of that episode just seems to beg for fic.

By Hana Title: Falling Slowly Fandom: Friday Night Lights Pairing: Matt/Julie Rating: PG Spoilers: Everything up to early season 2. Disclaimer: I don't own the show, characters, etc. Summary: Their first date is a disaster but he thinks their first kiss makes up for it. Falling Slowly

The TV Talk Podcast with GMMR and Ducky is back and weâve got a crazy amount of stuff to talk about. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA revealed itâs 5th Cylon, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS returns with some hot Riggins action, DAMAGES still blows our minds, PRIVILEGED begins to get lazy, and GREYâS ANATOMY slip...

By dan@duckyxdale.com (Duckyxdale & GiveMeMyRemote) The TV Talk Podcast with GMMR and Ducky is back and weâve got a crazy amount of stuff to talk about. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA revealed itâs 5th Cylon, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS returns with some hot Riggins action, DAMAGES still blows our minds, PRIVILEGED begins to get lazy, and GREYâS ANATOMY slip...

By Myles Leaping forward about six months at the beginning of the show’s second season nearly killed Friday Night Lights - there was a sense that all the time we missed had been eventful for these characters, and their motivations had changed in ways that were not something that should happen off s...

By Myles If you are a fan of Friday Night Lights, “Underdogs” is going to be mightly familiar: as the Dillon Panthers head off to the State High School Football championships, there’s a quarterback having trouble keeping his focus on the field, there’s a road trip to the big game, and there’s a scen...

By Tempo A few things on the Interwebs caught my eye today: In this hilarious piece, "Battlestar Galactica" is reconceived as a series of Facebook updates (here is a fun "Lost"-Facebook mashup that I linked to a while back). By the way, here's a new clip from the show's Jan. 16 episode (it's not spoile...

It would probably take more time to confirm the notion than it’s really worth, but I would venture that tonight’s episode of Friday Night Lights had more earnest, heart-to-heart talks than any episode before it. Let’s count them up (all times based on the DirecTV airing):- Buddy talks to T...

By Tempo Photos: Zack Roerig and Adrianne Palicki; Gaius Charles and Kyle Chandler; Aimee Teegarden, Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler; Jeremy Sumpter and Whitney Hoy; Zach Gilford and Jesse Plemons. The third season of "Friday Night Lights" (8 p.m. Wednesday, DirecTV's 101 Network) is unfoldin...

By dramady Title: New York, New York Pairing/Characters: Tim/Jason Rating: R Warnings: slash Spoilers: Refers to New York, New York Disclaimer: Friday Night Lights and its characters do not belong to me and I am making no profit from this. Sure, TPTB have better things to do than sue me.

By dan@duckyxdale.com (Duckyxdale & GiveMeMyRemote) What about the DirecTV/NBC split of the amazing Friday Night Lights - are we watching and if so what do we think?  First of all, don't question our loyalty to the Dillon Panthers; Second, just listen. Oh and you'll never believe this but in a TV Talk first, we talk about One Tree Hill... WTF?

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By Jerkwheat Second best scene of the night? Riggins taking McCoy on a ride through "the real Dillon". This includes the Landing Strip, the burger joint, and a bar when Tim is known as Ray, a veteran of both Iraqi wars. Is there any doubt that Tim the Running Back is what this country is all about and not effin...

By Jerkwheat It's late on a Wednesday and that means its time for us take take our weekly visit to Dillon, Texas. All of last week's angst after the loss to Arnett Meade is only getting amplified during a bye week. There's a lot going on tonight for the good people of Dillon, so let's hit the jump and discuss

By Roger Catlin There's a lot more story to tell about this most realistic family drama from small town Texas. Smash Williams has graduated and is working at the Alamo Freeze; his knee injury having precluded a college career; nonetheless Coach Taylor is still working with him. Matt Saracen is still start...

By Claudia Title: What has been Fandom: Friday Night Lights Pairing: Tim and Tyra Rated: T Summary: AU FIC, Tim has to let go of NFL dream for diapers. The 'what could of been', cant be better then the 'What has been'

By Amanda Summary: Collapsing in tears, Landry catches her. She thinks she let herself fall because she trusted him to do just that. Author's Note: This is my first Friday Night Lights fic. I just finished Season One, so I’m a little behind. This is set during 'Mud Bowl', so spoilers for that.

By thanksXallthefish Characters: Jason, Tim Word Count: ~1100 words Disclaimer: Nothing related to Friday Night Lights is mine. I just borrow from time to time. Summary: A friendship in three parts. How it begins, how it maintains, how it changes over time. (Slashy if you squint)

By DD Previously, for the star-crossed Dillon Panthers high school football team: Injured QB Jason Street wants to get married to girlfriend Lyla Garrity and try out for the U.S. Quad Rugby team, presumably not simultaneously. Star RB Brian "Smash" Williams is caught using steroids, but Coach...

By DD Previously, in football- drama-town, Texas: Landry and Tyra killed her stalker and covered it up. Fans didn't like that so much. And yeah, a few other things happened--a Taylor baby popped out, Julie and Matt are on the rocks, Buddy Garrity's on a downward spiral--but seriously. Landry and...

By warsh One scene with Landry and Tyra walking by holding hands. One shot of Jean, walking by at the same time and looking uncomfortable, like usual. One shot of Landry assembling a Rock Band guitar while his dad talked with a woman we haven’t seen yet in the show. One good conversation with Saracen about his “Mexican Nanny”. What a perfect example of how this show has gone down the tubes. It’s come full circle from when Saracen was the main guy, Landry the sidekick used sparingly, and the show was good. Now its all about Landry, our last episode includes an appallingly low amount of Saracen, and the show is terrible. Landry even got a “dramatic” touchdown at the end. Shocking! A player scores a TD, and we see his girl and/or guardians(since no one on this show ha...   [read the full post]

By Tempo The Dillon Panthers were gearing up for the final stretch of the football season when the writers strike shut them down. “Friday Night Lights” (8 p.m. Friday WMAQ-Ch. 5), which follows the Panthers, their coach and those who cheer them on in the small Texas town of Dillon, runs out...

By Tempo The episode will air Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m., and will also be available via a podcast. Why do I recommend "Once" so highly? Because the film has all the intimacy and emotional truth of a great episode of "Friday Night Lights."

By Tempo Photos: Brad Leland as Buddy Garrity and Jesse Plemons as Landry Clarke; Connie Britton as Tami Taylor; Gaius Charles as "Smash" Williams; Plemons and Brea Grant as Jean; Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen and Louanne Stephens as Grandma Saracen;  Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins; Kyle Chandler...

By DarkUFO Meanwhile, Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) continues his pursuit of Lyla (Minka Kelly) by getting his own radio show at the Christian radio station. Lyla seems to be enjoying her current relationship with her Christian boyfriend as she goes ...

By dan@duckyxdale.com (Duckyxdale & GiveMeMyRemote) Happy New Year and welcome to TV in 2008 -- something the likes you've never seen before.  The WGA Strike has completely changed the landscape of television for the upcoming winter/spring season and we're here to dish about it.   Dan and Kath are back for TV Podcast #18 and while shows are stil...

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By tvgal@seattlepi.com (Melanie McFarland) Notice that loving football is not on that list. I won't mislead you -- the game is a key part of "Friday Night Lights" because Panther football is the lifeblood of Dillon, Texas. But the series doesn't overload the story with the sport. Besides, even if you can't stand football, the actors and...