Friday Night Lights

By editor@buddytv.com Well, stuff are finally unraveling on Friday Night Lights. The Lions are sort of coming together, the graduates are still grappling with life after high school, and loyalties are being tested--say, Buddy finally giving up on the Panthers because Joe just took over and wrecked things up. A...

By editor@buddytv.com I mean, you lose your first game because your coach forfeits?  Of course, you'd not show up for practice.  But if you're Eric, you had to forfeit--your kids are getting banged up--and now you have to convince them to come back because you still believe in them.  Of course, all's well that ends...

By editor@buddytv.com I mean, we all know Friday Night Lights is getting a reboot of sorts, after most of the folks we're following at Dillon High graduated--and, to complicate things, Eric found himself sent to coach East Dillon, as the town gets split into two school districts.  And Tami is still at West Dillon....

By editor@buddytv.com Former The Practice star Steve Harris is set to join the show's fourth season as Vernon Merriweather, a former football star who is father to East Dillon newcomer Jess (Jurnee Smollett), according to Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello.

By BuddyTV Friday Night Lights fans, October 28 is the date to remember.  That's when the show returns for its fourth season, on DirecTV from 9pm.  Lots of stuff happening, of course: graduation for some of the Panthers, a handful of new faces, and Dillon being split into two school districts.  And that...

By editor@buddytv.com Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello reports that they're planning to take Minka Kelly in for a two-episode appearance in the show's upcoming season.  Makes sense, because we need a farewell arc for her, and with her pilot for the CW still floating in space (but pretty much dead), wel...

By editor@buddytv.com Janine Turner, also known as last season's Katie McCoy, is not going to be part of the drama series' upcoming season, but according to executive producer Jason Katims, it's because "so far we don't have her in any stories."  Which, at first glance, obviously means there's a big chance she'...

By editor@buddytv.com TV Guide Magazine's William Keck reports that the folks at Friday Night Lights have cast someone else to play one of the four new characters in the coming season: Madison Burge is set to play Becky, a beauty queen whose life and background will toss some sense of scandal towards Riggins' wa...

By editor@buddytv.com have cast Matt Lauria and Michael B. Jordan to play two new characters when the show returns to DirecTV in October, and to NBC in the summer. And yes, as an aside, it's pretty funny that both actors' names are similar to two other celebrities.  Yep, Michael Jordan and... Matt Lauer.  He counts, righ...

By editor@buddytv.com I talk about that because, according to Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello, we can expect to see Matt Saracen in the show longer than he is supposed to.  Yes, sure, he's also going to college, and he's staying on for the fourth season of the show just to wrap up his storyline and say good...

By editor@buddytv.com I'm expecting everything about Friday Night Lights to slow down a bit, especially since we'll have more or less a year to wait for the next season.  Well, that's if you're not watching it through DirecTV, because those folks get to watch it in the fall.

By editor@buddytv.com Season 4 of Friday Night Lights is set to kick off next summer on NBC, and earlier, this coming fall, on DirecTV.  But, if you want to get up to speed earlier than everybody else on the upcoming season of the show, check back here from time to time for Friday Night Lights spoilers as we get it, whe...

By editor@buddytv.com has been getting a lot of love from fans and critics alike, but... maybe not enough fans and critics. During the TCA tour, NBC's scripted entertainment chief Angela Bromstad revealed that fans will have to wait until the summer to watch what happens next to the folks at Dillon.

By editor@buddytv.com It's all change for the folks at Dillon, as Friday Night Lights begins its fourth season.  Season 4 sees most of the current crop graduating and leaving for college, and the town gets split into two new school districts.  Expect new faces, new problems, and a potential rivalry as season 4 of F...

By editor@buddytv.com Here's something we already know: Adrianne Palicki isn't returning to Friday Night Lights full-time, with her being slated for a multi-episode arc this season that is supposed to draw out her farewell.  A given, since Minka Kelly and Zach Gilford are also booked for similar farewell arc...

By editor@buddytv.com With high school graduation comes departures, and in the case of Friday Night Lights--which got two more seasons in the past months--it means huge departures.  And by that, we mean Adrianne Palicki, Minka Kelly and Zach Gilford saying goodbye in the upcoming season.  So, the show's going...

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.

 WA Last season Connie Britton moved down to Supporting for Friday Night Lights, but she failed to get nominated in either category. On the other hand, Allison Janney famously moved up from Supporting to Lead during the third season of The West Wing and ...

 WA We may extend it out and continue it through the summer," says NBC entertainment president Ben Silverman, adding that it all depends on the ratings and it might be a good idea to pair it up with similarly ratings-challenged Friday Night Lights, ...

Meanwhile, among the new shows unveiled by NBC is Trauma, a San Francisco-set medical drama about emergency first-responders, and comes from producer Peter Berg of Friday Night Lights. Says the NBC promo, "Trauma is an intense, action-packed look at ...

By editor@buddytv.com Thanks to its loyal fan base and consistently positive critical reception, football-themed drama Friday Night Lights was among the shows NBC picked up for a full-season order recently, despite its less than stellar ratings.  The show, alongside The Office, 30 Rock, The Biggest Loser,...

The Inquisitr  WA Indeed, Schwartz cited the case of The Office, 30 Rock, and Friday Night Lights, shows that took a while to gather an audience, and Schwartz said NBC had been "patient" with. If Jericho fans sent CBS tons upon tons of peanuts, Chuck fans should send ...

 WA Item two: Another Friday Night Lights takes a guest role. Lights fans, radars ready: you know Mindy, right? The sister of almost-forever undecided Tyra? She's revealed recently that she's joining the CSI team as a guest for one episode, following the ...

He made the Dillon High Panthers what they are today and to have that all ripped from him is a tragedy. What in the world will Dillon, Texas look like with two high schools? Tami's (Connie Britton) high school is going to be the number one rival of ...

By BuddyTV My heart absolutely broke for Eric (Kyle Chandler) as he struggled to keep his job. My heart broke even more knowing he’d be moved to East High. With the redistricting, all the good football players will be left at Dillon High, meaning Eric won’t have much of a team next year. He made the Dillon H...

By BuddyTV The Dillon Panthers lost state and it’s six months later. Landry (Jesse Plemons) and Tyra (Adrianne Palicki), Matt (Zach Gilford) and Julie (Aimee Teegarden), and Tim (Taylor Kitsch) and Lyla (Minka Kelly) are all happy as can be. At senior breakfast, Tami (Connie Britton) announces whi...

 WA Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) still gets help from Landry (Jesse Plemons). Lyla (Minka Kelly) is unsure. And a wedding, or so it looks, or maybe it’s the prom, or something, or whatever. The season finale of Friday Night Lights hits tonight from 9pm on NBC. ...

By BuddyTV Here we go—Friday Night Lights, the season finale.   And you thought we wouldn’t get this far.  We know this almost didn’t happen, the end of the third season.  Later, we thought this almost happened, the series finale.  While the show has had its shares of critical applause, the ratings just d...

By editor@buddytv.com This Friday is the season finale of the third season of Friday Night Lights. Thankfully, we still have two more season ahead of us to follow the Dillon gang, although it is uncertain who will be returning and who will be seeking a future outside of Dillon, Texas.

 WA When Lyla has lunch with her dad to tell him she’s going to San Antonio State with Tim, Buddy invites her back home and she agrees. Landry (Jesse Plemons) edits Tyra’s (Adrianne Palicki) college essay and tells her she has to rewrite it because it’s ...

By BuddyTV At the pep rally before the state championship game, Tami’s (Connie Britton) told she has to call child protective services on the McCoys. Obviously, it’s a rule and a responsibility but after helping out JD and Katie, she doesn’t want to do it. Evidently, Eric (Kyle Chandler) is under the s...

By BuddyTV Friday Night Lights may have been renewed for two more seasons—well, if you look at it another way, a full season split into two 13-episode chunks—but the show may look totally different than what you’re used to.  Yeah, we’ve heard a handful of details: before and after the news of the renew...

By BuddyTV …at least I've gotten over hitting Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) for her wrong decisions a few episodes back. I'm happy to say that she is back on track, seemingly.  But, Mr. McCoy—and I'm fully aware I've complained about this before, but Mr. McCoy, what exactly are you up to?  You pimp your son as if...

 WA Throw in the departures of both Street (Scott Porter) and Smash (Gaius Charles), and that’s four people saying goodbye to Dillon. What about Matt (Zach Gilford)? If you’ve been following this season, you very well know that most of the folks at Dillon ...

 WA With that out of the way, there's Matt (Zach Gilford) considered a future in Chicago without his grandmother, and Tyra restarting things with Landry (Jesse Plemons)—now that's how things should go. Or should it? All while they head for the state ...

 WA Not after a long, inevitable goodbye that's got to happen but still managed to pull off a handful of tearjerkers when it happened—turns out, we don't have to say goodbye to Jason Street for that long. After departing the set of Friday Night Lights, ...

By BuddyTV After departing the set of Friday Night Lights, Scott Porter scored himself a role in Masterwork, the latest pilot from Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring.   We've tackled this before—the show's story is a pretty ambitious one, once described as a globe-trotting adventure where the ma...

By BuddyTV In an attempt to get close to Liam (guest star Matt Lanter), Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord) offers to be his math tutor, but she gets more than she bargains for when he takes her out for a wild night.  Silver (Jessica Stroup) takes a class assignment a little too far when she creates a video that docu...

By BuddyTV NBC and DirecTV have finalized a deal, with the network ordering two 13-episode seasons of the critically acclaimed yet ratings-challenged drama about a high school football team in Dillon, Texas.  As with the current season, the series will premiere first on DirecTV, with NBC showing...

Matt Saracen deserves an honorable mention for the man of the week award for his touching sense of love and family with his grandmother. Mothers actually had a great week too, with Tyra’s mother being nothing but supportive and Saracen’s mom’s ... Friday Night Lights, Season 3 Slate

By BuddyTV This week on Friday Night Lights, the central themes of the series (family, duty and personal achievement) shone through brighter than ever in some story lines, while other story lines seemed to cross the road into the realm of darkness. While some characters displayed joy and love or an a...

By editor@buddytv.com Last week's episode of Friday Night Lights caught us up with the not-so-awesome life of Jason Street.  Whereas Smash has gone off to college and achieved great success after graduating, Jason is stuck working at the car dealership and struggling to provide for his baby.  After failing to a...

By editor@buddytv.com The wonderful thing about Friday Night Lights is that every character on the show feels completely authentic.  The citizens of Dillon, Texas may be fictional, but their struggles are so realistic that it's impossible not to relate to them.  One character who fans have long felt a connecti...

By editor@buddytv.com Fans were worried when it was first announced that Scott Porter and Gaius Charles would be leaving Friday Night Lights during its third season.  The characters of Jason Street and Smash Williams have been integral to the series since its pilot episode, and many people wondered if their ar...

By editor@buddytv.com Much like her television character, actress Minka Kelly has also found herself in an interesting new relationship.  The Friday Night Lights star has previously been romantically involved with Donald Faison, Chris Evans and John Mayer, and now it seems she's moved on to New York Yankees...

By editor@buddytv.com Matt Saracen will have a lot on his plate to deal with as Friday Night Lights returns for a third season on October 1 on Direct TV and on NBC in 2009.  The shy and nervous former backup quarterback was thrust into the spotlight when Jason Street suffered a career-ending injury and now has to wit...

By editor@buddytv.com At the Television Critics Association panel for Friday Night Lights, executive producer Jason Katims revealed season 3 will premiere October 1 on DirectTV (to tie in to the fact that it will air on DirecTV's channel 101). The NBC airings will begin in February.

By editor@buddytv.com It felt like a last minute miracle when NBC made an exclusive deal with DirecTV to help renew Friday Night Lights for a third season.  The series has been critically acclaimed since its premiere, but it's also struggled to find an audience in the competitive primetime environment.  While t...

Scott Porter, who plays the Dillon Panthers' former quarterback, Jason Street, on the NBC football drama, came wearing a... (This is an excerpt only! Visit www.BuddyTV.com for the rest of the story.)