Friday Night Lights

 United States It can be fun to beat up on NBC for various things, but with its commitment to keep "Friday Night Lights" alive, the network has been at the forefront of this trend -- the push to keep brilliant, creative shows afloat by finding different ways to make ...

Zach Gilford ("Friday Night Lights"), who worked with Lynch in this summer's "Post Grad," recalled how, even when she was off-camera, Lynch was trying out ... and more »

It sure can be fun, at times, to beat up on NBC for various things, but in all fairness, with its commitment to keep "Friday Night Lights" alive by any means necessary, the network has been at the forefront of this trend -- the push to keep brilliant, ...

The Watcher - Chicago Tribune Blog, IL Zach Gilford (“Friday Night Lights”), who worked with Lynch in this summer's “Post Grad,” recalled how, even when she was off-camera, Lynch was trying out comedic bits. “I was at a table with her, Alexis Bledel, Michael Keaton and Carol Burnett, ...

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...

By Tempo I spent the holidays not just celebrating the season but also screening fresh episodes of “Scrubs,” “Damages,” “Lost,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Flight of the Conchords” and “Friday Night Lights,” all of which (finally!) return in January (for dates and such, look here).

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 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 Tempo THIS IS MY CONFESSION—Landry (Jesse Plemons) confesses to the murder of Tyra’s (Adrianne Palicki) assaulter but continues to struggle with his conscience. Elsewhere, Jason Street (Scott Porter) contemplates his new future, as Herc (guest star Kevin Rankin) sets him up with an online...

By Tempo Very quickly, a few Friday links and notes: There’s a marathon of the first 12 episodes of “Damages” on Saturday, starting at 7 a.m. on FX. The show’s finale airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. There's more on the finale here. Tami Taylor’s sister, who’ll be played by Jessalyn Gilsig, arrives...

By Tempo When “Friday Night Lights” (8 p.m. Friday, WMAQ-Ch. 5) returns for its second season, Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler), the former coach of the Dillon Panthers high school football team, encounters one of the team’s players in a grocery store.

By Tempo Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity); Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen in Episode 1 of Season 2, "Last Days of Summer"; Landry (Jesse Plemons) attempts the old "Want me to apply some sunscreen?" gambit with Tyra (Adrianne Palicki); Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) with her brand-new daughter, Gracie; C...

By Tempo Five quick things for your Friday enjoyment: The Season 1 box set of “Flight of the Conchords” will be released on Nov. 6, according to TVShowsonDVD.com. (I found the link via the ever-enjoyable Pop Candy). Macleans magazine has a short feature on the writers of “Friday Night Lights.” Ken Levi...

By Tempo Again with the spoiler alert. Stop reading if you don't want to know Season 2 plot details! When the second season begins, it’s eight months after the Season 1 finale and Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) is in labor. She gives birth to a baby girl, whom Tami and Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) name Gra...

By Eric Zorn Scott Porter (Jason Street)  7/14/79  (27) Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins) 4/9/81 (26) Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen) 1/14/82  (25) Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette)  5/6/83 (23) Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke) 4/2/88 (19) Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor) 10/10/89 (17)

By Tempo A commenter on another site said she checks the clock when “Friday Night Lights” makes her cry – to see how long it took before she got choked up. When I watched the “Friday Night Lights” finale, only five minutes passed before I got a lump in my throat. It’ll be no surprise that the scene in quest...

By Tempo BBC AMERICA’s got the dirt on everyday Brits — and we do mean dirt.  In the original British series, dust-busting divas Kim Woodburn and Aggie  MacKenzie tackle some of the messiest, most cluttered, and disorganized homes you’ve ever seen.  With helpful tips, elbow grease, and no small am...

By Tempo An interview with Zach Gilford, who plays quarterback Matt Saracen. An interview with Taylor Kitsch, who plays Tim Riggins. An interview with Jesse Plemons, who plays Landry Clarke. An interview with Aimee Teegarden, who plays Julie ...

By Tempo The freedom that we have on ‘Friday Night Lights’…. it’s far more responsibility the way we do it now. There’s far more responsibility on the actor to do his job than in the other form of come in and say these words and mechanically ...

By Tempo Connie Britton plays Tami Taylor, a guidance counselor at Dillon High School and wife of Coach Eric Taylor, on "Friday Night Lights." Connie “People say that to me all the time, how much they appreciate the representation of that ...

By Tempo Aimee Teegarden plays Julie Taylor, daughter of Tami and Eric Taylor, on "Friday Night Lights." Aimee "It’sa typical first boyfriend situation, young love, and all those kinds of experiences. It’s like, she doesn’t have anyone else in ...

By Tempo “Any scene with Zach [Gilford, who plays Matt Saracen] is always fun because it doesn’t seem like we’re acting. It’s so second nature and it’s so easy, really. Those are always fun. We’ll change things around quite a bit and think of ...

By Tempo “I would say, to that end, you see in the very first episode – [there’s] Lyla and Jason, the all American couple. You could have pulled anyone from any other show and they could have played it. But what happens at the end of that ...

By Tempo I think it’s too soon for them to go back [to that now], especially with Jason forgiving Lyla and then [Riggins] reconciling with Jason. It’d probably be a little hard for [them to get back together].” ...

By Tempo “I was talking to [Kyle] Chandler, and he was saying, ‘In 20 years in this business, you will never get an opportunity to grow so much, so fast.’ We always say, he’s the spine of the show and we’re there to support him. ...

By Tempo Zachaimee_2 Evanston native Zach Gilford plays Dillon Panther quarterback Matt Saracen. "We’re getting people pulled in not because the drama is so foreign to them, so that’s exciting and that’s why they watch, but we’re pulling them in ...

By Tempo It’s partly thanks to “Grey’s,” in a way, that Chandler got his role as Taylor on “Friday Night Lights.” He was shooting the post-Super Bowl episodes on the same lot where executive producer Peter Berg was casting “FNL,” and he met with ...

By Tempo Mattjulie “Friday Night Lights,” on the other hand, can finish an episode dealing with the land mine of racism in a small town with a sweet kiss between quarterback Matt Saracen (Evanston's Zach Gilford) and the coach’s daughter, ...

By Tempo Photo: Back Row: Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen, Minka Kelly as Lyla Garrity and Gaius Charles as Brian "Smash" Williams; Front Row: Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins, Adrianne Palicki as Tyra Collette and Scott Porter as Jason Street on ...