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Entertaiment Weekly reports that NBC is in talks with DirecTV to do another season of the show, and if it goes well, which it probably will, FNL would be renewed for two more seasons.
NBC and DirecTV have yet to comment on the deal, but an NBC insider commented that the studio is “actively looking at ways to keep FNL going.”
EW.com reports that another NBC source said “We’re very optimistic a deal will be worked out.”
The only potential problems as of now are that one of the stars of FNL, Jason Katims, is shooting another NBC pilot this spring called Parenthood. If that gets picked up, then he’d either have to pick one or do double time every day! And Friday Night Lights director is currently working on another NBC pilot called Trauma, which would tie up his time if it got picked up.
But other than that, Friday Night Lights fans can get excited that their show is probably coming back! Now you’ll just have to go and switch to DirecTV!
April 2, 2008
Friday Night Lights fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Guess all those miniature footballs and petitions sent to NBC execs worked. It's back for another season this fall. It'll work a little differently this time though. FNL will air 13 episodes on DirecTV starting on October 1st. Then, in early 2009, the show will come back to NBC. This was the only way the show could be rekindled by having the network, studio, producers, and satellite provider on board to split up costs.
NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman says ''There is such a passion for this show among its viewers, and although you would hope that passion would have manifested itself in higher ratings, the new arrangement allows NBC 'to have this jewel of a show and not even need to expand its audience to succeed on a financial basis.''
March 20, 2008
Friday Night Lights was one of the many shows that didn't make the cut to return to television after the strike. But now the word on the street is that it may be getting another season.
Executive producer Jason Katims says there's no deal yet, but he's very optimistic, and the cast and crew are three weeks away from finding out their destiny.
Despite rave reviews, FNL's major problem was ratings. But after finding out the show was canned, fans went into overdrive to create www.SaveFridayNightLights.tv and asking viewers to send donations to fill NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman's mailbox with miniature plastic footballs. Keep your fingers crossed!
February 21, 2008
I think it's cool to see fan dedication in the wake of the strike with so many of the network shows being cancelled. The most recent fan sponsored uproar is over Friday Night Lights, which didn't make the cut at NBC.
If you're unfamiliar, the hour drama is based on the book by H.G. Bissinger, and focuses on a high school football team in Dillon, Texas, and all the small town drama that surrounds it. After it was announced FNL was being dropped from the lineup, www.savefridaynightlights.tv was created.
The goal is to inundate NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman with letters, online petitions, even plastic footballs. And they're not the only ones. VH1's Best Week Ever is board, starting their own petition at bestweekever.tv/category/save-friday-night-lights. Hey, 40,000 pounds of peanuts sent to CBS saved Jericho, so keep your hopes up fans!
February 19, 2008
Friday Night Lights may be canceled, but the game's not over for the show's star Taylor Kitsch, who has just signed on to be a part of X-Men. It's a three-picture deal, and Taylor will play Gambit in the new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
He'll join an all-star cast of Hugh Jackman, Liev Schrieber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, and Ryan Reynolds. Holy hotness, Batman! Oh sorry, wrong comic strip...
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