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Year Category Nominee(s) Result Notes 2007: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series [12]: Peter Berg: Nominated For "Pilot" 2010: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series [13]: Kyle Chandler
Friday Night Lights was inspired by H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger's non-fiction book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990) and the 2004 film based on it. The book, which explores the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, was a factual work of documentary journalism.
The website's critical consensus reads, "In its penultimate season, Friday Night Lights continues the raw, heartfelt drama fans expect while adding a few fresh narrative twists." [15] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the fourth season scored 87 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim".
Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg from a book and film of the same name. The series details events surrounding a high school football team from a fictional town called Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas.
a While Friday Night Lights is presented as a serialized show with seemingly no gaps between episodes, public high schools in Texas typically play a ten game regular season. b While the playoff bracket only consisted of one regional playoff game, two games are played before moving on to the quarter-finals (as seen during the first season).
The series' future was once again placed in doubt as it did not return to production once the strike ended, and it continued to suffer from low ratings in its new Friday at 9:00 pm time slot. However, NBC announced in April 2008 that the show would return for a third season, with first-run broadcasts airing on DirecTV 's The 101 Network . [ 2 ]
Taylor Kitsch is ready to return for the “Friday Night Lights” reboot. Well, sort of. While discussing the reboot of the hit NBC drama on Sirius XM’s “The Spotlight with Jessica Shaw ...
The website's critical consensus reads, "Innovative for its time, Friday Night Lights offers a realistic glimpse into small-town life and the social issues that accompany it." [25] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 78 out of 100, based on 32 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".