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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Gets NBC’s Full-Season Order!!

FIRST!!!!!!!!! by NedGump	Nov 13th, 2006 03:07:55 PM
All the girls in this show need to pose nude for penthouse...cause penthouse shows penetration.
Wonders never cease. by PwnedByStallone	Nov 13th, 2006 03:09:38 PM
Good job NBC. Now fucking kill Mohinder.
King Kong! Thank you! (that's where I know him from) by Big Jim	Nov 13th, 2006 03:11:36 PM
and thanks to NBC for giving FNL a full season. And thanks to NedGump for being first. And thanks to Bobby McFerrin for not raping MY grandmother.
DAMN YOU CARDIFF BAY!!! by Alonzo Mosely	Nov 13th, 2006 03:25:59 PM
I am so lost...
Never watched this show by godzillasushi	Nov 13th, 2006 03:29:06 PM
doubt I ever will.
Awesom show!! Deserves an audience... by Hail	Nov 13th, 2006 04:09:37 PM
Don't be fooled...This show's definitley not about football. Although football is a central element. I honestly see this as being the first high school drama to be nominated for best drama as a television series during next year's emmy awards. 'Yes,' it's that good...
i'll admit it...the show is good. by torpor_haze	Nov 13th, 2006 04:22:39 PM
it first looked like something for CW but I like the way its shot. Keep the camera on the hot cheerleader. 10 times hotter than the one on Heroes. Keep Harry away from her.
oh and... by torpor_haze	Nov 13th, 2006 04:26:03 PM
the geeks have "so say we all". the cool kids responded with "clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose." the score is tied kids.
Easily the best new show of the season by jimmy_009	Nov 13th, 2006 04:39:48 PM
I like Heroes and all, but the writing and characters on that show can be extremely uneven. Friday Night Lights is strong almost 99% of the time. I'm glad it finally got a mention on Coaxial, it deserves and audience, unlike the clunky and groan inducing Studio 60. Also the guy that plays Matt Saracen stands out in a fantastic cast.
Great Show by John-Locke	Nov 13th, 2006 04:48:12 PM
I hope they don't try to turn it into something it's not because of it's relative success. Being a Limey I don't usually have any interest in High School Football but it's interesting enough to work despite that and even then I find myself getting wrapped up in the games which are pretty exciting to watch. It's certainly one of the best new shows this season, I prefer Dexter but I'll admit that Dexter has some weak acting in places unlike FNL which has got one of the most talented casts going. Oh and all the girls are HOT, like really hot.
How does the school's game sked fit into the season? by Lance Rock	Nov 13th, 2006 04:54:30 PM
I haven't seen the show, but I'm curious about how they stretch out the football schedule over an entire year. Can someone give me the scoop?
YES!! by Ky-El	Nov 13th, 2006 05:11:05 PM
Of all the shows I've watched this season, this is the one I feared cancellation the most. I actually don't really understand why it doesn't get higher ratings. An hour long drama about football with attractive young people? It's a no brainer. That being said, this show has heart and great characters.
Never got into it by JohnnyS2	Nov 13th, 2006 06:12:12 PM
I gave it a few episodes, but it didn't grow on me. A big "Meh" from me.
possible reason for the ratings by Freakemovie	Nov 13th, 2006 06:20:06 PM
I agree that the show should get better ratings than its getting and I'm glad it got a full season pick-up; it deserves a chance to find a bigger audience. But as for the crappy ratings? In a direct comparison to teen dramas the OC and One Tree Hill, it's doing much better than both. It's just that its on NBC so the expectations are higher. Maybe there's just not much of a market for high school dramas anymore. Still, I think this transcends the genre and I'm glad it'll be sticking around for now.
Good stuff by Giz	Nov 13th, 2006 07:01:16 PM
First Studio 60, now Lights? Frakkin A. Now give me my Veronica Mars renewel damnit...
Awesome by clockpolitiks	Nov 13th, 2006 07:14:41 PM
I watched 4 episodes last night on nbc.com. They were really freakin good. I like this show a lot, and its actually my 2nd new favorite show next to Heroes.
I went to De La Salle High School in CA by slder78	Nov 13th, 2006 07:34:40 PM
and everytime i see a TV show or a movie about high school football I keep thinking to myself, "Yeah, we could SO kick their ass." Well, not me personally, I was in the band, but my buddies on the team could. Well, not my "buddies", but the guys I helped with their homework. Well, not "helped", but...
Bad Ratings Because the Network Sucks... by Mr. Profit	Nov 13th, 2006 07:43:35 PM
Not for nothing, but shows like Heroes and Friday belong on a younger skewing network like Fox. NBC is too old for the show. I could totally see Friday Night Lights thriving on The CW.
What's the CW? by jimmy_009	Nov 13th, 2006 09:59:12 PM
Friday Night Lights is a little more mature and finely produced than the crud that ends up on the CW. What the hell is the CW anyway?
Amen NBC! You got this one right! by exie	Nov 13th, 2006 11:01:28 PM
Between this and picking up Studio 60 (whose episode was great tonight) NBC is doing it right.
Open Eyes. Full Hearts. by Don Lockwood	Nov 14th, 2006 12:17:15 AM
Can't Lose.
I love love love this show. by symphy	Nov 14th, 2006 12:39:30 AM
I'm super glad to hear I'll get to see how it all turns out.
Most Underrated Show Ever by Soonago	Nov 14th, 2006 09:02:49 AM
I hope this pickup will show fence-sitters that they are missing something really worthwhile. I've never seen such realistic characters on a television show. Best acting, writing, directing, and music on television right now.
Friday Night Lights fucking sucks by NapoleonDynamite	Nov 14th, 2006 12:30:14 PM
Overwrought teen drama, turgid acting, shitty soundtrack, hackneyed plotlines, racist characterizations and they can't even get the football right. It's One Tree Hill in Texas. I guess the show is great if you're a mentally challenged, thirteen year old girl, not so much if you're a grown up, or if you have a dick or if you know any fucking thing at all about football. At least they cut down on all the fucking Bible thumping and illegal school prayer. That alcoholic fullback is gay by the way. At least he should be. It would explain the character a lot better.
Gooooooooal!!!! by Ellipsian	Nov 14th, 2006 01:28:39 PM
Err...touchdooooooown! As a complete and total football non-fan, I gotta say that "FNL" ROCKS. It's worthy of a season pickup and I'm damn glad it got it. Paul H and Giz: The CW picked up some more "Veronica" eps. Not a full season--yet--but something is better than nothing.
Great news by ozliiifter	Nov 14th, 2006 06:18:13 PM
I'm from a small red-state town, and this show gets it right. Even though I'm really starting to get into Heroes, this is easily the best show of the new season. I'm glad it's getting a full-season pickup. I love the soundtrack, so I don't understand why it got bashed earlier. I love post-rock, and I think the opening credits song is pretty cool. Anyway, I hope this finds an audience.
NapoleonDynamite has shown up to troll. by johnmikeoos	Nov 14th, 2006 06:27:55 PM
I was getting worried for a minute. NOW it's a talkback.
Here's why I don't watch the show: by FluffyUnbound	Nov 14th, 2006 07:02:48 PM
The adlets they show for it make it appear that it is designed for people who think that high school football is the high point of life. The adlets ALSO make it appear that the show doesn't mock that outlook with a series of Al-Bundy-type characters, but actually INDULGES that outlook and takes it seriously. Do I have the wrong impression here? Am I reading this show all wrong?
fluffyunbound and others: why you SHOULD watch ... by Executor	Nov 15th, 2006 03:47:58 AM
It's not designed for people that think high school football is the high point of their life, it's ABOUT people who think h.s. football is the high point of their life. yeah, it doesn't mock this, and that's the pathos that makes it so great: it's about simple people in a simple town...some of whom are talented, all of whom have heart...and most of whom will never leave the town and end up being caught up in the same loser cycle as everyone else, having nothing more to believe in than the "friday night lights." But rather than making fun of these people cynically (haha all they have is football) it celebrates what draws them together as a group. While still pointing out the futility of it as an individual (paralyzed kid, old champion quarterback who comes crawling back to town broke and in need of a job, etc.) Plus, it's expertly directed...scenes and characters are very real and lived in, very little seems staged or overdramatic like the "one tree hill" type shows. I'm an L.A. asshole and when I check my cynicism at the door every Tuesday night I watch one of the best shows on TV...right after the Wire, Galactica, 24, and Lost.
plus... by Executor	Nov 15th, 2006 03:49:00 AM
...as xiphos said, the women on the show are smoking hot.
I see a SURFACE-like scenario here. by McGsStepson	Nov 15th, 2006 06:29:09 AM
As they say in the playoffs: one and done.
Football? Yawn! by Dazzler69	Nov 15th, 2006 06:50:54 AM
Back to BSG, Who, Heroes and waiting for Lost.
So Executor what you are saying is by FluffyUnbound	Nov 15th, 2006 07:14:09 AM
This is less "Varsity Blues" and more...ummmm...what was the name of that Tom Cruise movie again?
I feel the same way, Dazzler69... by Ellipsian	Nov 15th, 2006 11:43:55 AM
...about football, anyway. I loathe football. About "Friday Night Lights", though, I think it is one of, if not THE, best new show this season. And for the record, "BSG" is my favorite show, and I love "Heroes" and "Lost", too (still haven't caught "Dr. Who", however; I'm mulling whether or not TiVa--and I--have the capacity for another show...).
Glamorizes meatheads. Thumbs down. by :-o	Nov 15th, 2006 03:18:28 PM
The point of evolution is to grow AWAY from fratty, good 'ol boy, yokel proto fascism. It's why we are supposed to graduate and get the hell out of Dodge and become open minded and enlightened. Every time shows or movies like this appear it APPEARS as though some people are saying stay home, "stay mediocre", hold on to 16 as long as possible. In real Texas high school wastelands the girls aint this hot and the dialogue sure as hell aint this eloquent. If you are an exception--I apologize--but you aren't the mainstream.

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