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Is Friday Night Lights set to touchdown?

It looks like TEN is readying to (finally) launch Friday Night Lights.

The network will screen the 2004 movie starring Billy Bob Thornton at 6:30pm on Saturday March 1st, a good sign that it may follow on with the NBC TV series.

The movie about a high school football team was based on a book of the same name, and itself became the springboard for a critically-acclaimed television series.

The New York Times said of the series that “if the season is anything like the pilot, this new drama about high school football could be great — and not just television great, but great in the way of a poem or painting.”

The Washington Post similarly praised the series as “extraordinary in just about every conceivable way.”

TEN’s move may be a nod to a weekly Saturday spot for the drama. Fingers crossed, guys.

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5 Responses

  1. I am so excited Ten is considering this show – despite the american football background, this show is absolutely the best thing on tv. I was thrilled to see Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins) in a promo commercial for 10HD so I hope they go through with it.

    Please, please NBC renew this series!!! If you aired it on a different night in the States (other than Friday night – football night) you would get a bigger viewing audience!!!

  2. How much do you wanna bet it ends up on 10HD in a matter of weeks of appearing on 10SD?

    I reckon the odds would be shortening after it doesn’t rate like 10 would like it to.

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