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lilnubber		#1001	[-]
Posts: 8543 (03/13/08 4:04 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Yay for FNL coming back!
CoconutPhone		#1002	[-]
Posts: 12442 (03/13/08 11:56 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'll toss in an "Amen" to that :)
starfire114		#1003	[-]
Posts: 341 (03/13/08 12:58 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	oh yes yes yes yes
Lobsters		#1004	[-]
Posts: 5917 (03/20/08 7:27 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	More on the Direct TV Rumor for FNL. Seems like another 2-3 weeks and it will be settled whether the deal is going to go through. Also some highlights on what might happen next season. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20080319
Lobsters		#1005	[-]
Posts: 5920 (03/20/08 10:37 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	More FNL: from CNN: LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- "Friday Night Lights" just may score another season. Because of the writers strike, seven of the 22 episodes NBC ordered of "Friday Night Lights" weren't produced. Executive producer Jason Katims said he's "incredibly optimistic" about a third season for the drama, which has been in limbo since the writers strike ended. "There's no deal yet for the show," Katims said Wednesday at the William S. Paley Television Festival. "But we are being incredibly optimistic that's going to happen and happen soon." Although a critical hit, ratings were low for the show, which depicts small-town Texas life where high school football is king. When viewers last saw the Dillon Panthers, the team was gearing up for the playoffs. Because of the writers strike, which halted most TV production, seven of the 22 episodes NBC ordered for season two weren't produced. Fans have fought to keep the show on the air, launching www.SaveFridayNightLights.tv and asking viewers to send donations to fill NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman's mailbox with miniature plastic footballs. "I think the answer is going to be pretty soon," Katims said. "I have a feeling we're two or three weeks away from knowing." Katims said a third season would likely pick up after the planned events of season two. However, the series would integrate unused story lines into the new season, which he said could begin filming as soon as July.
GodIsAnAtheist		#1006	[-]
Posts: 3109 (03/20/08 10:52 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Awesome!
E Love 9		#1007	[-]
Posts: 1127 (03/20/08 4:34 PM) I don't get most of the jokes Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I really hope it comes back. Not only is it a fantastic show, but I'm moving to Austin in the fall for grad school and maybe I'll be lucky enough to see some of the cast out and about. My brother has seen many of them at the Apple store he works at.
Lobsters		#1008	[-]
Posts: 5952 (03/27/08 4:42 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Just found this wee diddy from Broadcasting and Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6545523.html?industryid=47171 Can I get a big YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAW! Texas Forever! WOOT! Kyle Chandler: Friday Night Lights Will Return for Season Three Star of NBC's Friday Night Lights Tells B&C's David Bianculli Season Three Is a Go By Joel Topcik -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/27/2008 1:47:00 PM Kyle Chandler, star of NBC's Friday Night Lights, confirmed that the perennially on-the-bubble drama will return for a third season. In an interview taped Wednesday with B&C contributor David Bianculli for National Public Radio's Fresh Air, Chandler said a deal was struck that will spread costs and allow the series to continue. According to a post on Bianculli's blog, TV Worth Watching, Chandler, who plays high-school football coach Eric Taylor, said all that was left to sew up the deal was to "dot the i's and cross the t's." He added that he was scheduled to report for shooting in Austin, Texas, where the show is set, in June. Although reports of the series' return have circulated for several weeks, with speculation of a deal involving satellite TV operator DirecTV, NBC has not commented on the show's fate.
Piranhahaha		#1009	[-]
Posts: 10110 (03/27/08 4:49 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I wonder if the mail campaign helped? (What did people wind up sending in, anyhow?) Outstanding news.
ImCrushingYourHead		#1010	[-]
Posts: 2276 (03/28/08 4:02 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	HOORAY!!!
CoconutPhone		#1011	[-]
Posts: 12696 (03/28/08 4:26 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Huzzah!!!!!!!!
DanteAmore		#1012	[-]
Posts: 764 (04/02/08 1:39 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	NBC, UNIVERSAL MEDIA STUDIOS AND DIRECTV FORM BOLD PARTNERSHIP TO RENEW 'FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS' FOR A THIRD SEASON NBC Will Begin Broadcasting Season 3 of Drama on Fridays (9-10 p.m. ET) Starting Soon After the Network's Telecast of the Super Bowl in 2009; New Episodes of Critically Acclaimed Drama Will Be Broadcast on DIRECTV Beginning in October NEW YORK - April 2, 2008 - NBC, Universal Media Studios and DIRECTV -- the nation's leading satellite television provider -- have formed a bold, multi-platform partnership to launch a third season of the critically acclaimed drama series, "Friday Night Lights," to be broadcast initially on DIRECTV and subsequently telecast on NBC later in the 2008-09 season. NBC would begin broadcasting the Season 3 episodes of the Peabody Award-winning drama on Fridays (9-10 p.m. ET), starting soon after NBC's telecast of the Super Bowl in 2009. DIRECTV would have exclusive rights to the season's 13 new episodes beginning Wednesday, October 1 on DIRECTV's entertainment channel "The 101." The announcements were made by Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, and Marc Graboff, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, and Eric Shanks, Executive Vice President of Entertainment for DIRECTV, at NBC's advertiser meetings in New York today. Linky Last Edited By: DanteAmore 04/02/08 1:47 PM. Edited 1 times.
sadllama		#1013	[-]
Posts: 695 (04/02/08 1:48 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	wtf we have to wait till winter???
christy1018		#1014	[-]
Posts: 1793 (04/02/08 1:51 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'll wait ;) I love FNLs! STOKED its coming back!
starfire114		#1015	[-]
Posts: 347 (04/02/08 2:07 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	ok just read the above article...so we have to wait a year till we see the new episodes, if we don't have direct tv?
OG sofa		#1016	[-]
Posts: 15 (04/02/08 2:26 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	don't worry. us directv peeps will use spoiler tags when we start watching the third season this fall...
ProbstFan123		#1017	[-]
Posts: 8936 (04/02/08 2:34 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Hmm...looks like it will only be a 13 episode season as opposed to the usual 22. Still a lot better than nothing, though. I guess the non-direcTV people can watch the episodes on torrents.
OG sofa		#1018	[-]
Posts: 16 (04/02/08 2:47 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	yeah, the only problem with the nbc/directv deal is that it means there will be no fourth season. the rabid fans will catch the show in the fall one way or another. the ratings for the nbc broadcasts will probably be very, very low...
Lobsters		#1019	[-]
Posts: 5976 (04/02/08 2:49 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Thank Fuck I have Direct TV though. EEPS!
GodIsAnAtheist		#1020	[-]
Posts: 3190 (04/02/08 5:45 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Well, we've got until October to decide what we're going to do. I know that the people with DirecTV and internet-savvy (ie. will download the episodes from the various sites and not wait until it airs on NBC) won't want to have to use spoiler tags for like 4 months until they air on NBC. I know that the people who, for whatever reason, will wait until Spring to watch FNL don't want to read this thread with all the "spoiled" people discussing the episodes before they air on NBC. So, do we make a new thread? Do the "spoiled" people just use spoiler tags? Or will the non-"spoiled" just have to deal with it?