FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS & THE OFFICE Big Winners at The TCA Awards

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS may have been overlooked by the Emmy voters (who are these people anyway?) but the television critics from all over the country gave the NBC drama much love at last night’s TCA awards by awarding it Outstanding New Program.  Finally this show gets the recognition is deserves. So with my favorite drama […]

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Spoilers

WARNING! The following contains speculation based on possible spoilers for the upcoming season of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (it feel so good to write that). When we last saw Coach and Mrs. Coach Taylor the question remained as to if the Coach would leave the Dillon Panthers behind to coach at TMU. But it seems that […]

TCA Press Tour Update: NBC

Here are a few highlights from the NBC day at the TCAs: Jerry Seinfeld will return to NBC as a guest star on the season premiere of 30 ROCK. I wonder if Julia Louis-Dreyfuss is pissed that he hasn’t shown up on THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE yet. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS has been confirmed […]

Emmy Noms Inside Scoop

Although Emmy nominations won’t be officially announced until July 19th, TheEnvelope.com has a list of shows and some actors that we can expect to be in the running for nominations. This information is coming from actually Emmy judges who were on a panel to help decide the nomination ballots (which means its coming from VERY […]

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS on DVD in August

Get thee to a store on August 28th and pick up the first season of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS on DVD. It’s time to catch up on the best drama that you’re not watching (which just happens to be the best drama on television). The 5-disc set is rumored to be priced at a mere $29.98, […]

2007 TCA Nominees Announced

The 23rd annual TCA Awards honor the finest work of the 2006-07 season as selected by the association’s 200-plus member critics and journalists. The winners will be announced on July 21st ceremony. Past winners up for honors this year include Jon Stewart (“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”), Hugh Laurie (“House”), NBC’s “The Office,” Comedy […]

Catch up on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS on Sunday Nights on NBC

Missed FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS this season and want to know what they hype is all about?  Well you’re in luck.  Starting tonight, NBC will be reairing episode from the first season of FNL on Sundays at 9/8c.  So make sure you tune in tonight to get to know Coach Eric Taylor, his wife Tami, the […]

WIN!! A Script Signed by the Cast of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

You know that I’ve been hounding you all year to give NBC’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS a shot. As I’ve said before, I think it’s the best drama on all of TV and you owe it to yourself to check it out. No more excuses…the summer reruns are about to kick in and now is the […]

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Cast at the Upfronts

Despite all the fun I had at the NBC Upfronts yesterday, I will say that the most disappointing part of the day was missing my chance to talk to the cast of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. Although as I mentioned before, I did see Connie Britton at the presentation (she bumped into me on the way […]

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Renewed!!!

YIPEE!!!  This by far the most incredible news to come out of next week’s Upfronts.  According to Kristin Veitch (who is on fire today), the cast of the BEST drama on television, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS just got word that they got picked up for a second season of the show.  I couldn’t be more excited.  […]

Friday Night Lights Finale Redux

Kyle Chandler recently said (and I’m paraphrasing here) there are two types of people – “those who love this show and those who have never seen it”. I truly believe that Friday Night Lights is the BEST drama on TV today. It’s deep, rich and complex yet at the same time it’s simplistic in its […]

Good News for Friday Night Lights

Today was a small victory for fans of Friday Night Lights. According to TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello, NBC has just ordered six new scripts for next season. Of course that’s not even close to a full season renewal, but hey, I’ll take what I can get. NBC President Kevin Reilly has voiced NBC’s strong commitment […]

Scrubs, The Office, Ugly Betty, & Friday Night Lights Win Peabody Awards

Some of the best of what TV has to offer was honored earlier today with the prestigious Peabody Award. The Peabody Award “recognizes distinguished achievement and meritorious service by radio and television networks, stations, producing organizations, cable television organizations and individuals.” [The] George Foster Peabody Awards are often cited as the most prestigious awards in […]

Friday Night Lights Interviews and More

You’re going to have to take my word for it, but I did my happy dance this morning when I realized that we get a brand new episode of Friday Night Lights tonight. The dancing stopped when I figured out that this means we only have a few more until the (sniff, sniff) season finale. […]

Friday Night Lights on Bravo

Sick of listening to me bitch and moan about how you should be watching Friday Night Lights? The best way to get to me to shut up is to start watching. Bravo is going to make it that much easier for you as they’ll start airing episodes of Friday Night Lights every weekend – starting […]