Heads up. Friday Night Lights just showed up on Sunday. Past episodes of this drama will re-air on Sundays, which is a great way to get hooked. 
I’m a very unlikely viewer for this show. I’m not a football fan and have managed to go through life without actually knowing the rules of the game. TV dramas about high school kids almost never work for me. This sounds like the last kind of program I’d tune into. It’s not about football the way Bull Durham is not about baseball.
I started watching Friday Night Lights because of a book. An amazingly good book–so good that, while reading it, I forgot that I don’t like or understand high school football. I found myself on the edge of my seat, invested in the characters and their storyline. I was interested to see how this lovely work of nonfiction would morph into a fictional TV drama.
My favorite parts–sharp, powerful character archetypes. The rebel, the princess, the hero and anti-hero, the bad girl, the good girl…They’re all beautifully portrayed. The women in this show get to be strong and smart and funny. That alone is enough to win my heart.
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June 5, 2007 at 7:48 am
april
I should admit I watch the show because of Kyle Chandler. Sometimes, I think I would follow him to the ends of the earth. I know I’ve followed him to Lifetime movies so I think that’s an equivalent.
It’s a well done show that just got better throughout. I still have a few on tivo, trying to make the season last as long as possible. Now that I know it’s coming back (with the unfortunate time slot of Friday night), I don’t have to savor them as much.