Check Your T.V. Listing For The Time

There are a lot of things that are good about Friday and one of them is a little-watched TV show called Friday Night Lights.


Hailed as one of the top ten shows of 2006 by Time magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the critically acclaimed drama "Friday Night Lights" also received 2006 honors from the American Film Institute (AFI) for Television Program of the Year and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award.

And still people have not found this show. Why, I don't know, maybe they don't realize this is not a show just about football.

The show has, however, been a critical success and was featured on a number of critics' top ten lists following its first season as well as being identified twice by the American Film Institute as culturally significant.

It has been lauded by critics for its realistic portrayal of Middle America and deep personal exploration of its central characters.

This is a show about all sports and how people perceive a sport and winning to be the most important thing. It is also one of the best written shows on T.V.

Football is just the vehicle for the story line about kids growing up, sports boosters, parents, families, coaches and the pressures of winning.

It's a show about real people, not super humans, not perfect people, but real people.

It's about people who are smart one minute and then dumb the next.

It's about people who aren't necessarily the most beautiful actors, but are just like people that you know.

The series details events surrounding the Dillon Panthers, a high school football team based in fictional Dillon, Texas, with particular focus given to the team's coach, Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his family.

The show uses this small-town backdrop to address many issues facing contemporary Middle America.

If you have not watched it you should start, but keep in mind you need to watch it more than once to become familiar with the story line.

I would also recommend renting the first two seasons because what you have missed is quality viewing.

Trust me, you won't be sorry you did.