• Lights Still on for Friday Night

      A post about by Josh on March 18th, '08

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    • “The little show about life in small town America might be at the forefront of something that will change the way people watch TV.”

      No show has had more brushes with death than Friday Night Lights. It took a major uproar from the show’s hardcore fan base to get the second season onto NBC’s line-up last year. A third season seemed to be a stretch, especially during the writer’s strike. Still, vocal FNL aficionados have convinced NBC to give the show a second, third chance.

      I, for one, applaud. Having (miraculously) lived through high school sports myself, I find the show continuously ringing true at every level. The unnatural pressures put on high school athletes, the little cultural things surrounding high school sports, the middle aged fans who seem to be living vicariously through the players on the field. No show is better at showing the pressures and oddities of small-town American life like Friday Night Lights.

      That said, it can’t go on like this forever. Or can it? NBC agreed to show FNL’s third season after making a deal with DirecTV. The show will be aired first exclusively on DirecTV before being shown later on NBC.

      Is this a one time deal that will fall by the wayside before people start talking about season 4 of Friday Night? Or is DirecTV onto something? A loyal fan base will bring in guaranteed viewers every week. While their numbers might not be big enough to attract broadcast networks, offering exclusive cult shows like FNL might be a way for DirecTV to win subscribers away from the competition.

      The little show about life in small town America might be at the forefront of something that will change the way people watch TV.

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