Touch-freaking-down!
Sources at NBC are now confirming what I first reported earlier this month: DirecTV and NBC have come to terms on a deal that ensures Friday Night Lights will stick around for not one but two more seasons!
And I repeat: Touch-freaking-down!
Although NBC declined to comment, my Peacock insider says the pact guarantees that FNL will see a fourth and fifth season of 13 episodes each. Similar to this season’s shared-window experiment, DirecTV will get first crack at the episodes followed by an encore run on NBC.
Let’s get a chant going in the comments section! And while you’re at it, pray that the show’s creative mastermind, Jason Katims, finds a way to juggle both FNL and that prospective Parenthood series he’s producing for NBC. Ditto director Jeffrey Reiner, who’s attached to NBC’s Trauma pilot. Losing one would be devastating; losing both would be a catastrophe. So how about we lose neither? You with me?
Woo hoo!
Now if NBC would promote it…
YES. YESSSSSSSSSSS.
But what about Chuck?
I love you Michael–thanks for lobbying so hard for this show when no one watches it.
I’m so happy this is one of the best shows on television right now and a great cast!!!
Awesomeness.
Much awesomeness.
To NBC:
Hello,
Love the show. PLEASE air the show in letterbox on the non-HDTV feed. Just like you do with every other drama. The close-up zoom in shots make the show impossible to when watched a non-HDTV since you can’t see anyone’s face and the shaky camera is a lot more noticable. PLEASE. Ausiello, please pass this info on. PLEASE. I can see why regular joes don’t like the show if they don’t see it in widescreen or with black bars.
Hooray – it’s about time a high quality show was given a chance to continue airing! Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!
YES YES YES YES!!! AT LAST A GREAT SHOW THAT SURVIVES BAD RATINGS!! AFTER PUSHING DASIES I DIDN’T THINK IT COULD HAPPEN!
I’m still waiting for the “official” announcement before I get too worked up. But I’m super excited about it all.
Plus I’ll have more to talk about on the FNL podcast @ FNLpodcast.com !!!!
Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!
Well done, NBC.
YAAAAAAAAY
I didn’t want to get my hopes up when i first heard the news. This is very good news!
I’m with John Ruggeri..
What about Chuck?
I am so happy right now, I don’t even know what to say.
Finally, TV execs get one right!
Excellent! I am so glad, FNL is by far the best show on tv. I still beleve what a reviewer wrote about the pilot, that FNL isn’t just a tv show, it’s art.