Joy to the world
March 31, 2009
Don’t worry, this site won’t be my personal playground to talk about random stuff, but I feel compelled to mention some of the best news I have heard in a long time:
“Though it is one of the lower-rated series on network television, the widely praised NBC drama “Friday Night Lights,” has received yet another reprieve: the show will not be canceled and will have at least two more seasons of 13 episodes each. NBC completed a deal with DirecTV on Monday in which the two will share the next “Friday Night Lights” season as they did this season. The new episodes will play first on DirectTV in the fall and then be rerun on NBC in the winter and spring. The deal — terms of which were not disclosed — almost didn’t happen, mainly because of the price of DirecTV’s license fee. Eric Shanks, the executive vice president of entertainment for DirecTV, on Tuesday credited Ben Silverman, the NBC entertainment co-chairman, with saving the deal. “Ben called and said he was yelling at a lot of people,” Mr. Shanks said.”
Awesome. FNL is the 21st century’s version of “The Wonder Years,” and one of the highlights of my week. Kinda sad, I suppose, but true. If you aren’t watching it, which is likely, you are really missing out on something special.
OK, now back to our regularly scheduled sports talk.
(PS. After jump, an interview with FNL’s Minka Kelly aka Layla Garrity)
(PPS. Here’s an SI interview with Zach Gilford aka Matt Saracen)
3 Responses to “Joy to the world”
I’m with ya Ariel. Great show. Coach, Landry, and Riggins crack me up on a weekly basis. Great news it got renewed.
By Steve Barry on Apr 1, 2009
best news since akiyama came west
By Sang Noh on Apr 1, 2009
Yes, almost as exciting as that.
By AH on Apr 1, 2009