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Displaying all articles tagged:
Friday Night Lights
your dvd calendar
Aug. 18, 2010
New DVDs: Orson! Dexter! The Next Peter Parker!
Even when Richard Linklater’s films don’t click, there’s always at least one performance that makes it all worthwhile.
By
Logan Hill
friday night lights
Aug. 11, 2010
Final Season of
Friday Night Lights
Gets a Premiere Date
We are still in denial about this.
By
Josh Duboff
overnights
July 30, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: The Pain of Being Pure at Heart
This season, nearly over, has flexed its chops to tell stories that are bleaker than ever before.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
July 2, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Talkin’ ‘Bout the Car Wash
The writers now seem comfortable playing with melodramatic scenarios and gleefully upending our expectations.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
June 25, 2010
Friday Night Lights
: Straight Flush
We’re back with a corker of an episode — which is unfortunately named “The Toilet Bowl.”
By
Andy Greenwald
be there!
June 21, 2010
Best/Worst NBC Promos From the Man Who Made Them
How to make ‘Friends’ a hit, and why ‘Friday Night Lights’ never was one.
By
Josef Adalian
overnights
June 18, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Left-Behind Series
New people, new situations. The only thing that isn’t new is how much we’re loving it all.
By
Andy Greenwald
chat room
June 18, 2010
Zach Gilford on Returning to
Friday Night Lights
and Making Us All Cry
The actor on his heartbreaking story line, coming back to film in season five, and planning his next pub crawl.
By
Emma Rosenblum
friday night lights
June 14, 2010
Saracen, Riggins, and Tyra Back for Fifth Season of
Lights
Probable final season will see return of old favorites.
By
Josh Duboff
overnights
June 11, 2010
Friday Night Lights
: Austin and/or Bust
One road trip leads to another.
By
Andy Greenwald
clear eyes
June 10, 2010
Coach Taylor of
Friday Night Lights
Has Uncredited Cameo in Joshua Ferris’s
New Yorker
Short Story
Highbrow writers have highbrow TV tastes!
By
Willa Paskin
overnights
June 4, 2010
FNL
Recap: Zach Gilford, MVP
This week’s episode is owned by the titanic performance of Gilford as an angry, confused, and grieving Matt Saracen.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
May 29, 2010
Friday Night Lights
: Do the Right Thing
Tami suffers, Luke and Vince tangle, Landry flirts, Matt and Julia fray, and Tim Riggins … visits a dress shop?
By
Andy Greenwald
clear eyes
May 25, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Will Try to Attract Audience in Syndication
On ABC Family.
By
Willa Paskin
overnights
May 24, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Under Armored
Coach blows $3,000 of his own money on new uniforms. Problematic!
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
May 14, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: The White Flag of Survival
We see saintly coach Eric Taylor in a new, less flattering light. And much more!
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
May 7, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Season-Premiere Recap
Andy Greenwald introduces the East Dillon Lions.
By
Andy Greenwald
clear eyes
May 7, 2010
FNL
: How Each Episode Will Make You Feel
Mostly not happy things.
By
Willa Paskin
fnl
Apr. 11, 2010
Dillon, Texas Gets a New Hunk
And his name is Hastings Ruckle.
By
Adam K. Raymond
depressing
Feb. 10, 2010
Friday Night Lights
to End After Season Five
Enjoy your Riggins while you still can.
By
Josh Duboff
overnights
Feb. 10, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Season Finale: Kitty Bowl
This is a strange sort of finale to process for the ‘FNL’ faithful.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Feb. 4, 2010
Friday Night Lights
: The Pain of Being Pure at Heart
This season, nearly over, has flexed its chops to tell stories that are bleaker than ever before.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Jan. 28, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Talk to the Hand Painter
The showdown between East and West Dillon is where this wildly satisfying season has been headed all along.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Jan. 21, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Adult Entertainment
Mature, complicated, nuanced representations of incredibly difficult issues ranging from abortion to race!
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Jan. 13, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Talkin’ ‘Bout the Car Wash
The writers now seem comfortable playing with melodramatic scenarios and gleefully upending our expectations.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Jan. 7, 2010
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Straight Flush
We’re back with a corker of an episode — which is unfortunately named “The Toilet Bowl.”
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Dec. 16, 2009
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Left Behind Series
New people, new situations. The only thing that isn’t new is how much we’re loving it all.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Dec. 10, 2009
Friday Night Lights
Recap: Austin and/or Bust
One road trip leads to another.
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Dec. 3, 2009
Friday Night Lights
: Zach Gilford, Most Valuable Player
This week’s episode is owned by the titanic performance of Gilford as an angry, confused, and grieving Matt Saracen.
By
Andy Greenwald
the industry
Nov. 20, 2009
Uma Thurman to Show Rob Pattinson Around Paris
Plus: Steven Spielberg and Stephen King unite!
By
Adam K. Raymond
overnights
Nov. 19, 2009
Friday Night Lights
: Do the Right Thing
Tami suffers, Luke and Vince tangle, Landry flirts, Matt and Julia fray, and Tim Riggins … visits a dress shop?
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Nov. 12, 2009
Friday Night Lights
: Under Armored
Coach blows $3,000 of his own money for new uniforms. Problematic!
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Nov. 5, 2009
Friday Night Lights
: The White Flag of Survival
We see saintly coach Eric Taylor in a new, less flattering light. And much more!
By
Andy Greenwald
overnights
Oct. 29, 2009
Friday Night Lights
Season Premiere
Andy Greenwald introduces the East Dillon Lions.
By
Andy Greenwald
awesome
Oct. 20, 2009
Julie Taylor on Being a Panther Fan
It’s all screams and tears.
By
Adam K. Raymond
chat room
Sept. 11, 2009
Gaius Charles on
Friday Night Lights
,
Othello
, and His Shakespearean Name
“This is not guys in puffy pants with perfect iambic pentameter.”
By
Rebecca Milzoff
spoilers
Apr. 10, 2009
Friday Night Lights
: Turn Off the You-Know-What When You Leave
Who’s staying — and who’s leaving.
By
Emma Rosenblum
awesome
Mar. 31, 2009
Friday Night Lights
Renewed!
For two whole seasons!
By
Lane Brown
renewals
Mar. 10, 2009
Friday Night Lights
Nears a Pickup
For two whole seasons, maybe!
By
Lane Brown
quote machine
Feb. 5, 2009
Etta James Pulls a Faye Dunaway, Slams Beyoncé
Plus: Even Joss Whedon’s cast is a little confused about the plot of ‘Dollhouse.’
By
Stan Park
apropos of nothing
July 25, 2008
‘Mad Men,’ the Latest Show You Should Watch™
Let simple math prove to you why ‘The Sopranos’ is the greatest SYSW in TV history.
kudos
June 27, 2008
Emmys Announce Ten-Show-Long Lists for Best Series Awards
’The Wire’ and ‘Family Guy’ highlight lists full of surprises.
the industry
Apr. 3, 2008
NBC Spending Even More Time at ‘The Office’
Plus: The fate of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ William Monahan’s next project, and Elvis Costello’s talk show.
the early-evening news
Mar. 6, 2008
‘Friday Night Lights’ Gets Saved!
Plus: Which American Idol contestant do we hate now?
the early-evening news
Feb. 21, 2008
Amanda Bynes Is the Thinking Kid’s Michel Gondry
Plus news about Thriller and how we are old.
apropos of nothing
Feb. 21, 2008
All Those Broken Lightbulbs May Have Paid Off — ‘Friday Night Lights’ Possibly Saved!
Have crazy fans rescued yet another critically loved, ratings-deficient series from the jaws of cancellation? Maybe!
strike zone
Feb. 12, 2008
Vulture’s Poststrike Encyclopedia: When Will My Show Be Back?
Constantly updated reports on which of your favorite shows will return this spring, this fall, in 2009, or (gulp) never.
overnights
Feb. 11, 2008
‘Friday Night Lights’: Season Ends, for Now, Mid–Cycle of Life
The
Friday Night Lights
writers like to keep the narratives cycles as tight as Tyra’s gym shorts.
beef
Feb. 8, 2008
‘Friday Night Lights’ Fans So Angry at Ben Silverman They’re Sending Him Envelopes Full of Broken Glass
Oh, wait.
overnights
Feb. 4, 2008
‘Friday Night Lights’: Ah, the Dark Side
As part of their campaign to prove that
Friday Night Lights
is not a football show, the writers have gone back to the Tyra-in-tight-shorts well. Which is not something we’re inclined to complain about, per se.
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