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Posted: September 7th, 2007.
Extraordinary in just about every conceivable way – The Washington Post
Accomplished and engaging – The Guardian
In Dillon, Texas football is God and the only time that matters is Friday night. The time when everyone in townavidly watches the fortunes of their number one-rated high school football team, The Dillon Panthers and their new head-coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler- King Kong).
Friday Night Lights, the fantastic new series from Americas NBC channel, catches the drama both onand off the pitch as the team struggle to manage life, love and the pursuit of those all-important statechampionship rings.
Based on the 2004 box office smash starring Billy Bob Thornton (Monsters Ball), Friday Night Lights has scoredwith the critics and proved to be an enormous hit on both sides of the Atlantic, regularly bringing in 7 millionviewers on NBC and screening on UK digital channel ITV4.
Friday Night Lights – The First Series, will touchdown for the first time ever on DVD, featuring 22 episodeson six discs, courtesy of Playback on 29 October 2007.
The series is bursting with hot young acting talent, including Scott Porter (Alterboyz) as the talented, goodlooking and much sought after team captain, Jason Street, whose world is turned upside down when he meetswith tragedy on the field. Minka Kelly (What I Like About You) plays Lyla Garrety, Jasons girlfriend, thepretty and popular cheerleader whos assured future and way of life seems to slipping from her grasp witheach passing day and newcomer Zach Gilford (Handbook To Casual Stalking) as Matt Saracen the sensitive buttroubled reserve quarterback desperate to prove himself on the field, all the while supporting his family andcaring for his ailing grandmother.
The week is over, work is done, its Friday night, prepare for kick-off with this rip-roaring series.
A full episode guide for the series can be found at:epguides.com/fridaynightlights
Friday Night Lights Season 1 is released on October 29th and retails for £34.99.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2007.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.