Friday Night Lights TV seriesFriday Night Lights is an American drama television series about a high school football team in the fictional town of Dillon, Texas. It was developed by Peter Berg and executive produced by Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey and Jason Katims, based on the 1. H. G. Bissinger, adapted as the 2. The series primary setting, Dillon, is a small, close knit community in rural Texas. Team coach Eric Taylor Kyle Chandler and his family, Tami, Julie and Grace, are featured. The show uses this small town backdrop to address many issues facing contemporary American culture, including family values, school funding, racism, drugs, abortion and lack of economic opportunities. Watch Friday Online Hitfix' title='Watch Friday Online Hitfix' />Produced by NBCUniversal, Friday Night Lights premiered on October 3, 2. NBC. Although the show had garnered critical acclaim and passionate fans, the series suffered low ratings and was in danger of cancellation after the second season. To save the series, NBC struck a deal with Direc. TV to co produce three more seasons each subsequent season premiered on Direc. TVs 1. 01 Network, with NBC rebroadcasts a few months later. The series ended its run on The 1. Watch Friday Online Hitfix' title='Watch Friday Online Hitfix' />Network on February 9, 2. Though Friday Night Lights never garnered a sizable audience,6 it was a critical success, lauded for its realistic portrayal of Middle America and deep exploration of its central characters. Monster is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West, released as the third single from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2010. The show appeared on a number of best lists and was awarded a Peabody Award, a Humanitas Prize, a Television Critics Association Award and several technical Primetime Emmy Awards. At the 2. 01. 1 Primetime Emmy Awards, the show was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series. Watch Miss London Ltd. Streaming. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton also scored multiple nominations for the Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress awards for a drama series. Executive producer Jason Katims was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Chandler and Katims each won the Emmy in 2. BackgroundeditInspirationeditFriday Night Lights was inspired by H. G. Buzz Bissingers non fiction book Friday Night Lights A Town, a Team, and a Dream 1. Watch Friday Online Hitfix JustifiedThe Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs. Watch Blood: The Last Vampire Streaming'>Watch Blood: The Last Vampire Streaming. 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Creating a TV series, particularly one based on fictional characters, allowed him to address many of those elements in depth. He decided to set the series in a fictional town of Dillon, Texas, with some characteristics of Odessa. The football team was given the Panthers name. Berg deliberately carried elements from the film to the series, particularly for the pilot, which was closely related to the film. He cast Connie Britton as the wife of head coach Eric Taylor, and Brad Leland as Buddy Garrity, a major businessman and football booster, in roles similar to those they played in the film. ProductioneditFilming for the shows pilot began in February 2. Austin, Texas. Berg said he required filming the pilot and eventually the show in Texas as a deal breaker in order to agree to participate weekly in the project. The show features homages to its Texas heritage. In the pilot, Berg featured Texas Longhorns football coach Mack Brown as a Dillon booster and had a caller to the fictional Panther Radio compare Panthers coach Eric Taylor to Brown. The pilot referred to much of the surrounding area in its scenes. Football scenes were filmed at Pflugerville High Schools Kuempel Stadium and at the RRISD Complex. The Dillon Panther football team and coaches uniforms were based on the uniforms of the Pflugerville Panthers. Some of the scenes were filmed at Texas School for the Deaf. Bergs observation of local high school students while preparing to film the movie inspired his development of some of the characters. For example, Jason Street, the character whose promising football career is ended by a spinal injury in the pilot, was inspired by a local event. David Edwards, a football player from San Antonios Madison High, was paralyzed during a November 2. Berg was at the game when this accident occurred he was profoundly affected by Edwards injury and how it overturned his life. Berg set up a similar incident in the pilot. PerformanceseditWhile relying on a script each week, the producers decided at the outset to allow the cast leeway in what they said and did on the show. Their decisions could affect the delivery of their lines and the blocking of each scene. If the actors felt that something was untrue to their character or a mode of delivery didnt work, they were free to change it, provided they still hit the vital plot points. This freedom was complemented by filming without rehearsal and without extensive blocking. Camera operators were trained to follow the actors, rather than having the actors stand in one place with cameras fixed around them. The actors knew that the filming would work around them. Executive producer Jeffrey Reiner described this method as no rehearsal, no blocking, just three cameras and we shoot. Working in this fashion profoundly influenced everyone involved with the show. Watch Twilight Zone Episodes Online Free Hulu'>Watch Twilight Zone Episodes Online Free Hulu. Series star Kyle Chandler said When I look back at my life, Im going to say, Wow, executive producer Peter Berg really changed my life. Executive producer and head writer Jason Katims echoed this sentiment, saying When I first came on the FNL set, I thought, its interesting this is what I imagined filmmaking would be, before I saw what filmmaking was. FilmingeditAll five seasons of Friday Night Lights were filmed in Austin and Pflugerville. With the show yielding roughly 3. Texas failed to pay all the rebates it had promised to the shows producers. The Texas legislature authorized funding to match the offers of other states, and the production company preferred to stay near Austin, so the show remained in Texas. Friday Night Lights is unusual for using actual locations rather than stage sets and sound stage. These factors together with reliance on filming hundreds of locals as extras, gives the series an authentic feel and look. The producers used a documentary style filming technique. Three cameras were used for each shoot and entire scenes were shot in one take. In contrast, most productions film a scene from each angle and typically repeat the scene several times while readjusting lighting to accommodate each shot. The first takes usually made the final cut. By filming a scene all at once, the producers tried to create an environment for the actors that was more organic and allowed for the best performances. The series borrowed the uniforms, cheerleaders, fans and stadium of the Pflugerville Panthers. Producers shot Pflugerville games and used them as game footage in the series. University of Southern California football announcers Peter Arbogast and Paul Mc. Donald provided off screen commentary during the football game sequences. Paranormal Activity Sherry Lansing Theatre Reactions.