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In the wake of the 43 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger, it’s often overlooked that the streaming-focused conglomerate also owns dozens of linear cable networks outside of CNN and HBO. And two, TNT and TBS, are experiencing the growing pains of the new regime – seemingly pulling out of scripted. But reports of a scripted demise may have been premature.
“We are absolutely in the scripted business,” says Kathleen Finch, Warner Bros. Discovery US Networks Group chair and chief content officer. “We are making more content than anybody, but we want to make sure that we’re putting it in the right place and making the right projects, because we now have so many hours to fill.”
Scripted content is new to Finch, who started her career at CBS News before becoming a programming executive at Food Network and then president of HGTV. She...
In the wake of the 43 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger, it’s often overlooked that the streaming-focused conglomerate also owns dozens of linear cable networks outside of CNN and HBO. And two, TNT and TBS, are experiencing the growing pains of the new regime – seemingly pulling out of scripted. But reports of a scripted demise may have been premature.
“We are absolutely in the scripted business,” says Kathleen Finch, Warner Bros. Discovery US Networks Group chair and chief content officer. “We are making more content than anybody, but we want to make sure that we’re putting it in the right place and making the right projects, because we now have so many hours to fill.”
Scripted content is new to Finch, who started her career at CBS News before becoming a programming executive at Food Network and then president of HGTV. She...
- 10/12/2022
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The latest film from independent film distributor Gravitas Ventures is “Bakery in Brooklyn,” about two cousins with very different attitudes forced to band together in order to preserve their family’s legacy. After their Aunt Isabelle (Linda Lavin) dies, she leaves behind her Brooklyn boulangerie, a cornerstone of the neighborhood, to her two cousins Vivien (Aimee Teegarden) and Chloe (Krysta Rodriguez). Chloe wants to change up the shop’s image while Vivien wants to retain its original atmosphere, forcing the two of them to split the business in half and compete for every last customer. But when the bank threatens to foreclose on the bakery, it’s up to them to work together to save the shop. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
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- 1/19/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
One of Disney’s greatest treasures has been with us for 22 years. It was on June 24, 1994 that The Lion King opened in theaters across the country. The tale of a Simba stepping into the light and into his father’s footsteps was an instant hit with both audiences and critics, and it earned four Oscar nominations for its breathtaking music, winning two of those — one for Hans Zimmer’s score and one for Elton John and Tim Rice-penned song “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” The Lion King has remained one of Disney’s most celebrated and beloved films, and that was clear when its 3D re-release hit theaters in 2011, becoming a box office juggernaut as parents who were young upon the original release of the film towed their young ones to the theater for the treat of seeing the beauty of the animated savannah on the big screen again.
- 6/24/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
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With clear eyes and full hearts, the can't-lose Friday Night Lights TV series stars Taylor Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), and Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), reunited outside Chicago, for a Spartan Race on June 11th. The beloved drama series, which was cancelled after five seasons on NBC, first premiered in 2006.
While the bigger Friday Night Lights TV show reunion happened at the Atx Television Festival, it wasn't the only game in town. Or rather, Austin wasn't the only town in the Friday Night Lights reunion game. Check out photos of the mini Fnl reunion Kelly, Gilford, and Teegarden shared on social media. Make sure you don't miss sponsor Marriott Rewards' event photography, below.
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With clear eyes and full hearts, the can't-lose Friday Night Lights TV series stars Taylor Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), and Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), reunited outside Chicago, for a Spartan Race on June 11th. The beloved drama series, which was cancelled after five seasons on NBC, first premiered in 2006.
While the bigger Friday Night Lights TV show reunion happened at the Atx Television Festival, it wasn't the only game in town. Or rather, Austin wasn't the only town in the Friday Night Lights reunion game. Check out photos of the mini Fnl reunion Kelly, Gilford, and Teegarden shared on social media. Make sure you don't miss sponsor Marriott Rewards' event photography, below.
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- 6/15/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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Texas forever, even in the Midwest. Friday Night Lights TV series stars Taylor Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), and Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), will reunite outside Chicago, for a Spartan Race on June 11, 2016.
Nearly ten years after Friday Night Lights premiered on NBC, Marriott Rewards is bringing the clear-eyed, full-hearted foursome to a can't-lose race with reunited Marriott Rewards members. With the help of elite Spartan racers, Kitsch, Kelly, Gilford, and Teegarden will train separately in the coming weeks and reunite at the 8-mile, 24 obstacle Spartan Super.
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Texas forever, even in the Midwest. Friday Night Lights TV series stars Taylor Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), and Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), will reunite outside Chicago, for a Spartan Race on June 11, 2016.
Nearly ten years after Friday Night Lights premiered on NBC, Marriott Rewards is bringing the clear-eyed, full-hearted foursome to a can't-lose race with reunited Marriott Rewards members. With the help of elite Spartan racers, Kitsch, Kelly, Gilford, and Teegarden will train separately in the coming weeks and reunite at the 8-mile, 24 obstacle Spartan Super.
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- 5/9/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
From the football field to the obstacle course!
The former cast of Friday Night Lights is reuniting to tackle the Spartan Race this June 11 outside of Chicago, trekking 10 miles of rough terrain in a nod to the cult-favorite show's 10-year anniversary.
Fans will be able to run the course alongside Taylor Kitsch (a.k.a. Tim Riggins), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen) and Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Entertainment Tonight first exclusively reported.
Kelly told Et, "I'm really looking forward to running on the Marriott Rewards team at the Spartan Race in Chicago and catching up with my...
The former cast of Friday Night Lights is reuniting to tackle the Spartan Race this June 11 outside of Chicago, trekking 10 miles of rough terrain in a nod to the cult-favorite show's 10-year anniversary.
Fans will be able to run the course alongside Taylor Kitsch (a.k.a. Tim Riggins), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen) and Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Entertainment Tonight first exclusively reported.
Kelly told Et, "I'm really looking forward to running on the Marriott Rewards team at the Spartan Race in Chicago and catching up with my...
- 5/9/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- People.com - TV Watch
From the football field to the obstacle course! The former cast of Friday Night Lights is reuniting to tackle the Spartan Race this June 11 outside of Chicago, trekking 10 miles of rough terrain in a nod to the cult-favorite show's 10-year anniversary. Fans will be able to run the course alongside Taylor Kitsch (a.k.a. Tim Riggins), Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen) and Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Entertainment Tonight first exclusively reported. Kelly told Et, "I'm really looking forward to running on the Marriott Rewards team at the Spartan Race in Chicago and catching up with my...
- 5/9/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- PEOPLE.com
We're coming up on sixteen years since "Fight Club" arrived on the scene, going from controversial studio release to cult favorite to contemporary classic, and the novel's author Chuck Palahniuk has continued to find ways to expand upon his defining work. Earlier this year, he launched a comic book sequel series "Fight Club 2," and last week it was announced that David Fincher and Julie Taylor were teaming up to bring the story of dudes smashing the state by smashing each other to the stage with a rock opera adaptation. And it's getting a bit of a twist. Read More: Best To Worst: David Fincher's Complete Music Videography Ranked Jeff Goldsmith of the podcast The Q&A revealed on Twitter that Nine Inch Nails auteur Trent Reznor is also involved in this production. And it's not a big surprise: he's scored Fincher's last three films, so it makes total...
- 7/14/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Read More: MoMA and Film Society of Lincoln Center Announce Complete New Directors/New Films Lineup This summer's the Film Society of Lincoln Center returns with their annual Free Film Society Talks series, sponsored by HBO. The events, free and open to the public, are held in the Amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. The featured directors will lead discussions, sharing rare insight on their recent releases. The format will consist of the discussion and a combination of clips, trailers, extended conversations and questions from the audience. The talks kick off June 15 with the director, writer, and producer Julie Taylor, who will discuss the filmed version of her critically acclaimed stage production, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." On the following night, "Harry Potter" fans can take a walk down memory lane and come hear from Alan Rickman, in town to discuss "A Little Chaos," which he directed and stars in.
- 6/10/2015
- by Conor Soules
- Indiewire
The country music community gathered in Nashville on Thursday to say goodbye to legendary performer Little Jimmy Dickens, and not surprisingly, the focus was on his size: His huge smile and big laugh. His great heart. His enormous sense of humor. His larger-than-life stage personality. In fact if anything became abundantly clear during the two-hour funeral at the Grand Ole Opry House where Dickens had performed countless times, it was this: His height - all 4 feet 11 inches - was the only thing about Little Jimmy Dickens that was small. Longtime friend and fishing buddy Brad Paisley presided over the public celebration of Dickens's life,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Nancy Kruh
- PEOPLE.com
"Star-Crossed," The CW's newest drama, is a hard show to pin down. It's a supernatural romance, sure, but the series, about alien teenagers integrating into a Louisiana high school 10 years in the future, also tackles some pretty heavy topics -- segregation, racism and terminal illness, to name a few.
"It's hard to fit the entire show into a nutshell," admits star Aimee Teegarden. "I would say it's a mixture of 'Romeo and Juliet' with 'District 9.' There's a big sci-fi element to it but it's also about the relationships and it's also about mankind and prejudices we have about human beings."
Teegarden plays Emery, a human teenager going to high school for the first time after recovering from an illness that kept her hospitalized most of her life. She immediately bonds with Roman (Matt Lanter), the alien boy she met briefly as a child when an Atrian spaceship crash-landed on Earth,...
"It's hard to fit the entire show into a nutshell," admits star Aimee Teegarden. "I would say it's a mixture of 'Romeo and Juliet' with 'District 9.' There's a big sci-fi element to it but it's also about the relationships and it's also about mankind and prejudices we have about human beings."
Teegarden plays Emery, a human teenager going to high school for the first time after recovering from an illness that kept her hospitalized most of her life. She immediately bonds with Roman (Matt Lanter), the alien boy she met briefly as a child when an Atrian spaceship crash-landed on Earth,...
- 2/13/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
We've seen the pilots of The CW's new shows, and while they're not for review (things often change drastically before the shows are set to premiere), we do want to share our first reactions to what's coming in the fall and midseason.
This quick guide is designed to get you excited for some new shows ... and to warn you to curb your enthusiasm for others. Just keep in mind that we'll have full reviews of the final pilots closer to airdate. For now, here are our snap judgments of The CW's new shows for the 2013-2014 TV season.
See The CW's Full Fall Schedule Here
There are five new scripted shows coming to The CW that were ready to preview, and all of them left us with questions. Mainly: Are any of these new shows worth watching? HuffPost TV staffers Maggie Furlong, Jaimie Etkin, Chris Harnick, Alex Moaba, Laura Prudom...
This quick guide is designed to get you excited for some new shows ... and to warn you to curb your enthusiasm for others. Just keep in mind that we'll have full reviews of the final pilots closer to airdate. For now, here are our snap judgments of The CW's new shows for the 2013-2014 TV season.
See The CW's Full Fall Schedule Here
There are five new scripted shows coming to The CW that were ready to preview, and all of them left us with questions. Mainly: Are any of these new shows worth watching? HuffPost TV staffers Maggie Furlong, Jaimie Etkin, Chris Harnick, Alex Moaba, Laura Prudom...
- 6/10/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Julie Taylor is all grown up! Aimee Teegarden, who famously portrayed Coach Taylor's teenage daughter on Friday Night Lights, has completely transformed. Now there's a lot going on with her new look, so let's break down the big changes: News: Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder reunite at CW Upfronts Gone are her signature blunt bangs and locks. Instead, she is currently rocking a rich brunette tint with red undertones and no fringe. Plus, the 23-year-old—who will be staring in the new CW series Star-Crossed—also debuted a slimmer figure. "I'm a pretty healthy person. I hit the gym probably five days a week if I have the time," she told Us Weekly....
- 5/20/2013
- E! Online
Texas forever! It's been two years since Friday Night Lights took its final bow, and, boy, has a lot changed since then. For one thing, Aimee Teegarden, who played the football coach's moody blonde teenage daughter, Julie Taylor, is now brunette, her trademark bangs no longer framing her cherubic face. And costar Scott Porter, who played Jason Street, the star quarterback who becomes paralyzed during a game, is now married and on a new show, CW's The Hart of Dixie. The two former costars reunited on Thursday, [...]...
- 5/17/2013
- Us Weekly
Grimm Episode 2.20 “Kiss of the Muse”
Written by Sean Calder
Directed by Tawnia McKiernan
Airs Tuesday 10.00pm Est on NBC
It’s probably unfair to compare modest little Grimm to David Lynch’s masterpiece Blue Velvet, but in this episode the similarities are there: obsession, art, a woman with a face like a magnet. No one turns up with a tank of laughing gas pressed to their face, but the woman in question does have the Lynch-like touch of possessing poison lips.
Juicy stuff, nicely rounded off with a demented Wesen breaking into a paint store and creating a giant graffito of said woman’s face on the nearest convenient piece of concrete. The Wesen with poison lips is a Musai, one of which was responsible for sending poor old Vincent round the bend. The fact that this one has the surname Sedgewick might be a coy nod to Warhol’s real muse Edie,...
Written by Sean Calder
Directed by Tawnia McKiernan
Airs Tuesday 10.00pm Est on NBC
It’s probably unfair to compare modest little Grimm to David Lynch’s masterpiece Blue Velvet, but in this episode the similarities are there: obsession, art, a woman with a face like a magnet. No one turns up with a tank of laughing gas pressed to their face, but the woman in question does have the Lynch-like touch of possessing poison lips.
Juicy stuff, nicely rounded off with a demented Wesen breaking into a paint store and creating a giant graffito of said woman’s face on the nearest convenient piece of concrete. The Wesen with poison lips is a Musai, one of which was responsible for sending poor old Vincent round the bend. The fact that this one has the surname Sedgewick might be a coy nod to Warhol’s real muse Edie,...
- 5/9/2013
- by Cath Murphy
- SoundOnSight
The Young and the Restless tallied 23 nominations as honors were announced this morning for the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Restless’ impressive take helped CBS lead all networks with 50 overall nominations. PBS and ABC followed, with 44 and 38 nods, respectively.
General Hospital, which earned 19 nominations, joined Restless in the race for Outstanding Drama Series, and Sesame Street received 17 nods, including three for Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo who faces allegations of sexual misconduct.
Good Morning America and Today will bring their ratings rivalry to the Emmys, where they’ll be joined by CBS Sunday Morning in the Outstanding Morning Program category.
General Hospital, which earned 19 nominations, joined Restless in the race for Outstanding Drama Series, and Sesame Street received 17 nods, including three for Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo who faces allegations of sexual misconduct.
Good Morning America and Today will bring their ratings rivalry to the Emmys, where they’ll be joined by CBS Sunday Morning in the Outstanding Morning Program category.
- 5/1/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside TV
By Rachel Bennett
Television Editor & Columnist
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NBC’s Revolution aired its winter finale two weeks ago, and the network’s ratings champ won’t return for three long, cold months.
As much as I like Revolution and think it’s better than most critics make it out to be, there’s one part of it I can’t stand: Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos), its protagonist. She’s self-righteous, stubborn and not exactly the brightest bulb in the box (pun intended).
This is typical of several TV teen characters — just take a look at Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) of NBC and DirecTV’s Friday Night Lights, Dana Brody (Morgan Saylor) of Showtime’s Homeland and Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) during the second season of AMC’s The Walking Dead — but it makes sense: Teens are often annoying as they find their footing in an adult world. They don’t call them “growing pains” for nothing.
Television Editor & Columnist
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NBC’s Revolution aired its winter finale two weeks ago, and the network’s ratings champ won’t return for three long, cold months.
As much as I like Revolution and think it’s better than most critics make it out to be, there’s one part of it I can’t stand: Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos), its protagonist. She’s self-righteous, stubborn and not exactly the brightest bulb in the box (pun intended).
This is typical of several TV teen characters — just take a look at Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) of NBC and DirecTV’s Friday Night Lights, Dana Brody (Morgan Saylor) of Showtime’s Homeland and Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) during the second season of AMC’s The Walking Dead — but it makes sense: Teens are often annoying as they find their footing in an adult world. They don’t call them “growing pains” for nothing.
- 12/10/2012
- by Rachel Bennett
- Scott Feinberg
The "Supernatural" boys don't have too much luck when it comes to grandparents -- their maternal grandfather, Samuel, spent most of Season 6 working against them, and was even willing to kill them. Now, we'll meet their paternal grandfather -- but there's a twist!
"Friday Night Lights'" Gil McKinney is set to star as Henry Winchester, John Winchester's father. (Yes, he played Julie Taylor's married teacher who she slept with. Excellent!)
He'll appear in the time travel episode we told you about earlier this month. In 1958, Henry was involved in an anti-demonic cult. Apparently, it runs in the family. Interestingly enough, Henry became involved in the cult in the interest of protecting his 7-year-old son, John.
Cool, no? Henry is described as "Robert Downey Jr. meets Cary Grant" -- dapper, smart, and a little arrogant.
Things went south for him when he accidentally opened up a time portal and...
"Friday Night Lights'" Gil McKinney is set to star as Henry Winchester, John Winchester's father. (Yes, he played Julie Taylor's married teacher who she slept with. Excellent!)
He'll appear in the time travel episode we told you about earlier this month. In 1958, Henry was involved in an anti-demonic cult. Apparently, it runs in the family. Interestingly enough, Henry became involved in the cult in the interest of protecting his 7-year-old son, John.
Cool, no? Henry is described as "Robert Downey Jr. meets Cary Grant" -- dapper, smart, and a little arrogant.
Things went south for him when he accidentally opened up a time portal and...
- 11/30/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
More pilot news before the weekend hits is creeping in from the CW regarding Aimee Teegarden and The Selection. Teegarden is mostly known for playing Julie Taylor on Friday Night Lights, and if The Selection is brought to series then she may become known for appearing in what I’m sure some will call a carbon copy of this year’s must read series, The Hunger Games. I cannot wait for the controversy this will inevitably cause. Let the drama rain down from the skies!
I’ll explain things a better so you can understand why someone might think The Selection is similar to, if not exactly like, The Hunger Games. As reported by TVLine, it will be based on an upcoming book series by Kiera Cass and will take place in a dystopian world 300 years in the future. So far like Hunger Games, but it’s not an uncommon setting.
I’ll explain things a better so you can understand why someone might think The Selection is similar to, if not exactly like, The Hunger Games. As reported by TVLine, it will be based on an upcoming book series by Kiera Cass and will take place in a dystopian world 300 years in the future. So far like Hunger Games, but it’s not an uncommon setting.
- 2/24/2012
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
This time around, the 'Friday Night Lights' star will find herself in the middle of the games. Aimee Teegarden held her own against an army of Texan footballers -- now let's see how well can fare in hand-to-hand combat! TVLine reports that Friday Night Lights' own Julie Taylor has snagged the lead role in The CW's The Selection, which Hunger Games fans will definitely want to DVR if it gets picked up for the fall. Set 300 years in the future, the show tells the story of a poor girl (Aimee) who is selected to compete to become the "queen" of a war-torn country. (Sound familiar... ish?) Of course, this won't be the first time we've seen Aimee grace The CW. 90210 fans should remember her less-than-fondly as Rhonda, the crazy chick who tried to steal Ethan (Dustin Milligan) away from Annie (Shenae Grimes) after she was involved in...
- 2/23/2012
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
At first glance the New York Football Giants share very little with the fictional team in Dillon, Texas. However, after rewatching the first season this past week, it dawned on me that this year's Giants team is shockingly similar to the Dillon Panthers/Lions. Allow me to recast Friday Night Lights with the players on the Giants:
Eli Manning as Matt Saracen
The goofy facial expressions, the "aw shucks" expressions, the easy-going personality, Matt Saracen is Eli Manning! Eli Manning is Matt Saracen! Both have led their team to a championship when everyone has counted them out. Both have married their school sweethearts. Eli met Abbey at Ole Miss while Matt met Julie Taylor at Dillon High. In a perfect world Eli would have married Coach Coughlin's daughter, but we'll deal with that later.
Tom Coughlin as Coach Taylor
If there's ever been a coach who has been fired in...
Eli Manning as Matt Saracen
The goofy facial expressions, the "aw shucks" expressions, the easy-going personality, Matt Saracen is Eli Manning! Eli Manning is Matt Saracen! Both have led their team to a championship when everyone has counted them out. Both have married their school sweethearts. Eli met Abbey at Ole Miss while Matt met Julie Taylor at Dillon High. In a perfect world Eli would have married Coach Coughlin's daughter, but we'll deal with that later.
Tom Coughlin as Coach Taylor
If there's ever been a coach who has been fired in...
- 2/1/2012
- by Kris LoPresto
- Aol TV.
Okay, "Vampire Diaries" fans, tonight is the night. There have been a few bits (and bites) from this episode that I've been keeping secret for several weeks now, and getting to watch them play out on screen was both a relief and a heartbreaker.
First of all, before we jump into this episode, I want to take a moment to defend my favorite, Matt. I've been seeing a lot of Matt hate, but can we ease up on that, please? Matt is actually the person acting rationally here! Monsters are supposed to be scary. Sure, his whole jealous act with Caroline and Tyler isn't cute, but we're going to have to forgive him for being scared of werewolves and vampires. That is the normal reaction. He is not Bella Swan. That's why we like him!
Okay, moving on from there, "The Reckoning" was pretty much an hour of absolute perfection.
First of all, before we jump into this episode, I want to take a moment to defend my favorite, Matt. I've been seeing a lot of Matt hate, but can we ease up on that, please? Matt is actually the person acting rationally here! Monsters are supposed to be scary. Sure, his whole jealous act with Caroline and Tyler isn't cute, but we're going to have to forgive him for being scared of werewolves and vampires. That is the normal reaction. He is not Bella Swan. That's why we like him!
Okay, moving on from there, "The Reckoning" was pretty much an hour of absolute perfection.
- 10/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Yay! Zach Gilford, who played the complicated nice guy and Julie Taylor-lover Matt Saracen on the dearly beloved Friday Night Lights, is coming to the big screen in something other than a silly teen flick! Admittedly, it does sound kind of silly, but at least in a fun action-y way.
Fnl ended and we cried
Off The Map review
Gilford's also gonna appear in the drama Answers To Nothing
Gilford's just joined The Last Stand to star opposite scorned action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger, clearly trying to stage a comeback after Housekeepergate. He's set to play a small-town cop serving under Schwarzenegger's sherriff, who both have to stop a drug kingpin (how awesome would it be if it were Walter White?) from crossing the Mexican border after escaping from U.S. prison. Shooting just started in Albuquerque.
You think The Last Stand might be the next Terminator franchise?
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Fnl ended and we cried
Off The Map review
Gilford's also gonna appear in the drama Answers To Nothing
Gilford's just joined The Last Stand to star opposite scorned action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger, clearly trying to stage a comeback after Housekeepergate. He's set to play a small-town cop serving under Schwarzenegger's sherriff, who both have to stop a drug kingpin (how awesome would it be if it were Walter White?) from crossing the Mexican border after escaping from U.S. prison. Shooting just started in Albuquerque.
You think The Last Stand might be the next Terminator franchise?
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- 10/3/2011
- by Anna Breslaw
- Filmology
If your Facebook feed has told you anything as of late — well, besides the fact that a few of your friends are currently contemplating lunch (go for it, guys!) — it’s that a lot of people are none too thrilled with the current and upcoming changes to the social networking site. Some feel that the website is becoming overly complicated and wonder why Mark Zuckerberg is fixing what wasn’t broken.
But like it (sometimes literally, if you feel so inclined to click the “like” button) or not, times are a changin’ on Facebook. In fact, in addition to new...
But like it (sometimes literally, if you feel so inclined to click the “like” button) or not, times are a changin’ on Facebook. In fact, in addition to new...
- 9/29/2011
- by Aly Semigran
- EW.com - PopWatch
Jim Sturgess has been terrific in small, underrated movies, like 21 and - as we talk about in this video chat – Julie Taylor’s Beatles-inspired musical Across the Universe. But One Day arrives as his career-making moment. Anne Hathaway may be the name-y star of the romance, but Sturgess is its big discovery. The film - directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education) from David Nicholl’s best-selling novel - follows Emma and Dexter for 20 years, checking in one day each year as they go from university graduation to decades of friendship, their star-crossed attraction simmering all the while. Sturgess’ character…...
- 8/9/2011
- James on ScreenS
Before "Friday Night Lights" was a TV show, it was a movie (and before that, a book). Now, the executive producer Peter Berg (also the director of the movie) is considering making a movie out of the TV show. So, rather than a sequel to the original film (which is the movie that made everyone notice singer Tim McGraw as an actor), this movie would be an extension of the TV show like the Sex and the City movies. Universal (NBC's parent company which owns/runs "Fnl") says they don't currently have this project in development but that doesn't mean the idea isn't being kicked around upstairs.
What's interesting is that most of the "Friday Night Lights" cast have transitioned into movie stars:
* Minka Kelly ("Lyla Garrity") is now a major star with lead roles in The Roommate and Just Go With It.
* Aimee Teegarden ("Julie Taylor," pictured) was the...
What's interesting is that most of the "Friday Night Lights" cast have transitioned into movie stars:
* Minka Kelly ("Lyla Garrity") is now a major star with lead roles in The Roommate and Just Go With It.
* Aimee Teegarden ("Julie Taylor," pictured) was the...
- 7/18/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Where to begin to say goodbye to such an incredible series? In "Always," the time came for the lights to go out in Dillon. And you bet your ass I was misty-eyed.
Friday Night Lights has always had incredible writing (minus the season two murder plotline, of course), so it came as no shock that it produced an episode so full of heart, one that allowed us to come full circle in so many ways. The player interviews under the tents mimicked the same scenes in the pilot, except this time it was Vince and not Jason Street. It was a wonderful way to bookend the series and stay true to the story of these people.
We got to revisit the Alamo Freeze, the site of so many Dillon memories. But forget the ice cream sundaes with jimmies, Matt Saracen had a serious question for Julie Taylor. The engagement was just so raw and real,...
Friday Night Lights has always had incredible writing (minus the season two murder plotline, of course), so it came as no shock that it produced an episode so full of heart, one that allowed us to come full circle in so many ways. The player interviews under the tents mimicked the same scenes in the pilot, except this time it was Vince and not Jason Street. It was a wonderful way to bookend the series and stay true to the story of these people.
We got to revisit the Alamo Freeze, the site of so many Dillon memories. But forget the ice cream sundaes with jimmies, Matt Saracen had a serious question for Julie Taylor. The engagement was just so raw and real,...
- 7/16/2011
- by leigh.raines@gmail.com (Leigh Raines)
- TVfanatic
Some kids just aren't ready to fly the coop. In "Swerve" we realize that Julie Taylor is one of them. We all saw how Julie got in over her head with the Ta, but crashing her car to avoid going back? That was beyond.
At the beginning of the season I wasn't sure what Julie's storyline really added to the overall plot of the show, but now it appears it was to set up to show Julie's struggles with leaving Dillon and test the strength of the Taylors. Once Eric and Tami found out the truth about the crash, you could see the pain on their faces. In all five seasons of Fnl I've never seen Eric leave a practice early or show up to a game late.
Once Eric and Tami found out the truth about the crash, you could see the pain on their faces. In all five...
At the beginning of the season I wasn't sure what Julie's storyline really added to the overall plot of the show, but now it appears it was to set up to show Julie's struggles with leaving Dillon and test the strength of the Taylors. Once Eric and Tami found out the truth about the crash, you could see the pain on their faces. In all five seasons of Fnl I've never seen Eric leave a practice early or show up to a game late.
Once Eric and Tami found out the truth about the crash, you could see the pain on their faces. In all five...
- 5/21/2011
- by leigh.raines@gmail.com (Leigh Raines)
- TVfanatic
In an episode we've since learned includes Michael B. Jordon's favorite scene, "Kingdom" finds "Friday Night Lights" at its feel-good finest.
The Lions take a road trip to South King -- the school that showed no mercy in Season 4 -- and in addition to proving to be much more formidable opponents, they do some old school sports movie bonding.
Oh, and Eric (Kyle Chandler) gets absolutely hammered and drunk dials an equally drunk Tami (Connie Britton). Parents can be cool, too.
Catch up on all that and Julie Taylor's less-than-ideal college experience in our original recap.
The Lions take a road trip to South King -- the school that showed no mercy in Season 4 -- and in addition to proving to be much more formidable opponents, they do some old school sports movie bonding.
Oh, and Eric (Kyle Chandler) gets absolutely hammered and drunk dials an equally drunk Tami (Connie Britton). Parents can be cool, too.
Catch up on all that and Julie Taylor's less-than-ideal college experience in our original recap.
- 5/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Julie Taylor got Slapped. Okay now that we got that out of the way, let's talk some football. In "Kingdom" the Lions set off on a road trip to face the team they famously forfeited to last season. Coach warned them not to play revenge football, but how far can Kingdom push them before they snap?
From the second the bus broke through the "Revenge" banner at the East Dillon send off, Coach Taylor's no revenge speech seemed to falter a bit. Then when the team pulled up to the hotel and it said "Loins" instead of Lions, well we knew it was on.
However, it wasn't until they'd played one half of the game and kept getting screwed by the refs, that the Lions took matters into their own hands. This was only when Coach gave the go ahead to play by their own rules. After all, as Vince pointed out,...
From the second the bus broke through the "Revenge" banner at the East Dillon send off, Coach Taylor's no revenge speech seemed to falter a bit. Then when the team pulled up to the hotel and it said "Loins" instead of Lions, well we knew it was on.
However, it wasn't until they'd played one half of the game and kept getting screwed by the refs, that the Lions took matters into their own hands. This was only when Coach gave the go ahead to play by their own rules. After all, as Vince pointed out,...
- 5/14/2011
- by leigh.raines@gmail.com (Leigh Raines)
- TVfanatic
Bill Records/NBC “Friday Night Lights”: Michael B. Jordan, left, as Vince Howard, Matt Lauria as Luke Cafferty.
If the slant is not there what do you do? You line it up! That’s what’s happening on Friday Night Lights as Coach announces that his way is the good way, the right way, the path to salvation to state in Dillon, Texas!
That’s all kinds of bad juju foreboding there. Coach is getting all cocky, even as...
If the slant is not there what do you do? You line it up! That’s what’s happening on Friday Night Lights as Coach announces that his way is the good way, the right way, the path to salvation to state in Dillon, Texas!
That’s all kinds of bad juju foreboding there. Coach is getting all cocky, even as...
- 5/14/2011
- by Dawn Fallik
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
I can say with the utmost certainty that never before had I been upset by a hardware superstore commercial. Shopping for paint samples is annoying, certainly. But upsetting? Rarely.
That is, until I saw a commercial for Lowe’s that involved actor Gil McKinney. Sure, in the ad he’s just a dude looking for some affordable lawn furniture with his significant other, but all I could see was the creeper T.A. from Friday Night Lights who has been corrupting our dear Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden, pictured here sucking face with said culprit). As soon as I recognized the actor,...
That is, until I saw a commercial for Lowe’s that involved actor Gil McKinney. Sure, in the ad he’s just a dude looking for some affordable lawn furniture with his significant other, but all I could see was the creeper T.A. from Friday Night Lights who has been corrupting our dear Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden, pictured here sucking face with said culprit). As soon as I recognized the actor,...
- 5/10/2011
- by Aly Semigran
- EW.com - PopWatch
After last week's Julie Taylor-related catastrophe, I was extremely pleased that this week's episode of Friday Night Lights ("Keep Looking"), written by Bridget Carpenter and directed by Todd McMullen, fell back into the pattern of greatness that the series is known for. This week's episode offered an examination of the often contentious relationship between fathers and sons, summed up in the juxtaposition of Vince's struggles with his ex-con father Ornette and Buddy's attempts to drum some tough love into his angsty teenage son Buddy Jr. In this case the dynamics were flipped on their head, with Vince struggling to determine whether he could trust his father, and laying down the law now that he's reentered his and his mother's lives. While his mom is happy to dwell on the more rose-colored memories of the past, Vince can't let go of what his father's absence meant to the family, the missed birthdays and moments,...
- 5/9/2011
- by Jace
- Televisionary
The Lions get a break from game play in episode four of "Friday Night Lights" Season 5, "Keep Looking." Instead they focus on regular high school things like school dances and stripper aerobics.
Ok, maybe not the last part. That's reserved for Mindy Riggins (Stacey Oristano) who continues to prove herself as an underrated "Fnl" player with some glorious physical comedy and a validating maternal moment with poor, unwanted Becky (Madison Burge).
That and more on the slow undoing of poor Julie Taylor in our original recap which you can read here.
Ok, maybe not the last part. That's reserved for Mindy Riggins (Stacey Oristano) who continues to prove herself as an underrated "Fnl" player with some glorious physical comedy and a validating maternal moment with poor, unwanted Becky (Madison Burge).
That and more on the slow undoing of poor Julie Taylor in our original recap which you can read here.
- 5/7/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I'm just going to say it upfront: I'm hating Julie's storyline. I always like to give Friday Night Lights the benefit of the doubt when it comes to storytelling (except, maybe, for the murder conspiracy storyline in Season Two), but the weakness of the current college plot for Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) was all the more apparent this week when it was juxtaposed with the strength and grace of the storyline for Vince (Michael B. Jordan). This week's episode of Friday Night Lights ("The Right Hand of the Father"), written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman and directed by David Boyd, attempted to balance the two plots, as well as a third about striving to be a better person in light of last week's disastrous party and the drunken behavior of Maura (Denise Williamson) but it didn't quite all come together for me in the end, due to the lackluster nature of that Julie subplot.
- 5/1/2011
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Aimee Teegarden first caught Hollywood's eye as Julie Taylor, the coach's daughter on the critically acclaimed series Friday Night Lights, but in the five years since the show premiered she's done a lot of growing up -- and smartly so. This week Teegarden steps into her first starring film role by leading a cast of fresh-scrubbed high schoolers in Disney's Prom, but as she looks toward a burgeoning career as producer and carefully plots her acting choices (including a teen action series for Warner Bros. opposite Twilight's Jackson Rathbone) it's clear this teen idol has a long-term strategy in mind.
- 4/29/2011
- Movieline
It's quite possible that one of Buddy Garrity's favorite activities is shaking up his friend Coach Taylor. In "On the Outside Looking In" we see Buddy pull aside Eric for one of his "chats" this time concerning the athletic administration. Apparently some people thought Luke made an illegal hit in last week's winning game, but we know Coach doesn't back down easily.
The boys were flying high off of last week's win, but there were a few things threatening to take the wind out of their sails. First is the big ranking article about the top teams to look out for in high school football. The guys were obsessing over it as it would've been one of their first big acts of recognition as a good team.
It's understandable that after being 2 and 8 last season, they wouldn't make the list, but I still felt for the Lions as you could...
The boys were flying high off of last week's win, but there were a few things threatening to take the wind out of their sails. First is the big ranking article about the top teams to look out for in high school football. The guys were obsessing over it as it would've been one of their first big acts of recognition as a good team.
It's understandable that after being 2 and 8 last season, they wouldn't make the list, but I still felt for the Lions as you could...
- 4/23/2011
- by leigh.raines@gmail.com (Leigh Raines)
- TVfanatic
"I'm going to miss this." - Eric Taylor Those words, spoken by Kyle Chandler's Eric Taylor in the season premiere of Friday Night Lights ("Expectations"), written by David Hudgins and directed by Michael Waxman, are said as he looks over at the minor squabble developing between wife Tami (Connie Britton) and daughter Julie (Aimee Teegarden). But that simple sentence, offered in a sweet and rather sad tone, might as well encapsulate the overall feeling of the audience: we're going to miss this too. Even though the "this" in question might be yet flare-up of adolescence angst from Julie Taylor. But it's the fact that the Taylors are together, engaged in the regular rigors of daily life, that the entire declarative statement takes on bigger meaning. Change is coming for the Taylors, with Julie heading off the school. Their family is once again being split up and those breakfasts, those arguments,...
- 4/16/2011
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Bill Records/NBC “Friday Night Lights”: Michael B. Jordan, left, as Vince Howard, Matt Lauria as Luke Cafferty.
Welcome back to the best game on TV, otherwise known as “Friday Night Lights.” It’s the last season for Tami and Coach Eric Taylor, and many of our regulars from past years are gone–graduated, moved to Chicago or in jail. So we have new characters, a semi-new school and a last grasp at a happy ending.
I purposely did...
Welcome back to the best game on TV, otherwise known as “Friday Night Lights.” It’s the last season for Tami and Coach Eric Taylor, and many of our regulars from past years are gone–graduated, moved to Chicago or in jail. So we have new characters, a semi-new school and a last grasp at a happy ending.
I purposely did...
- 4/16/2011
- by Dawn Fallik
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Television’s best show kicks off its final season (for the second time) by saying goodbye to two of its biggest characters — get out the handkerchiefs!
The fifth, and final, season of Friday Night Lights started right off with goodbyes. After watching her grow up and struggle with life in Dillon, Texs, our very own Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) is finally heading off to college — much to the dismay of her parents Eric (Kyle Chandler) and Tammy (Connie Britton), who isn’t even allowed to drive her to school. Instead we have to watch as the normally stoic Coach and his wife both choke back tears as their eldest daughter drives off alone into the sunset. Break out the Kleenex kids.
Julie wasn’t the only one heading off for higher learning though as after a quick stop by Grandma Saracen’s (Louanne Stephens), a sparsely attended Crucifictorus concert, and...
The fifth, and final, season of Friday Night Lights started right off with goodbyes. After watching her grow up and struggle with life in Dillon, Texs, our very own Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) is finally heading off to college — much to the dismay of her parents Eric (Kyle Chandler) and Tammy (Connie Britton), who isn’t even allowed to drive her to school. Instead we have to watch as the normally stoic Coach and his wife both choke back tears as their eldest daughter drives off alone into the sunset. Break out the Kleenex kids.
Julie wasn’t the only one heading off for higher learning though as after a quick stop by Grandma Saracen’s (Louanne Stephens), a sparsely attended Crucifictorus concert, and...
- 4/15/2011
- by cspargo
- HollywoodLife
A review of last night's "Parenthood" (the next-to-last episode of season 2) coming up just as soon as I accidentally go to a quinceanera... A Jason Katims show has a pretty high bar to clear when it comes to the subject of parents finding out about their teenage daughter's sex life, given how brilliantly "Friday Night Lights" dealt with it both before and after Julie Taylor had sex. (Wish there was a clip of that later conversation between Tami and Julie, but the first one's so good that you can just go and watch it twice. I'll wait.) And though I...
- 4/13/2011
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
I will be completely honest with you, I’ve avoided reviewing the last handful of episodes of Friday Night Lightsbecause it’s just been too damn hard to let go. From “Fracture” onward, I’ve basically been left in a heaping ball of my own tears by the time each episode has ended. I had so many things to say about those episodes but actually putting them down made it more real that this beautiful, wonderful ride was about to come to an end and I just couldn’t deal with that. I tried to make up for it yesterday by posting some thoughts on my top 25 episodes of the series before “Always” aired, but even that was difficult to finish because there are so many other episodes, even in that rough second season that I just adore.
I haven’t been watching television like I do for that long,...
I haven’t been watching television like I do for that long,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Cory Barker
- TVovermind.com
Friends, the end is here. The series finale of Friday Night Lights has aired, and it's time for us to bid our final fond farewell.
But first, a spoiler warning: What follows are reflections from the executive producers and cast about the events and outcomes of the fifth season. If you have not been watching on DirecTV, or are waiting for the NBC premiere, know that certain plotlines are discussed in some detail below.
TVGuide.com spoke to stars Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor), Connie Britton (Tami Taylor), Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty), Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard), and executive producers Jason Katims and David Nevins about the long road to that final Texas sunset.
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But first, a spoiler warning: What follows are reflections from the executive producers and cast about the events and outcomes of the fifth season. If you have not been watching on DirecTV, or are waiting for the NBC premiere, know that certain plotlines are discussed in some detail below.
TVGuide.com spoke to stars Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor), Connie Britton (Tami Taylor), Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty), Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard), and executive producers Jason Katims and David Nevins about the long road to that final Texas sunset.
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- 2/10/2011
- by Denise Martin
- TVGuide - Breaking News
In the second part of our farewell to Friday Night Lights, producers and cast talk about the show's controversial storylines (murder! abortion!), the show-saving fan campaigns, sending the Taylors to East Dillon and (unbelievably!) hating on the Panthers.
Part 1: Friday Night Light comes to an end: Producers and cast remember building Dillon
TVGuide.com spoke to stars Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor), Connie Britton (Tami Taylor), Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty), Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard), and executive producers Jason Katims and David Nevins about the long road to that final Texas sunset. The series finale airs Wednesday at 9 pm on DirecTV...
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Part 1: Friday Night Light comes to an end: Producers and cast remember building Dillon
TVGuide.com spoke to stars Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor), Connie Britton (Tami Taylor), Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty), Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard), and executive producers Jason Katims and David Nevins about the long road to that final Texas sunset. The series finale airs Wednesday at 9 pm on DirecTV...
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- 2/8/2011
- by Denise Martin
- TVGuide - Breaking News
A closely observed drama about boys becoming men, the comforts and frustrations of small-town life, a family's growing pains, and the lessons learned from football, Friday Night Lights will not soon be forgotten. The show wrapped filming of its fifth and final season in July, and on Wednesday, the lights will go down forever on Dillon, Texas. (For those without DirecTV, NBC will re-air the final season beginning April 15 at 8/7c.)
TVGuide.com spoke to stars Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor), Connie Britton (Tami Taylor), Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty), Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard), and executive producers Jason Katims and David Nevins about the long road to that final Texas sunset. This is the first in a three-part series...
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TVGuide.com spoke to stars Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor), Connie Britton (Tami Taylor), Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins), Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen), Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty), Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard), and executive producers Jason Katims and David Nevins about the long road to that final Texas sunset. This is the first in a three-part series...
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- 2/7/2011
- by Denise Martin
- TVGuide - Breaking News
The Lions lost their most recent game, clearly.
And in an odd turn of events for "Friday Night Lights," we see it all go wrong in a torturous, in-fighting-filled flashback. The evil body-snatcher that has replaced Vince (Michael B. Jordan) calls his own plays, penalties are thrown, interceptions made and the general melee ensues.
In the locker room, immediately after the embarrassing defeat, Hastings (Grey Damon) takes lead in the blame game, because apparently he was made a series regular just to introduce the team to moonshine and then watch their briefly sound relationship unfurl. Eric (Kyle Chandler) bursts in and tell them to get the hell out of the field house (excuse us!), before the Greek chorus of local sports radio chimes in with some delightfully ambiguous criticism for East Dillon: "Maybe we counted our chickens too soon folks, and maybe those chickens have come to roost."
What does that mean?...
And in an odd turn of events for "Friday Night Lights," we see it all go wrong in a torturous, in-fighting-filled flashback. The evil body-snatcher that has replaced Vince (Michael B. Jordan) calls his own plays, penalties are thrown, interceptions made and the general melee ensues.
In the locker room, immediately after the embarrassing defeat, Hastings (Grey Damon) takes lead in the blame game, because apparently he was made a series regular just to introduce the team to moonshine and then watch their briefly sound relationship unfurl. Eric (Kyle Chandler) bursts in and tell them to get the hell out of the field house (excuse us!), before the Greek chorus of local sports radio chimes in with some delightfully ambiguous criticism for East Dillon: "Maybe we counted our chickens too soon folks, and maybe those chickens have come to roost."
What does that mean?...
- 1/13/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I haven’t written about Fnl in a while (I think since episode three) because of odd scheduling and general end-of-the-semester busyness and also because I’ve been a little frustrated with things. It’s not that season five has been bad, I just didn’t feel like the stories were coming together as well as they usually do. Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton and Michael B. Jordan have been fantastic all season, but I wasn’t really feeling like this season had the same kind of direction that the past ones had.
Then last week’s episode happened. “Swerve” is most certainly the best episode of season five and one that suggests all the disjointed threads were purposefully written as such, because when so many of them come together in that episode, it’s a beautiful thing.
Of course, of all the complaints I had with episodes 1-5, most of...
Then last week’s episode happened. “Swerve” is most certainly the best episode of season five and one that suggests all the disjointed threads were purposefully written as such, because when so many of them come together in that episode, it’s a beautiful thing.
Of course, of all the complaints I had with episodes 1-5, most of...
- 12/15/2010
- by Cory Barker
- TVovermind.com
A Season of "Friday Night Lights" is a lot like any good song. It has to completely break it down before they can build it back up again. So if you've gotten used to the soul-validating optimism of the last five episodes, we're very sorry about the crushing sorrow you're likely to now endure in the run up to the series finale. It's only fitting.
Texans sure do love their church. And as much as it goes against everything we know about organized religion, all of the people of Dillon seem to belong to the same congregation. Unlikely, but it does allow for some post-service crossover.
Luke's (Matt Lauria) playing off the praise of his evil farmer parents, who like the family of most corn-fed American males, can overlook the whole teenage abortion thing as soon as a football scholarship enters the equation.
Eric's (Kyle Chandler) on the cover of...
Texans sure do love their church. And as much as it goes against everything we know about organized religion, all of the people of Dillon seem to belong to the same congregation. Unlikely, but it does allow for some post-service crossover.
Luke's (Matt Lauria) playing off the praise of his evil farmer parents, who like the family of most corn-fed American males, can overlook the whole teenage abortion thing as soon as a football scholarship enters the equation.
Eric's (Kyle Chandler) on the cover of...
- 12/9/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
And that's how you do a pitch-perfect episode of Friday Night Lights. I've been on the writers' case this season for the handling of the Julie Taylor storyline, or more specifically from the, er, swerve it made into the territory of cliche. I can only hope that it was a case of taking a shortcut to get Julie to the here and now as quickly as possible because the ramifications of Julie's actions have proven infinitely more exciting and provocative than the actual commission of her affair with married head Ta Derek Bishop. This week's fantastic episode of Friday Night Lights ("Swerve") delivered an installment that offered a look at the sacrifices and frayed bonds of family, contrasting the fallout from Julie's transgression--and its effects on Eric and Tami--with the way that Vince handled his own plight, turning to Ornette for help out of a terrible situation. The way Ornette...
- 12/9/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Just when you thought Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) couldn't get any cooler, we learn that he has a griddle in his office. He serves his pep talks with a side of bacon.
And the Lions need motivation this week. They have an away game at South King High, the school that caused their humiliating forfeit at the start of "Friday Night Lights" fourth season. But coach wants everyone to know that this is not a bout revenge -- despite that conspicuous "revenge" banner their bus drives through on its way out of Dillon. Did we mention this is a road trip episode!?
Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden), sweet Julie Taylor, has been spending so much time with married Ta that she hasn't bothered to return her mother's phone calls. Tami (Connie Britton) is not happy about this, especially because the Lions' athletic vision quest has left her all alone for the weekend.
And the Lions need motivation this week. They have an away game at South King High, the school that caused their humiliating forfeit at the start of "Friday Night Lights" fourth season. But coach wants everyone to know that this is not a bout revenge -- despite that conspicuous "revenge" banner their bus drives through on its way out of Dillon. Did we mention this is a road trip episode!?
Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden), sweet Julie Taylor, has been spending so much time with married Ta that she hasn't bothered to return her mother's phone calls. Tami (Connie Britton) is not happy about this, especially because the Lions' athletic vision quest has left her all alone for the weekend.
- 12/3/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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