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Friday Night Lights
Season Three
SERIES: 101 (DirecTV), Wednesday 9:00p (60 minutes)
Starring
Kyle Chandler,
Connie Britton,
Jesse Plemons,
Adrianne Palicki,
Zach Gilford,
Jeremy Sumpter,
Taylor Kitsch, Minka Kelly,
and
Gaius Charles
The football drama based on the movie of the same name returns with the help of DirecTV.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama,
Sports
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| CREATED BY: |
Peter Berg
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| FIRST AIR DATE: |
October 1, 2008 |
The same episodes will air on NBC in February 2009.
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Entertainment Weekly Ari Karpel
If you think catching up on Smash's injury, Lyla and Riggins' new relationship, and Lyla's now-AWOL mom is overwhelming, just think how Tami (Connie Britton) must feel.
80
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Despite soapy moments, it offers a more honest portrayal of contemporary high school life than a "90210."
80
Variety Brian Lowry
Lights proves not only that it's possible to produce a smart drama with teenage characters, but that a series can be better than the movie (itself inspired by a bestselling book) that spawned it.
80
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
Friday Night Lights (which begins Wednesday on DirecTV, the satellite subscription service that is helping finance it, and moves to NBC in February) is delivered with the precision and manner of ethnography--it never condescends.
80
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
The premiere doesn't necessarily have the sort of mythical, spine-tingling moments that the first season provided from time to time, but the acting remains strong (particularly by Chandler and Britton, the First Couple of primetime) and it feels like an episode of Friday Night Lights in a way that very little of season two did.
75
USA Today Robert Bianco
There's no denying that the show looks a little worn, a victim perhaps of budget pressures that may have moved the series from cost-efficient to cheap. But even a reduced Lights is better than most TV series.
70
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
The show may not quite be as immersive as it was at its best; we may not see the likes of FNL’s breathtaking first season again. But in Season 3, it’s more evident than ever that many of FNL’s most powerful moments occur when there’s no dialogue at all.
70
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
The show seems to have gotten back to basics, with high school football coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) back in Dillon, Texas, where he belongs, and the Dillon Panthers facing the challenges inherent in a game in which players have a way of graduating and moving on.
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