![Beloved TV Show ‘Friday Night Lights’ Is Reportedly Getting A Reboot]()
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Clear eyes, full heart, REBOOT.
Friday Night Lights is back. Well, it's almost back. Actually, it's
rumored to be back. I don't want to spread any misinformation before anything is official, but all signs are pointing towards the beloved show being yet another throwback program in the modern age getting the "reboot treatment." Not all shows need to be revived, though I and a multitude of others can get behind the return of
Friday Night Lights.
Variety has confirmed that a fresh take on
Friday Night Lights is in the works at Universal Television. However, fans might be disappointed to hear that it's set to take place in the "same universe" of the original show, but it's not expected to return any original cast members. So those that were hoping to see fan favorite characters played by Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Gaius Charles and Jesse Plemons again... it won't exactly be that.
Though the program is expected to bring back some intricate parts of the production, with series showrunner Jason Katims and executive producer Brain Grazer returning to tackle the revived football franchise (pun intended).
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The original
Friday Night Lights series ran from 2006 to 2011, with the earlier seasons airing on NBC and the later finding a home at AT&T's The 101 Network. For that aren't familiar with the program, it closely followed a number of intricate storylines surrounding a high school football team in a fictional town of Dillon, Texas. Kyle Chandler played the iconic Coach Taylor.
It was inspired by a 1990 novel written by H.G. Bissinger that was also titled
Friday Night Lights. And the TV show wasn't even the first time that book was adapted on screen. Some might also remember
FNL being a movie that starred Billy Bob Thornton. I can assure you that you weren't dreaming that - it was very much a real movie, and arguably opened the door for the show to exist only a couple of years later.
Though you might think that the reaction to this reboot news would be all positive, that's not exactly the case. Like I alluded to earlier, there are some people out there that believe the
Friday Night Lights series only deserves to come back if they bring back the original story and the original cast:
Guess those people won't be tuning in.
And on the contrary, there are a number of
Friday Night Lights fans that are just excited to see some version of the beloved show back on their television screens:
