Friday Night Lights is a high definition TV show on NBC centered around a book and film with the same name.  This show is a fantastic depiction of the book and movie centered around the fictional Dillon Panthers.  Centered around the Panthers' football coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler), and wife Tami Taylor (Connie Britton), the show does a great job of depicting what life is like in an athletically motivated and hard working Texas community. 

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Using the small-town as the scenery, this show addresses most of the issues facing modern American life.  It's pure Americana: Sports, youth, money, ambition, hometown American values, and teen drama all wrapped around dreams of football stardom.

Watching the show is like regaining a piece of your youth.  Remembering childhood ambitions and struggles, anticipating the whole world at your fingertips, and finding out the world doesn't work that way describes this show to the letter. The energy emanating from the excitement of youth is one of the driving forces behind the show.   It's charming really. Americana lives, breathes, and survives because of the dreams of our youth.  This show does a wonderful job of bringing the viewer carefree feelings associated with young, healthy, and hopeful teenagers. 

Reminiscent of the movie Blue Chips, there are even recruiters for high school ball.  Just like in college, recruiters want the best players for their high school teams and are willing to go the extra mile to make sure they land athletically gifted teenagers for their school.  As with any athletic drama centered around teenage life, there is a lot of tension and hot tempers.  Completely understandable, considering decisions made by a teenagers family can have a dramatic effect on the rest of their life. 

There are currently three seasons of this show with season four and five officially scheduled for production.  The majority of viewers who watch this program are wealthy, upper class families.  The show has won a few awards, but places low in overall ratings.  Most fans of Friday Night Lights are very passionate and follow the show intently.  There are even fan campaigns that have been launched to keep the program in future production.  They have raised money for troops overseas, purchased footballs for various schools, and even raised over $2,000 dollars in charity cash.