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ABC Family has acquired the basic cable TV rights to NBC/DirecTV’s high school drama Friday Night Lights in a deal with NBC Universal Domestic TV Distribution. The deal gives ABC Family the rights to five seasons of the critically praised series whose upcoming fifth season on DirectTV and NBC is expected to be its last. Season 4 of the show now airs on NBC, while Season 5 will premiere on DirecTV on October 28.
ABC Family will air FNL starting with its first season, which is tentatively set to begin running on the cable network in September. The series, based on the feature and the book of the same name, is produced by UMS, Imagine and Film 44. Peter Berg, who wrote and directed the pilot, is executive producing with Jason Katims, Brian Grazer, David Nevins and Sarah Aubrey. Like FNL, most ABC Family series are set in high school, including flagship drama The Secret Life of American Teenager. The network’s off-network series include Gilmore Girls, That ’70s Show and Full House.
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ABC Family is tentatively set to begin airing FNL’s first season in September.
Wait, does it mean they’ll ONLY air the first season in September? What about the fifth season? Will we have to wait they air the four firsts seasons to watch to the fifth?
Or will DirecTV still broadcast the last season is September?
Are they crazy or am I?
you’re crazy.
” . . .Season 5 will premiere on DirecTV on October 28.”
I knew about the direct TV premiere date… i don’t have direct tv… i want to know if i can catch the season 5 syndication on abc family channel… i’ve already seen seasons 1-4 and i’d like to view the 5th and final season… i guess for those of us who don’t have direct tv will miss out…
a great show and it will be missed… very good and wholesome and entertaining… true teenage issues that are portrayed so accurately…
Absolutely ridiculous that NBC didn’t take better care of this gem of a show. I realize that it might not appeal to everyone, but it really is one of the best dramas on television right now. The sports aspect is completely secondary to the characters. It truly saddens me to hear that next season will be its last.
Totally concur. FNL – and Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler deserve an Emmy!!
http://www.vimeo.com/10982675 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOURyZEYk4U
the more people that get to view this fabulous show, the better.
FNL has constantly flown under the radar at NBC, So glad that ABC family will re-air this incredible series, some of the best writing,directing acting, this show should be up for emmys every year, it boosts the most real to life family and the rest of the cast is terrific.
FNL has constantly flown under the radar at NBC
Why do you think it managed to survive and stay good this long? It’s either be ignored or be cannibalized over there.
Finally a reason to watch ABC FAMILY…
This is a show that celebrates a bankrupt alpha male culture that breeds wife beaters, emotionally distant adults, and hangers on
NBC can’t cancel this tripe fast enough
@Paul It examines aspects of this culture, but it most definitely doesn’t ‘celebrate’ the kind of culture you describe. Have you even watched the show? You sound deranged.
Upcoming Season of FNL Brings Buddy Jr. Back http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/05/03/friday-night-lights-buddy-jr/
Buddy is the best character on this show and BJ has me glued
That is fantastic news! One day people will be baffled no one watched it on NBC. This show deserves every breath of life they give it, and people need to be watching it.
Best show on television.
I agree best show on television. I was glued to every episode of season 1 (save for the kind of weak compared to the masterpieces that followed Pilot ep.) Season 2 suffers from NBC trying to game the ratings while all of 3 the part of 4 I’ve seen show just how great a show it is. Rumor has it that Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton had a lot to do with their character’s stories and even how much they actually said in a scene. It’s sad to think a show this good is so, so rare. Whoever said it holds up a “bankrupt alpha male” society, I wouldn’t say it holds it up. I think it deconstructs the small town’s values and makes them come out looking both good and bad. And wouldn’t you say most great shows do the same? Look at The Wire, The Sopranos, Mad Men. We have lived in a male-dominated civilization for centuries. No sense in denying it, but I applaud the way the show has revealed the tragedy of a small town where the boys are treated like conquering heroes and the girls are left to be either anonymous academics or compromised cheerleaders en route to being “Booster wives”. Very complicated show, very good show.
wait if it airs at 6 after Gilmore Girls what about that 70′s show!!!! damn!
Where is my favorite show???? What the heck??? Bring it back pleaseeee!