Article: COMMENTARY: 'Friday Night Lights' puts up fight against the odds

Amanda Sebba
University Wire
10-05-2007
(Columbia Daily Spectator) (U-WIRE) NEW YORK -- Before "Friday Night Lights" premiered last year, the New York Times ran a review of the series that began simply and got straight to the point: "Lord, is 'Friday Night Lights' good."

The Times wasn't alone. Almost every television critic in the country fell in love with NBC's drama about a Texas high-school football coach (Kyle Chandler), his family, and his team.

Yet "Friday Night Lights" struggled all season to attract an audience, and the finale aired to less than seven million viewers. To put that in perspective, a hit drama averages at least twice as many. After teetering on the brink of ...

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