Friday Night Lights
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Only in the unique world of Friday Night Lights can a show end its season one night, then begin it two nights later on a separate network. That's what happens as FNL's DirecTV run ends tonight, just in time for NBC to air the Season Three premiere Friday.

Below are previews of tonight's season finale and the return of the acclaimed show to NBC. Should be quite a week for us, and the show's other 13 fans. Tell someone about it!

A little Friday Night Lights spoiler from EW's Q&A today ...

Q: I am a Media Buyer and, as God as my witness, Friday Night Lights will be renewed again. I am recruiting the buyers in my office to watch and purchase it. Best show on TV.

A: Fight the heck on. Don't miss tonight's penultimate Season 3 episode, which features (skip to the last sentence of this answer, non DirecTV subscribers!) the long-awaited Tyra/Landry reunion, as well as a nail-biter of a station championship game. Programming note: After the finale next Wednesday, Friday Night Lights' NBC run kicks off on Friday, January 16.

E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos has some good Friday Night Lights gossip today in her spoiler Q&A. Here's what the TV reporter has to say about the upcoming Season 3 finale, the show's future after this spring, and more ...

Q: Can you please enlighten me on the future of Friday Night Lights? Please tell me this won't be the last season!

A: No decisions have been made yet, but according to big-time Friday Night Lights fan Chris Littmann of The Sporting News, the ratings trend on DirecTV is at least positive. BTW, how amazing was the birds-and-bees-talk episode where (Friday Night Lights spoiler alert if you haven't seen it) Coach walked in on Julie and Saracen? The Emmy voters should be throwing awards and rose petals at Connie Britton's feet, for crying out loud, and Kyle Chandler's, too. The new season of Friday Night Lights starts on NBC next Friday, January 16.

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Here's some Friday Night Lights commentary, spoilers and news courtesy of Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello today in his Q&A section ...

Q: So, as I was watching last week's episode of Friday Night Lights, I was once again reminded that the people who choose the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations are blind, deaf and dumb! Agreed?

A: Agreed. Friday Night Lights is on fire this season, and it sucks that Globe voters failed to recognize that. In fact, in EW's annual best and worst issue (on sale Friday), Smash's farewell episode is singled out by yours truly as one of the best hours of television all season. It was a close call between that episode and the Jeffrey Reiner-directed episode 8, "New York, New York," which featured my favorite Friday Night Lights scene of all time. It was the one where Eric and Tami came to an agreement that buying that fancy new house would be a terrible mistake. The subtle nuances that Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler brought to what could have easily been a throwaway scene just blew my mind. I've watched it, like, 11 times. And there's a good chance I'll make it a perfect dozen today. It's that good. On the Friday Night Lights spoiler front, Landry and Tyra's looming reunion gets sealed with a sorta-kiss in tonight's episode. And looking ahead to the season finale, a beloved character whose name begins with E or T and is cited somewhere in this answer will be fired from his/her job.

Here are some Friday Night Lights spoilers and news items from E! Online today ...

Q: When do we find out if Friday Night Lights gets picked up for a fourth season?

A: Word from NBC will come after the Peacock-network premiere on January 16. Says Connie Britton about the remainder of season three: "I think we get a little twist with that at the end of the season. The end of the season is kind of the end of the football season as well, that's what we like to do on our show. They made it so compelling. Whether this is the last season or not, some of these students are going to be graduating, they may or may not be on the show next season, so it was important that they do that right, and they really did."

Q: What's coming up on this week's Friday Night Lights?

A: Crazy week of unexpected behavior: Tyra's mom acts like an actual good parent, Coach lies to Tami about some football-related corruption and Tim Riggins (yes, drunk, slutty Tim Riggins!) turns out to be the best boyfriend ever. I would never have guessed he had it in him, but I'm so proud! And did you guys see Taylor as Gambit in the Wolverine trailer? Our little 33 is all growed up!

Friday Night Lights fans, did you notice a gleam in Tyra Collette's eye as she watched Landry Clarke on stage with his band, Crucifictorious, last week? It won't be the last.

Ms. Collette will soon confess that's she's falling in love with Mr. Clarke again, after their wonderful romance blossomed in Season Two. But will Landry be down with it?

For Tim Riggins, getting a football scholarship is as easy as cutting class to get drunk. In the category of Life's Not Fair, Matt Saracen plays by the rules without seeing the fruits of his labor. In fact, he's thinking about punting college altogether.

Meanwhile, Coach Taylor tries to hold the football program and the entire town of Dillon together as it readies for a nationally televised game.

Read all about in this recap of last night's Friday Night Lights, "Game of the Week" ...

Here are a couple of interesting Friday Night Lights spoiler items from Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly this morning ...

Q: I have recently become obsessed with Friday Night Lights. Any juicy gossip to share?

A: Get this: By season's end, Dillon, Texas, will open a second high school, upending both the town's storied football program and Coach Taylor's tenure as Panthers coach. Also, the Season 3 finale (airing January 14 on DirecTV – NBC reruns the season starting January 16) will jump ahead five months to the end of the school year, at which point we'll have a good idea who'll be moving away to college and who'll be sticking around for a possible fourth season. Hint: You might want to start saying your good-byes now, 'cause there are a lot of 'em.

According to reports, Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor) of Friday Night Lights cast, has just been cast on the CW's 90210. The youngster will be portraying "a West Beverly High student who will cross paths with one of the other characters."

The bigger question: As a key component of an uber-talented cast (which already waved goodbye to Scott Porter and Gaius Charles this season), does Aimee's move to 90210 mean the critically acclaimed Friday Night Lights is getting axed?

According to NBC, Friday Night Lights will not produce more than 13 episodes for the current third season, and they have just wrapped production on this campaign.

So the long and short of it is that this development does not mean that Friday Night Lights is canceled - necessarily. Yet. For now. As of this posting. But stay tuned.

A decision is expected after Season 3 begins airing on NBC (January 16). If NBC renews it for Season Four, the cast would go back into production in Summer 2009.

Unlike previous years, the actors have been informed there will not be a pickup of more episodes (beyond the original 13) this season, so they have been cleared to work on additional projects, which could explain Aimee's new gig.

Here's hoping that Friday Night Lights indeed returns for a fourth season - and that Aimee's stint on 90210 elevates the acting talent on the fledgling CW teen soap.

Mark your calendars, Panthers fans. NBC has announced the network premiere date for Season Three of Friday Night Lights: Friday, January 16, 9 p.m.

New episodes of the critically acclaimed fan favorite have been on DirecTV's 101 Network on Wednesdays, and those who have been lucky enough to see them can attest that Season Three of Friday Night Lights is definitely worth the wait.

Those of you with regular TV? Get ready for hard-hitting West Texas gridiron action, a couple of tearful farewells, new love interests, QB controversies, classic exchanges between Coach and Mrs. Coach, and shirtless Tim Riggins come January.