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Friday Night Lights
Season Three
SERIES: NBC, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)
 Get more information on this show at TV.com.
FILM:
TV:
Starring
Kyle Chandler,
Connie Britton,
Jesse Plemons,
Adrianne Palicki,
Zach Gilford,
Jeremy Sumpter,
Taylor Kitsch, Minka Kelly,
and
Gaius Charles
The football drama based on the movie of the same name returns with the help of DirecTV.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama,
Sports
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| CREATED BY: |
Peter Berg
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| FIRST AIR DATE: |
January 16, 2009 |
The same episodes aired on DirecTV's 101 channel beginning on 1 October 2008.
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
New York Post Linda Stasi
As good and as riveting as the high school football-as-soap-opera show has been in the past, this season is even better.
100
Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
I've seen the entire season already on DIRECTV, and trust me, it only gets better, deeper, and richer.
91
Newsday Verne Gay
This show was always best when handling the little things that aim to capture life, and often do.
83
Entertainment Weekly Ari Karpel
If you think catching up on Smash's injury, Lyla and Riggins' new relationship, and Lyla's now-AWOL mom is overwhelming, just think how Tami (Connie Britton) must feel.
80
Variety Brian Lowry
Lights proves not only that it's possible to produce a smart drama with teenage characters, but that a series can be better than the movie (itself inspired by a bestselling book) that spawned it.
80
Time James Poniewozik
Shot intimately with handheld camera, it's a moving but unsentimental celebration of community, of pulling together not just because it's right but also because it's necessary.
80
Baltimore Sun David Zurawik
If you watched FNL on DirecTV when it debuted Oct. 1 and appreciated the sheer genius of the season, you might be ready to see the episodes again.
80
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
The premiere doesn't necessarily have the sort of mythical, spine-tingling moments that the first season provided from time to time, but the acting remains strong (particularly by Chandler and Britton, the First Couple of primetime) and it feels like an episode of Friday Night Lights in a way that very little of season two did.
80
Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray
One of television's best shows has been the exclusive province of DirecTV's 101 Network for months now, but finally "Friday Night Lights" is returning to NBC, with a third season that feels more like the first. In other words, no homicides, accidental or otherwise, just the very real human drama of life in a Texas town where football touches nearly everyone's lives.
80
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Despite soapy moments, it offers a more honest portrayal of contemporary high school life than a "90210."
80
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
Friday Night Lights (which begins Wednesday on DirecTV, the satellite subscription service that is helping finance it, and moves to NBC in February) is delivered with the precision and manner of ethnography--it never condescends.
75
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
Friday Night Lights, like "Battlestar Galactica," also proved initial assumptions wildly wrong and deserves credit for being vastly better than either a show about high school football or an irksome teen drama.
75
USA Today Robert Bianco
There's no denying that the show looks a little worn, a victim perhaps of budget pressures that may have moved the series from cost-efficient to cheap. But even a reduced Lights is better than most TV series.
70
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
The show may not quite be as immersive as it was at its best; we may not see the likes of FNL’s breathtaking first season again. But in Season 3, it’s more evident than ever that many of FNL’s most powerful moments occur when there’s no dialogue at all.
 The average user rating for this tv show is 9.8 (out of 10) based on 20 User Votes
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