Friday Night Lights

"Friday Night Lights"

Many would argue this was television's finest sports program ever, and those very folks probably stopped reading once I opened with "The White Shadow." Good riddance, I say! However, "Lights" sure is/was a helluva program, and its bizarre trajectory as far ... more as when it aired -- jumping nights and networks -- and the fervent fan base that followed it is a testament to its quality. High school football's no joke in Texas, and producers Brian Grazer and Peter Berg knew that going in. And going out.

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