Friday Night Lights
American sports drama television series
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| December 2024 | The Friday Night Lights reboot was announced to be in development at Peacock, after outbidding Netflix. |
| November 2024 | A reboot of Friday Night Lights was reported to be in development with original showrunner Jason Katims. |
| April 10 2015 | TeenNick acquired rights to the series and began airing episodes in chronological order with a week-long event. |
| 2013 | Writers Guild of America ranked the show No. 22 in its '101 Best Written TV Series of All Time'. |
| December 2013 | Peter Berg officially confirmed that the film would not be moving forward. |
| December 2013 | Peter Berg confirmed that the Friday Night Lights film would not be moving forward. |
| May 2013 | Executive producer Brian Grazer confirmed continued development of the potential Friday Night Lights film. |
| 2012 | Kyle Chandler was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the Screen Actors Guild Awards |
| 2011 | Time magazine's James Poniewozik included the Friday Night Lights series finale in his Top 10 TV Episodes of 2011, praising its ability to conclude the five-season run with a poetic and meaningful ending. |
| 2011 | TV Guide named the series finale 'Always' the best TV episode of 2011, recognizing the show's exceptional final episode that provided closure to multiple Texas stories and embodied the series' core values. |
| 2011 | Aimee Teegarden won TV Actress of the Year award |
| 2011 | The cast and crew of Friday Night Lights won the Star of Texas Award, recognizing their significant contribution to Texas television and film. |
| 2011 | Friday Night Lights won Program of the Year |
| 2011 | Connie Britton was nominated for Best Actress in a Series, Drama, following her previous year's win. |
| 2011 | Friday Night Lights was again nominated for Best Television Series, Drama, demonstrating the show's continued critical success. |
| 2011 | Kyle Chandler was nominated for Best Actor in a Series, Drama for a second consecutive year. |
| 2011 | Seith Mann was nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for the episode 'Injury List'. |
| 2011 | Michael B. Jordan was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. |
| 2011 | The Critics' Choice Television Awards were created by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association to honor the best in primetime television programming. |
| 2011 | 'Friday Night Lights' was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. |
| 2011 | Connie Britton was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. |
| 2011 | Angela M. Catanzaro was nominated for the Eddie Award for Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television for the episode "Always" |
| 2011 | BuddyTV listed the series finale as the best TV episode of 2011, highlighting the show's significant impact. |
| August 2011 | Berg announced at a Television Critics Association panel that the Friday Night Lights film was in development, with a script being actively written. |
| July 2011 | Executive producer Peter Berg revealed interest in continuing Friday Night Lights as a feature film. |
| July 15 2011 | The fifth season concluded its run on NBC |
| July 15 2011 | Friday Night Lights concluded its final season on NBC, marking the end of the television series. |
| July 12 2011 | ESPN Classic acquired rights to all five seasons and started airing the series. |
| April 2011 | Kyle Chandler won Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Jason Katims won for Outstanding Writing for the episode 'Always'. |
| April 15 2011 | The fifth season began airing on NBC |
| April 15 2011 | The final season began airing on NBC, bringing the series to a broader audience. |
| April 5 2011 | The fifth season was released on DVD in region 1. |
| April 5 2011 | Friday Night Lights season 5 was released on DVD in region 1. |
| February 9 2011 | The final season concluded its run on DirecTV's The 101 Network after 13 episodes. |
| 2010 | An episode depicting Julie's senior year of high school was filmed in the Boston area, specifically at Boston College, Boston University, and Tufts University. |
| 2010 | Connie Britton won Best Actress in a Series, Drama for her role in Friday Night Lights. |
| 2010 | Jurnee Smollett was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in Friday Night Lights. |
| 2010 | Friday Night Lights was nominated for Best Drama Series at an awards ceremony. |
| 2010 | Zach Gilford was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. |
| 2010 | TV show 'Friday Night Lights' received a nomination for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series by Linda Lowy, John Brace, and Beth Sepko |
| 2010 | Rolin Jones was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode 'The Son' at the Emmy Awards. |
| 2010 | Connie Britton was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. |
| 2010 | Kyle Chandler was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. |
| 2010 | Mark Conte was nominated for the Eddie Award for Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television for the episode "I Can't" |
| October 27 2010 | Friday Night Lights season 5 premiered on DirecTV's The 101 Network, marking the beginning of the show's final season. |
| September 2010 | Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton received Emmy nominations for their performances. |
| September 6 2010 | TeenNick acquired the rights to the series and began airing it in chronological order with a week-long event featuring three episodes nightly. |
| August 10 2010 | Fourth season was released on DVD in region 1. |
| August 10 2010 | Friday Night Lights season 4 was released on DVD in region 1. |
| August 6 2010 | The fourth season completed its NBC broadcast run. |
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