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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Many view Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis as far too liberal and think he is out to destroy their way of life from his comfortable home in Massachusetts.


Allison Liddi-Brown

She then went on to direct episodes for a number of notable television series namely, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Xena: Warrior Princess, Beverly Hills, 90210, Star Trek: Voyager, Even Stevens, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Chuck, Grey's Anatomy, Friday Night Lights and Gossip Girl among other series.

Boobie Miles

In early 2012, southern hip hop rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T. released a song entitled "Hometown Hero" on his mixtape Krit Wuz Here, in which he features Boobie Miles quotes from the movie Friday Night Lights.

Jeffrey Reiner

He began directing television during the 1990s, his credits include Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Sentinel, Haunted, Columbo, The Division, Surface, Friday Night Lights, Caprica and Trauma.

Jesse Plemons

In 2006, Plemons joined the ensemble cast of NBC's television series Friday Night Lights, detailing the fictional events surrounding a high school football team in Dillon, Texas.

Joshua Butler

As a television editor, Butler worked on the series Surface, E-Ring, Men in Trees, Friday Night Lights, Life and Warehouse 13.

Kim Dickens

She also had roles in several television movies and shows including Two Mothers for Zachary; Big Apple; Out of Order; Deadwood; Things Behind the Sun; Friday Night Lights; and Lost.

LaMarcus Tinker

He is best known for his roles as teenage football star Dallas Tinker on the NBC and Direct TV television drama Friday Night Lights, and as Kevin on the ABC comedy Cougar Town.

Lucas Black

He is known for his roles in the CBS television series American Gothic as well as roles in films such as Sling Blade, Jarhead, Friday Night Lights, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Legion, Get Low, All the Pretty Horses, and Seven Days in Utopia.

Mark Piznarski

He has directed episodes from a number of television series, including, amongst others, Veronica Mars, The Lying Game, Gossip Girl, 90210, NYPD Blue, Friday Night Lights, Everwood, My So-Called Life, Relativity and Once and Again.

Matt Lauria

He is best known for his roles as Luke Cafferty on Friday Night Lights and Caleb Evers on The Chicago Code.

Sam Conn

Conn became well known for his horsemanship and his horses appeared in several motion pictures including "Silverado", Gambler 3, the television series "The Lazarus Man" on TNT (Turner Network Television), and the film "Friday Night Lights".

Smash Williams

Brian "Smash" Williams is a fictional character in the NBC/DirecTV(The 101 Network) drama television series Friday Night Lights portrayed by actor Gaius Charles.

Texas Tech University Independent School District

Actors Jesse Plemons, who plays Landry Clark on the television show Friday Night Lights, and Hunter Parrish are notable graduates of the school as is Olympic speed skater Jordan Malone.

There's Only One Way to Try a Case

This is comparable to the 900,000 viewers that DirecTV reported for the season premiere of the final season of Friday Night Lights.

Who's Gonna Save My Soul

A couple sits at a booth in a diner, while the woman (Friday Night Lights star Aasha Davis) breaks up with her boyfriend (Saturday Night Live writer and The Lonely Island band member Jorma Taccone).


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Buzz Bissinger

Bissinger is perhaps best known for his book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, which documents the 1988 season of the football team of Permian High School in Odessa, Texas.

David Hudgins

He was nominated along with the rest of the show's writing staff for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series at the February 2007 ceremony for his work on the first season of Friday Night Lights.

Matt Lauria

After finishing Friday Night Lights, Lauria moved to Chicago, Illinois after being cast in the series regular role of Caleb Evers in Fox's crime drama The Chicago Code.