‘Friday Night Lights’
Full disclosure, I’m not a sports guy, so I resisted watching Friday Night Lights for the longest time. I was very, very wrong. One of the most human, warm, incredibly powerful series ever seen on television, FNL is a joy that launched a thousand careers, and truly stands the test of time. Set around a football team in Texas, the series follows Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his wife Tami (Connie Britton) as they struggle with local government, disenfranchised kids, and difficult children over five beautifully realized seasons. Other than a network dictated murder plot towards the beginning of Season 2 that nearly derailed the show, Friday Night Lights is a home run. Did I get that right? Again, not a sports guy.