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You should still come over here and let NBC hear from you.

...from LA TIMES - SHOWTRACKER BLOG:

'Friday Night Lights' in timeout until fall?
Feb 12 2008

“Friday Night Lights” show runner Jason Katims and his assistant, Jamie Duneier, are happy to be back in the office. But it will probably be a while before their writing staff joins them.

NBC has not decided if it will produce more episodes of “Friday Night Lights” for the spring. Katims will be attending several meetings this week with the network and Universal Media Studios, which produces it, and is hoping fans won’t have to wait until the fall to learn how the Smash Williams football story ends or if Jason Street is going to be a father.

“The most difficult part of this is that, when the strike ends, I think that everybody here will be celebrating that the strike ended and then the next question is, when are we going to get back to work?” Katims said. “Are we going to get back to work? It’s going to unfold differently for every show.”

Fifteen episodes of the football-centered drama have already aired, and Katims says he can complete five or six more — if given the chance. Always a ratings-challenged, critical darling, “Friday Night Lights” has been performing better since it moved to Fridays. But that doesn’t guarantee it a spot on the fall lineup.

“I’ve heard that serialized shows are less likely to come back this spring," he said. "And, of course, we’re on the eternal bubble, so we have to wait and see what they want to do.”


Date: 2008-02-14 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bop-radar.livejournal.com
Thanks for keeping us posted about it! I so hope they get to finish the season at least.

Date: 2008-02-14 11:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] proggrrl.livejournal.com
God I know! Please let it be. I have to say, it ain't looking too good since the S2 dvd is being released, with only these 15 eps, in April.

Sigh.

Date: 2008-02-14 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bop-radar.livejournal.com
Waaah! :(

Date: 2008-02-14 08:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brokenmnemonic.livejournal.com
I ordered S1 of FNL on DVD, so that means it's going to be cancelled. it's some sort of law the studios observe :P

Given that NBC is talking about abandoning the pilot season and that all the networks have taken a bit of a bashing on the public opinion front, I think it'd be worth their while to keep some sort of critically acclaimed loss-leader onscreen, just to genereate good press.

Date: 2008-02-14 11:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] proggrrl.livejournal.com
Well see that Radar piece back in here for what I think of that...

IE: you say FNL...NBC says 30 ROCK.

Oy vey.

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