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<\/a>One of my favorite television programs from last season is Friday Night Lights<\/em><\/a>. Despite poor ratings, but thanks to much critical acclaim, NBC has decided to bring back this high school football drama, and I could not be more thankful. Bill Simmons, one of the more entertaining sports journalists of today, has a great article on the show. I would add that football is to Friday Night Lights<\/em> what the mafia is to The Sopranos<\/em>, a means to explore much larger familial and social issues in a different context. Read Simmons\u2019 article below, and please, watch the show. The first season of Friday Night Lights<\/em> is available to rent on DVD. Season two premiers, you guessed it, Friday night, October 5th at 9\/8c.<\/p>\n