The story is based on Buzz Bissinger’s book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream. It follows the Permian High School Panthers football team who, under the guidance of their new coach ...

Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross ...

Friday Night Lights' Soared on the Big and Small Screens Friday Night Lights began its life as a book called Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, published in 1990 by H.G. Bissinger.

In 2004, director Peter Berg recruited Texan post-rock greats Explosions In The Sky to score his cinematic adaptation of the ...

Taylor Kitsch, 43, is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in “Friday Night Lights,” “Savages” and “American Assassin.” He stars in the Netflix Western miniseries “American ...