FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS The Third Season DVD Review — Jeff says season three manages to repair the creative mistakes made during season two

Written by Jeff Giles

Starring: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Brad Leland, Minka Kelly, Taylor Kitsch, Aimee Teegarden, Zach Gilford
Director: Various
Category: Drama
Four stars

When last we saw the cast of “Friday Night Lights,” they were suffering from a particularly brutal version of the sophomore jinx. Barely renewed for a second season after a low-rated (but critically praised) initial run, “FNL” added “bad timing” to its list of problems upon its return; thanks to the 2007-08 writers’ strike, production halted after 15 episodes, and despite the fact that the show was one of the only scripted series on NBC’s schedule during the strike, it continued to languish in the lower reaches of the Nielsens. The closing moments of the season’s final episode – which saw the Dillon Panthers on the verge of the playoffs, and …

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS The Third Season DVD Review — Jeff says season three manages to repair the creative mistakes made during season two