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A Friday Night Lights Companion

By Leah Wilson & Jen Chaney &
A Friday Night Lights Companion by Leah Wilson & Jen Chaney &  digital book - Fable

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Called one of the best shows on TV by more than a dozen media publications, including Time and Entertainment Weekly, Friday Night Lights is not just one of the most critically acclaimed shows on air, it's also one of the most watchable. Despite its focus on high school football, its masterfully crafted characters and honestly portrayed relationships make its portrait of small town Texas life compelling and relatable in ways that have nothing to do with field goals or touchdowns.

Love, Loss, and Dillon Football: A Friday Night Lights Companion explores the victories and pitfalls of Dillon, Texas – both the town itself and those who live and love there. Because Friday Night Lights is so much more than just a teenage football drama: it's about the struggle to not get trapped in the circumstances one is born into. It's about love, it's about loss, and, yes, it's even about football.

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“I love the TV show that this book revolves around. It is my favorite show and I never get tired of catching random episodes on TV or starting a rewatch for the nth time. This book really reminded me of why I love Friday Night Lights. My favorite sections were, by far, the "Why We Love..." character series, written by Jen Chaney. The characters of this show are what make it so special to me, and it was so fun to relive some of their best lines and moments. While I didn't always agree with some of these sections (I really dislike Landry Clark. No love about it.), they just reminded me of what makes my favorite show so special to watch and discuss. I took a star off because some of the other essays didn't really capture me. The article by Paul Levinson contained too many demographic and viewing numbers that I didn't really care about reading, and, for some reason, I couldn't connect with the tone that Travis Stewart presented in his piece (the lengthy footnotes didn't help). Overall, this was a really great read for fans of FNL.”

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Jacob Clifton

Jacob Clifton is a staff writer for the website Television Without Pity. His weekly critical columns (for both reality and genre shows, including True Blood) have won awards; been included in the syllabi for graduate courses in psychology, philosophy, and queer and media studies; and been syndicated on MSNBC and Yahoo! This year, the focus is on writing more fiction, publishing novels Serious Vanity and The Urges, and actually traveling outside Austin once in a while.

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