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Reception

TVLine's Michael Ausiello

Michael Ausiello

Michael Ausiello is an American television industry journalist and actor. He was a Senior Writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com. On May 28, 2008, Ausiello left TV Guide for Entertainment Weekly and posted his first blog for Entertainment Weekly on July 2, 2008...

 said after watching the finale that 'One of the best dramas in the history of TV is over...'

Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...

 wrote '...that was one fine, emotional, intelligent, and satisfying ending... Watching the final episode, I came once again to the conclusion that this was the best portrait of a marriage I’ve ever seen on television.'

The AV Club gave the episode an 'A' rating, stating '...what made Friday Night Lights such an appealing show is the way it captured the joys of life in a small, football-obsessed town. Most of those joys stemmed from the relationships the characters forged there, all of them related, directly or otherwise, to football. Some of them were quite unexpected' .

Deleted Scenes

A speech by Coach Taylor playing over the final montage was cut, as Katims wanted the montage to be all about the small moments coming into one.

Scott Porter

Scott Porter

Matthew Scott Porter , better known as Scott Porter, is an American actor and occasional singer known for his role as Jason Street in the NBC television drama Friday Night Lights. His character was injured during a football game in the pilot episode and became a paraplegic...

 asked Jason Katims

Jason Katims

Jason Katims is an American television writer, producer, and playwright. He is best known for Relativity, which he created and wrote for; Roswell, which he developed, produced, and wrote for; Boston Public, which he co-wrote; Pepper Dennis, a short-lived dramedy starring Rebecca Romijn on The WB;...

 while filming the scene where Tim and Billy are building the house, to include his character Jason Street. The scene was filmed, for the experience of the scene, Katims says, but was never intended to be included in the episode.

Television Critics Association Award

• Program of the Year (Win)
• Outstanding Achievement in Drama (Nominated)

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Drama Series (Nominated)
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Kyle Chandler (Win)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Connie Britton (Nominated)
• Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Jason Katims - Always (Win)

NAACP Image Awards

• Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series, Seith Mann (Injury List) (Nominated)

Possible Future

In August 2011, executive producer Peter Berg said at the Prime Suspect panel at the TCAs, that the Friday Night Lights movie is in development. Berg was quoted as saying 'We're very serious about trying to do it', adding that the script is currently being written. Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

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 is planning to begin filming next year and will bring back Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Martin Chandler is an American film and television actor best known for his roles in the television shows Early Edition as Gary Hobson, Deputy Jackson Lamb in the film Super 8, and as Coach Eric Taylor in Friday Night Lights, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead...

 and Connie Britton

Connie Britton

Connie Britton is an American actress. She is best known for the roles of Nikki Faber on Spin City and on Friday Night Lights as Tami Taylor. Her most notable films are Friday Night Lights and A Nightmare on Elm Street...

to star.