Friday Night Lights Reboot Lands at Peacock, Logline Revealed

the Friday night lights The reboot has arrived on Peacock.

It was announced last month that Universal Television is working on a reboot of Friday Night Lights, the popular series starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton.

Now for each Delivery timethe series has officially arrived on Peacock. A premiere date has not yet been set.

What’s the logline for a new Friday Night Lights reboot?

“In the wake of a devastating hurricane, a high school football team and their damaged interim coach make an unlikely bid to become a Texas high school state championship beacon of light for their city,” the description reads. diverse.

Jason Katims, who served as showrunner on the original Friday Night Lights series, is returning to helm the new reboot. Peter Berg and Brian Grazer will also return, while Christine Zoellner will serve as executive producer for Imagine Entertainment.

No casting information for the new series has been announced at this time.

Friday Night Lights is based on the 1990 novel, Friday Night Lights: A City, a Team, and a Dream, written by H.G. Bissinger. It was adapted into a short-lived television series in 1993 before being made into a feature film in 2004. The film was directed by Berg, and starred Billy Bob Thorton, Britton, Jay Hernandez, Tim McGraw, and more.

The Friday Night Lights television series premiered in October 2006 on NBC. After the show was almost canceled due to low ratings after the second season, it began premiering on DirecTV’s 101 Network while NBC would rebroadcast the episodes at a later date. In total, Friday Night Lights ran for five seasons.

Chandler won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for his performance on the show in 2011, while Katims won Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series that same year.