Friday Night Lights is coming back. It was announced in November that the beloved football drama had a reboot in the works from Universal Television. Deadline reports that Peacock has secured the new series after beating out Netflix. Original showrunner Jason Katims, original director Peter Berg, and producer Brian Grazer are attached to the project and will executive produce with Kristen Zolner for Imagine Entertainment.
The new show “will be set following a devastating hurricane, when a rag tag high school football team and their damaged, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship and become a beacon of light for their town.” As if it wasn’t evidenced by the description, the reboot will center on a new set of characters. It’s unknown if the Dillon Panthers will once again take center stage or if it will focus on a new high school team.
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