Peacock scored a big win the other day when it won the rights to Universal’s “Friday Night Lights” reboot (h/t Deadline).
NBC‘s streaming service has had a good year. It’s now undeniably one of the best streaming services, it started turning a profit and its original show “The Day of the Jackal” has been a hit. Now, it’s beaten out Netflix for this reboot of the beloved 2000s TV show. Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose indeed.
But it’s not easy to get a reboot right. Yes, Peacock managed to do it this year with the aforementioned “The Day of the Jackal.” And the “Friday Night Lights” reboot is bringing back the original showrunner Jason Katims, its original director Peter Berg and one of the original executive producers Brian Grazer.
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