Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose
The Daily Beast has a good interview with Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, the sublime stars of what has to be the most criminally under-appreciated show on TV, Friday Night Lights. The pair are nominated – for the first time (for shame TV Academy) – for Lead Actor and Actress at the Emmys this Sunday night.
What do you mean you don’t watch FNL? Trust me: it’s not even about football. It’s about real life, and real, believable characters that you grow to love and care about so, so deeply. I cry on average of three times per episode. It is, quite simply, one of the greatest artistic achievements in the history of dramatic American television.
In fact, the LA Times went further than that recently by arguing – convincingly in my opinion – that FNL “may be the best dramatic series in the history of television. That’s right: history.”
Posted on September 19th, 2011 at 09:53
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