'Friday Night' Decision

I still feel confident that Coach Taylor will be back as the head coach of the Dillon Panthers next year. And yes, I'm aware that he took the position at TMU last night, but coaches in real life have been known to change their minds before they even order their new jumpsuits. I have complete faith in Tami and her power of persuasion over her husband. I get both sides: this job is a huge boost for Coach Taylor's career and more than likely the stuff that dreams are made of for him, but Tami and Julie are settled and happy in Dillon. It's a huge decision that needs to made carefully, not because TMU is basically giving you an ultimatum. But, I have faith in Coach Taylor the family man, so I'm not worried -- yet. Now, something I don't have any faith in (and haven't for a long time) is Lyla and Jason's "engagement." Whether or not Lyla caught him with Susie kissing in her truck is irrelevant because the (further) damage was done the second he asked Susie out after running into her in Dillon. It's like I have been saying for a while now -- neither is ready to commit to the other, so why bother being engaged? Oh well, it seems the whole thing is off now anyway.

Tyra's terrifying assault last week continues to haunt her, even if she doesn't want to admit it. Throughout the episode, I kept thinking that Landry needed to tell Tami. I was so relieved when he finally did. Tyra was furious, but I knew that she would come around and realize that Landry told Tami because he cared about her. And while Tyra was wrong for assuming things about Landry, he was just as wrong to assume things about her at the banquet roast. Tyra Collette is not the same girl from earlier this season. She has grown and matured in a way that has allowed the character to become one of my faves. Speaking of that banquet roast, it was so real that I felt like I was sitting there in that lodge while the various characters cracked jokes about each other. It was just one of the many delightful scenes that makes this show feel like you're watching a real slice of life instead of a fictional TV series.

CONGRATULATIONS to Friday Night Lights for winning a Peabody Award!! The prestigious awards, given out by the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Georgia, honor the best of television programming and news. More winners HERE (including PTR fave Scrubs!!). The Peabody committee had high-praises for the drama saying, "No dramatic series, broadcast or cable, is more grounded in contemporary American reality than this clear eyed serial about the hopes, dreams, livelihoods and egos intertwined with the fate of high-school football in a Texas town." This honor ought to help with NBC's "tricky" decision regarding the show's fate.

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QUICK CUTS UPDATE: NBC has decided not to air two more episodes of its ratings plagued Black Donnollys. The show has been yanked off the air immediately. The remaining 6 episodes will stream at nbc.com.


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