'Lights' Shine On

File this under Best. News. EVER!!! NBC has renewed PTR fave Friday Night Lights. Thankfully, we'll be following the stories about the folks of the small football town of Dillon, Texas for a 3rd season If you're a DirecTV subscriber (like me), then you'll get the new season beginning October 1st on a DirecTV-only channel. Everyone else will be able to watch the new season beginning in early 2009. It's a deal designed to cut costs and keep the Lights on. More from The AP:

`Friday Night Lights': back for season 3

By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer

NEW YORK - "Friday Night Lights" will shine again next season.

The acclaimed football-and-family drama will return on NBC for a third year after 13 new episodes have aired on satellite-television provider DirecTV, in an unusual deal designed to spread production costs while rekindling a series whose audience until now has been as small as it is fervent.

The series will unfold weekly for DirecTV subscribers beginning Oct. 1. Then, early in 2009, it will be seen on NBC, which made the announcement Wednesday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.


Also returning -- PTR new fave Chuck. For a look at NBC's complete fall schedule, visit TVGuide.com.