Friday Night Lights - Off!

New York Times columnist Virginia Heffernan wrote about the Premiere of 'Friday Night Lights' on NBC. The following is an excerpt:

“Friday Night Lights” is a wonder. It’s a big drama, and even seasoned pilot skeptics — and their bookies, who rank shows based on the odds they’ll be canceled — will have a hard time not getting choked up at tonight’s episode. At this rate, “Friday Night Lights” might just bring old NBC the state championship. It’s been a long time.

There's no chance a self-respecting audience will eat up trash like this unless he's a sucker for cliche-d plots. As soon as the pilot started with a back-up quarterback who is more like a waterboy and the first choice quarterback being interviewed and how is going to be better than Manning types, you know he is going to be in an accident and the back-up guy is going to steal his limelight. Plus you also have the angle of angry young black and white men and immediately my thoughts turned to 'Remember the Titans'. I mean give me a break. The pilot was like the compressed version of a full length movie. The plot seriously lacks imagination. I can tell you what will happen next for sure. The black and white men will fight and they will lose a few matches but they will eventually bond and win the state championship!!! C'mon!

As the pilot kept hammering about high expectations from the school team, its now only way to go for this sitcom - Down! I was really disappointed. But again I had high expectations!

You got this one wrong Ms. Heffernan.