Friday Night Lights wins a Peabody!!!

Our favorite network television show has won a prestigious Peabody Award.

Said the judges: "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. (Produced by NBC Universal Television Studio in association with Imagine Entertainment and Film 44.)"

The season finale airs next Wednesday at 8 p. m. on NBC. I can't emphasize enough what an excellent program this is to watch with teenage children. (Or youth groups!) Almost any issue that arises in the course of high school life is examined with great intelligence and sensitivity. If you have to talk to your child about sex, for instance, you will want to say more or less exactly what Tami Taylor said to her daughter Julie. (See Episode 17.)

Posted on April 5, 2007 10:51 AM | |
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