<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Score One for Gritty High School Football&nbsp;Dramas!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.fridaynightlightsinsider.com/tags/spoilers/page/4/"><img class="alignright" title="Dillon Panthers Coach Eric Taylor" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.tvfanatic.com/images/gallery/kyle-chandler-as-eric-taylor.jpg" alt="" width="171" height="257" /></a>Well, if there were two good things to come out of Jay Leno destroying the NBC schedule, they are that <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/10/09/nbc-to-replace-southland-with-chuck/" target="_blank"><em>Chuck</em></a> has been brought back early and given a major push (and will now likely have a much greater chance of surviving to season four) and, as, just announced, <em>Friday Night Lights</em> will return on April 30.  Originally, the word was that the critically-beloved, <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/02/ben-silverman-is-not-optimistic-about-friday-night-lights.php?loc=interstitialskip" target="_blank">Ben Silverman-sabotaged</a>, tragically audience-starved drama would not return to NBC until the summer, but with all the <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2010/01/12/conan-barbarian-or-adventurer/" target="_blank">holes soon to open</a> up in the schedule it looks like it&#8217;s coming back early.  Yay!  Still time to catch up seasons 1-3.  And, trust me, you should.</p>
<p>I bet NBC regrets axing <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/11/05/score-one-for-gritty-cop-dramas/" target="_blank"><em>Southland</em></a> now.</p>
<p>See the full post-Olympics, post-late night debacle schedule @ <a href="http://http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/01/14/nbcs-post-jaypocalyptic-primetime-lo-reality-reruns/" target="_blank">Tuned In</a>.</p>
<p>Oh, and looks like <a href="http://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/10/21/i-told-you-dick-wolf/" target="_blank">I was wrong about Dick Wolf</a>.  He seems safe.  <em>For now. </em></p>
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