Fans can’t say NBC isn’t working hard to sell “Friday Night Lights” to new fans. The network is spreading episodes of the riveting portrait of contemporary family and community life all over the place -- on-air, online, on DVD, on iTunes.
This Saturday night, NBC airs three episodes 8-11 p.m. (in high-def, too). They’re the season’s compelling final hours -- “Mud Bowl,” “Best Laid Plans,” and “State” -- when Kyle Chandler’s coach finds his family life and career turned upside down, when paraplegic ex-QB Jason moves out on his own, when secrets are revealed and relationships tested. Prime stuff.
All 22 first-season episodes are still streaming online, too. (NBC also offers two-minute recaps condensing the gist of each outing.)
That season’s DVD set was just released at a bargain list price of $30 (widely discounted to the $20 range), and includes an intimate glimpse of life behind-the-scenes at the series’ Texas production location.
Downloadable episodes are still on iTunes, too (but not, apparently, for long; NBC has announced plans to pull its content off the iTunes platform).
NBC launches the show's second season Oct. 5.