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Sep 19,2011

The Hollywood Reporter Talks to FNL Cast At Emmys

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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, two Emmys.

The cast of Friday Night Lightshad one eye on the past and another on the future over Emmy weekend as they gathered for a cast reunion at the aptly named Dillon’s in Hollywood.

Best actress in a drama nomineeConnie Britton told The Hollywood Reporter on the Emmy red carpet Sunday that the idea to put together a cast reunion came from the top.

“[Producers] Sarah Aubrey, Pete Berg and I were talking about doing a party and getting everybody together,” Britton said. “Then Kyle Chandlercalled me one day from Austin and says, ‘We gotta get all these people who aren’t going to be able to come to the Emmys together and stay out drinking all night and celebrate it.’

To read the rest of this article go to: TheHollywoodReporter.com



Sep 18,2011

Photos of Connie Britton at 63rd Primetime Emmys

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Aug 07,2011

Photos of FNL Cast at 2011 TCAs

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Aug 06,2011

Photos of Connie Britton in FX’s American Horror Story

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Aug 06,2011

Connie Britton Chats About Her Love For FNL With the L.A. Times

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“Friday Night Lights” was a show full of delightful surprises, not the least of which was its continued existence. Almost every year of the show’s five seasons, first on NBC and then in a deal between the network and DirecTV, the question arose whether the acclaimed but low-rated drama would return. But a rabid fan following and good critical reviews kept it alive for five full seasons.

“We had no reason to ever believe that we would come back, and yet we always believed we would,” says Connie Britton, who played Tami Taylor, wife to high school football coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler). She originated the role in the 2004 feature film “Friday Night Lights” before joining the TV cast at the urging of Peter Berg, the movie’s co-writer and director. (Berg created the television show, which was then helmed by Jason Katims.)

Emmy nods came for Britton and Chandler last year for their work on Season 4, just after they had finished shooting the fifth and final season. They were nominated again this year, along with Katims and the show itself. “There’s a certain level of poetry to this whole experience,” Britton notes of all the post-cancellation nominations. “Nothing happened on this show in the predictable television ways.”

Critics and fans have been calling Tami and Coach the best couple on TV since the show started. Did you expect that reaction?

Listen, when I was kicking and screaming with Pete Berg at the beginning of this thing, saying this is a terrible idea for me to play this part, I never could have imagined that this would be a football show that was actually about a marriage. That was a shocker.

To read the rest of this article go to: LATimesBlogs.LATimes.com



Aug 01,2011

Video: Connie Britton on Late Show with Dave Letterman

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Jul 26,2011

Press Release for Connie Britton’s “American Horror Story”

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An “American Horror Story” is coming to TV.

The FX channel said Monday it has ordered 13 episodes of a new drama it says has “reinvented the horror genre.” The show is from the producers of “Nip/Tuck” and “Glee.”

“American Horror Story” stars Dylan McDermott (”The Practice”) and Connie Britton (”Friday Night Lights”) as a couple who move their family from Boston to Los Angeles to, as FX put it, “reconcile past anguish.”

The drama also features Oscar-winning star Jessica Lange (”Tootsie,”"Blue Sky”) in her first regular TV series role, along with Frances Conroy of “Six Feet Under”

“American Horror Story” was co-created by executive producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The drama begins production in Los Angeles next week and is set to premiere on FX in October

SOURCE: SFGate.com



Jul 17,2011

Pete Berg Wants to Make Another FNL Movie With Chandler and Britton

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Friday Night Lights may be coming to a theater near you — again.

Executive Producer Peter Berg, who directed the original film on which the NBC series is based, confirms to TVGuide.com that he is developing aFriday Night Lights movie. A man of few words, Berg merely states, “I am,” when asked if he’s developing the film to continue the story of Coach and Tami Taylor (Kyle Chandler andConnie Britton, respectively).

News of a possible film came out on Thursday when Grantland.com editor in chief Bill Simmons tweeted, “Peter Berg told us he wants to do anFNL movie with Chandler/Britton off the final episode.”

To read the rest of this article go to: TVGuide.com



Jul 14,2011

Friday Night Lights Gets Four Emmy Nominations

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Updated:

It wasn’t on the TVLine list that I saw but Jason Katims was nominated for the outstanding finale, Always.

We’re ecstatic!  They got nominations in Outstanding Drama, Connie for Outstanding Actress and Kyle for Outstanding Actor!  Congrats!!

OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified

See the full listing here:

http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/emmy-awards-nominees-2011/



Jun 21,2011

Photos: Connie Britton at 2011 Critics’ Choice Awards

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