Why does FNL have to end? Could you keep it going and going and going? Or does its internal coherence require that it stop now?
Creatively, the show probably could have continued, and many of us pushed for that up until the very end. But it just became too difficult to make the numbers work from a business standpoint, and the plug had to be pulled. Having said that, there is a certain elegance to ending the series after five seasons. It somehow feels complete. And with the advantage of knowing the show was going to be over, we were able to construct an ending that I think our fans will find extremely resonant and satisfying. But still … it was very difficult for all of us to say goodbye.
“Friday Night Lights” exec producer David Hudgins has sealed a large new overall deal with Universal Media Studios.
As part of the two-year, seven-figure deal, Hudgins will remain with “Friday Night Lights,” where he now serves as co-showrunner with Jason Katims, until the show’s conclusion.
“I’ve had a great experience on the show,” Hudgins said of “FNL,” which enters its fifth and final season on DirecTV this fall. (Show is also repurposed on NBC, which is just starting to air season four.)
“I love these characters, and when the chance came to come back and shepherd the series to its conclusion, it was too hard to pass up,” Hudgins said. “Plus it shoots in Texas, which is where I’m from.”
Hudgins had been on “FNL” until this past year, when he left to create Fox’s short-lived “Past Life.” With that show ending its run, the scribe was free to rejoin his old friends on “FNL.
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Creatively, the show probably could have continued, and many of us pushed for that up until the very end. But it just became too difficult to make the numbers work from a business standpoint, and the plug had to be pulled. Having said that, there is a certain elegance to ending the series after five seasons. It somehow feels complete. And with the advantage of knowing the show was going to be over, we were able to construct an ending that I think our fans will find extremely resonant and satisfying. But still … it was very difficult for all of us to say goodbye.
