Maybe Zach could meet up with Pete Berg, Jesse Plemons and Taylor Kitsch..they’re all in Hawaii too!

ABC’s “Off the Map,” the Shonda Rhimes series being shot here (Honolulu), could get on the prime-time map next month, in the slot once occupied by the canceled “My Generation” (7 p.m. Thursdays). The medical drama, set in an understaffed clinic in the Amazon, stars Zach Gilford (”Friday Night Lights”), who plays a plastic surgeon who falls in love with Aimee Garcia (”Trauma”), and a mounting ensemble. …

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Zach Gilford as a caped crusader? Yes please! Hilarious. Can’t wait to check this out.

In the next episode of NBC’s web series, “FCU: Fact Checkers Unit,” the guys have been asked to prove whether or not “Friday Night Lights” hunk, Zach Gilford, is running around as a caped crusader.

On Monday (August 23), Zap2It will exclusively debut Gilford’s episode a full day before its official premiere. So, check back here to watch the full episode and why Gilford is running around in tights. Whoa.

Fact checkers: Every magazine has ‘em, and while Hollywood has mostly ignored the drama and glamor* of this very essential profession, all that is about to change. NBC is launching a spot-on new dot-com-only series, FCU: Fact Checkers Unit, that chronicles two dotty fact checkers at the fictional Dictum magazine as they go to great lengths to confirm the details of the publication’s stories.

The series, indeed, is very guest-starry: Scrubs‘ Donald Faison and model Karolina Kurkova are in episodes 2 and 3, while Friday Night Light‘s Zach Gilford, Napoleon Dynamite‘s Jon Heder, rocker Dave Navarro, NCIS‘ Pauley Perrette, and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek are slated to pop up throughout the show’s eight-episode run.

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Zach Gilford is traveling a long way from Dillon, Texas for his next TV gig.

The ex-Friday Night Lights QB is joining ABC’s Shonda Rhimes-produced medical drama Off the Map as a series regular.

Gilford will play a plastic surgeon in the South America-set drama, which is slated to premiere at midseason.

“The character is still being written, but I’ve heard him described as kind of an all-American frat boy,” says Gilford. “[Map creator Jenna Bans] told me she loves FNL, but wants to distance me from that role as much as possible. [Something] that excited me.”

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Temecula-based The Outdoor Channel will add two fishing shows to its lineup in 2011, its parent company announced Wednesday.

“Buccaneers and Bones,” previously on ESPN2, explores bone fishing and tarpon fishing around the world with celebrities such as television news anchor Tom Brokaw, who will narrate, actor Michael Keaton, and actor Zach Gilford of “Friday Night Lights” fame.

SOURCE: PE.com

The Alaska International Film Festival announced “The River Why” won the Best Narrative Feature award.  Zach Gilford won the Best Actor award for his lead role as “Gus”.

Here’s the scoop from earthtimes.org

The honor of Best Narrative Feature was given to “The River Why”,  directed by Matthew Leutwyler (USA). Based on the novel of the same title, this coming-of-age story is about Gus Orviston, who leaves his eccentric parents in the city for what he thinks is fly-fishing bliss along the banks of a wild river. It quickly turns into a journey of self-discovery and the meaning of life. Most of all, it is a love story: the love of a man for the wilderness and for the beautiful woman who comes to share it with him.

The honor of Best Actor was given to Zach Gilford in “The River Why” directed by Matthew Leutwyler (USA). Gilford gives an outstanding performance playing protagonist Gus Orviston in this coming-of-age story about discovering love in his connection with nature and his relationship with a beautiful woman.