“Tomorrow Blues” Season Three, Episode 13 Leaping forward about six months at the beginning of the show’s second season nearly killed Friday Night Lights - there was a sense that all the time we missed had been eventful for these characters, and their motivations had changed in way...

Filed under: Satellite, Sports We tell ya, DirecTV has the cable carriers at their mercy when it comes to these Mix Channels. For tennis enthusiasts in particular, you'll be hard pressed to find a viewing setup superior to this. Starting on January 18th with the Australian Open, the company will be ...

“Underdogs” January 7th, 2009 If you are a fan of Friday Night Lights, “Underdogs” is going to be mightly familiar: as the Dillon Panthers head off to the State High School Football championships, there’s a quarterback having trouble keeping his focus on the field, ther...

“New York, New York” Season Three, Episode Eight Airdate: November 19th, 2008 Entering into its third season, which a majority of you probably haven’t seen yet thanks to the strange DirecTV exclusivity, Friday Night Lights had two main goals: to say goodbye to its graduating player...

BIG thanks to the folks at DirecTV, who felt like yesterday would be a great time to force-download an update to my receiver that ended up bricking the box. Since I'm not home, I can't reset the damn thing, which......

“A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” December 17th, 2008 It’s kind of inexplicably saddening to know that my two favourite Wednesday shows, Friday Night Lights and Pushing Daisies, are both in similar positions. They are both shows with a shortened life expectancy, airing episodes that...

“The Giving Tree” December 10th, 2008 If you’re a fan of Friday Night Lights, “The Giving Tree” is an episode made for you. It’s all about callbacks to past events, to incidents that are three seasons in the making and which are reflective of past events. The epis...

“Game of the Week” December 3rd, 2008 “It would be good to get the ball rollin’, you know?” It’s “Beer-Thirty” in the afternoon in Dillon, Texas, and Buddy Garrity sits in his recliner with a beer and a football game. A knock at the door sends him a re...

“New York, New York” November 19th, 2008 [NOTE: I go into what might be considered spoiler territory before the fold (it just worked out that way), so if you're waiting until Spring and don't want to know anything scroll away now! Hope this warning works - MM] When Smash Williams receive...

We got NFL Sunday Ticket awhile back. And I mostly love it. It’s awesome to have so many more games available. It sucked to miss games and only see the short clips of teams I like. (Jags, Steelers, Saints, Cleveland.) The only thing I *don’t* like is the ADD it seems to inspire. I tend t...