Save Prayer on TV! Save ‘Friday Night Lights’
For all you Christians out there…have you seen ‘Friday Night Lights’?
Have you seen how many times the characters in the show pray? And not just a quick, “Amen”…NBC is showing full fledged 15 second+ prayers. When was the last time you saw this on TV? (save the simpsons…). Besides being just a great show, this show is showing at least some decent representation of Christian prayer. Doesn’t that alone make it worth saving?
From a beliefnet blog on FNL:
“The final minutes also feature one of the most moving and authentic prayers I’ve heard on TV in a very long time. It’s a perfect illustration of the way real life and spiritual life intersect in strange and difficult ways.”
Join the petition to save FNL. See the post, “How to Save ‘Friday Night Lights’ (the show)” to tell NBC to keep FNL on the air and keep prayer on the air!
Dusty Bogard said,
Wrote on October 24, 2006 @ 4:03 pm
I have not seen this new series yet. Is it being dropped already? I have the movie on dvd and its very good.
scottkrager said,
Wrote on October 24, 2006 @ 4:21 pm
Not yet. The cast is fighting hard to keep the show going. See this latest article. Good stuff:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-10-23-friday-night-lights_x.htm
nd said,
Wrote on November 1, 2006 @ 12:53 am
Please keep Friday Night Lights and prayer on TV—hopefully at 7 PM. Enjoy the show, especially since it’s filmed locally.
jh said,
Wrote on February 10, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
Prayer interlaced with gratitous sex and alcohol is surely not an attraction for the Christian right. However, I must say that as an alum of Texas high schools, the show is very real. Very, very real. And it damn, it should stay on the air for another season. Has anyone downloaded the first season on iTunes yet?
Jan Ross said,
Wrote on March 8, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
I Love Friday Night Lights. Best show on TV. Please don’t cancel it!!!
Judi said,
Wrote on March 8, 2007 @ 6:08 pm
This show is so real and yes there is prayer, but why is that such a problem. I get so tired of people complaining about christians and prayer. Get over it. Christians are expected to accept and learn about everybody else’s religion and beliefs and accept them. I say give us the same respect.
Misty said,
Wrote on March 14, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Please whatever you do, do not cancell friday night lights, we save Wednesday nights just for the show. It would break my husbands hear. He loves football and we both can relate to alot of things that go on in the show. We remember things back from high school. PLEASE!!! I love the fact that they are open to prayer, i love that and it means alot to the country to still at least have some show that is open the the discussion of god. Please do not take that “sacret family value” away. It teaches alot to the younger crowd that is very important to morals and values. Thanks PLEASE!!!!!!!!
Strybjorn said,
Wrote on March 15, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
Certainly FNL is a Christian show, but only in the most meaningful, universal sense.
Its characters, all fallen humans, stumble after grace, seek unfindable answers and turn to each other and to a higher power for sustenance.
They fall, they sin, they repent, they are healed.
But this pattern is, surprise, not restricted to those who believe in the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the core movement of the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and, yes, Islam.
The prayers of the citizens of Dillon don’t just move Christians, they move all folks of faith.
Kelley said,
Wrote on March 15, 2007 @ 5:55 pm
Love this show and fear that the NBC reference to final four episodes left do not bode well for the show.
I have petitioned NBC twice to keep the show - maybe moving it to a Thursday time slot will give it the boost it needs.
All the good ones are gone!
jeff said,
Wrote on March 20, 2007 @ 10:49 am
please give this fantastic show a chance!
Tiffany said,
Wrote on March 25, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
please please keep this show on the air its my favorite show on wedsendays and its way better than american idol. i love it. i love with the drama and teen love with sayerson and the coaches daughter. i love jason and riggins. the suspense is outstanding please keep this show i think its better than the movie so please please keep this show it explains lots of things and some of it relates to me. i love it. it helps me with problems and everything so please have a heart and keep this show.
Claudia Cimma said,
Wrote on March 28, 2007 @ 8:19 pm
Fight to save this great show!
Bruce said,
Wrote on March 29, 2007 @ 9:27 pm
In these times of Moral decline, the need for positive values and family values, Christians should support and pray for acts of righteousness. The Culture needs a big dose of Grace. Thank you.
Olivia said,
Wrote on March 30, 2007 @ 8:58 am
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS!!!!!! This show is so much better than all the reality TV we have going on now. This show demonstrates true grit and feeling. Email NBC with your request too!
Kristin said,
Wrote on April 7, 2007 @ 1:20 am
Please save Friday Night Lights!! This is my favorite show ever!! I love a lot of shows that were on NBC, which are good family shows but they always get canceled, ex. American Dreams. Friday night Lights is a great family show, that shows real life situations that teens and adults go through. I can relate to this show in so many ways, unlike so many of those unrealistic shows now a days. Friday Night Lights makes me laugh, cry, and smile during every episode I watch and I can’t say that for any other show. I get so excited every week for the new upcoming episode, and every single episode grabs and holds my attention all the way through and I just never want the show to end. Please keep this show, and I know it will grab more fans if it’s just advertised more. I have told many friends about it who all thought it was just a football show, but when I told them it was much more than that then they all tuned in and love it as much as I do. So please please please try for another season and hopefully more people will get into it if they see what a wonderful story it is.
Amy Roberts said,
Wrote on April 11, 2007 @ 2:22 pm
please don’t cancel this show! we love it, both husband and i went to high school in TX.
Lisa said,
Wrote on April 16, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
Please renew the show for the fall. It is one of my favorites.
Tori luera said,
Wrote on May 17, 2007 @ 8:23 pm
i believe that this was an amazing show and, it was as great as the movi!!
CANT WAIT Ti’ll season two
Teens For Cash said,
Wrote on October 20, 2007 @ 1:27 pm
Teens For Cash…
Sorry, it just sounds like a crazy idea for me
…
Jesus Paid It All said,
Wrote on November 29, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
Jesus Paid It All…
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…
Sally Benevento said,
Wrote on February 9, 2008 @ 4:20 pm
Friday night lights is the best show on TV rght now. please don,t cancel it me and my husband watch it every week together and everyone I know loves it.
brimar10 said,
Wrote on February 14, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Hi
Just wanted to say how much I love Friday Night Lights. Coach and his wife have a fantastic dynamic in the home… I love watcing them together.Please don’t cancel…i won’t watch anything else on friday nights.
marion rome said,
Wrote on February 21, 2008 @ 7:28 am
please keep on Friday night light show. it’s the best show on tv.since boy meets world. Gotta keep it on
marion rome said,
Wrote on February 21, 2008 @ 7:29 am
keep it on forever
Patti Bonner said,
Wrote on February 21, 2008 @ 9:42 am
Please keep Friday Night Lights. My husband and I love the show and it is part of our lineup for Friday nights. We only watch CBS on Friday nights. We start with 1 vs 100,Friday Night Lights and then Las Vegas. Love the lineup so please keep the show.
Greg Urbanski said,
Wrote on February 21, 2008 @ 12:11 pm
NBC, Please keep FNL. It is the best show on Friday nights.
anne marie pierce said,
Wrote on February 21, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
please keep friday night lights on…its the best show on the air…i watch it every friday night with my teenage daughter…it has such a good message for our youth…we love it
thanks
Amy said,
Wrote on February 21, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
I LOVE Friday Night Lights. It is such a great show. Its the ONLY show I stay home to watch. Please NBC, keep FNL on. Finally a show thats not a cheesy reality show. This show is well written. I grew up in west Texas so I totally get the show. It takes me back to my youth! Its so sad that FNL fans are having to fight to save this show with all the crap that is on nowadays!
Tami said,
Wrote on February 22, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
NBC, Please don’t cancel Friday Night Lights.
It’s great to finally have a show on television that we can look forward to watching.
Ellicer said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
I LOVE this show! There’s nothing else like it on TV. The relationships are so much more real than anything else. So wonderful seeing a marriage deal with everyday issues, like we all do. Love how the coach is a REAL man and committed to his family. There are a lot of men like him in the world, but we don’t see them on TV.
frank said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
Do not cancel Friday night lights the best show on T.V.
Hilda said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 3:36 pm
I love FNL I look forward each week to see what is going to happen next to all these kids. My co-worker and I watch it and discuss what happened on Friday night on Monday. Please don’t cancel it. Keep it on!!!!!
Dave Maciejewski said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
Best show on TV, it MUST go on!
amanda said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
SAVE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS …BEST SHOW ON TV. Just look how many angry, disappointed and upset DIEHARD fans you will have if it is gone.
PLEASE!!! SAVE FNL!!! KEEP THE LIGHTS ON!
Tim said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
Save this show. It’s the last of it’s kind. I’ll never watch NBC again if you shut this show down.
Renee Barringer said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 6:40 pm
If NBC is thinking of giving up on this show someone at that office does not have “clear eyes”
Beth said,
Wrote on February 24, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
Friday Night Lights has become my all time favorite television show. Please do not cancel this show-it is about real people living a normal middle American life. But, the way their lives are protrayed keeps the audience interested and makes them feel as if they are a part of this town, a part of the school’s football fans, etc. NBC has finally come across with a program that the average viewer can relate to. The things that the characters experience are things the viewer does not have to stretch their imagination to even believe the plot. Please do not cancel this show and thank you that Christians are not protrayed as religious fanatics.
karsyn stewart said,
Wrote on February 25, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
Don’t cancel this show!!! I am a married woman with two small children, and my husband and I look so forward to Friday nights because of this show. We love it! It would be so disappointing to not be able to have this to enjoy. The storylines are great and the cast is an amazing group of actors. It would be a big mistake and a huge letdown to so many fans to do away with this show!! Again, please keep Friday Night Lights on the air!!
Chad stewart said,
Wrote on February 25, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
This is the best show on television! My wife and I watch every Friday and love it! It would be very disappointing to see it go. Please rethink the decision to take this show off the air. I can be sure that not only my wife and I, but alot of fans would be letdown tremendousely if this great show were not on anymore.
Ann said,
Wrote on February 25, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
Please leave this meaningful show on television it is so quick to focus on actual issues in life, instead of made up ones. Even the storyline of Tim Riggins and his drinking, don’t for a second think that there aren’t more teenage boys out there with this same issues and they can have a better way to focus on better choices such as Tim does. Please leave FNL on
Lisa said,
Wrote on February 27, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
Please save Friday Night Lights. It is a great show.
brooke hamilton said,
Wrote on February 28, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
save it! yea!
sue said,
Wrote on March 1, 2008 @ 12:50 am
There are very few good dramas left, Friday Night Lights IS a light in the unpleasantness of reality TV…please save this one!
David Ludwig said,
Wrote on March 5, 2008 @ 11:46 am
Please save this unique and brilliant show!!! contact NBC and voice your concern NOW !!!
Mary Compton said,
Wrote on March 5, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
I love Friday Night Lights. It’s the best show
on TV. Please bring back Friday Night Lights.
JOY OLIVER said,
Wrote on April 11, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
I LOVE THIS SHOW I HAVE WATCHED IT SINCE THE BEGINING AND HAVE LOVED EVERY EPISODE. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY WEEK. PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THE SHOW. I AM SO UPSET AT THE THOUGHT OF NOT BEING ABLE EVER TO SEE IT AGAIN. IT IS THE BEST SHOW ON TV BY FAR. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!
Pauline Bentley said,
Wrote on April 18, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
Don’t cancel Fridaynight lights: It is a really good show to watch on friday night, and it doesn’t have swearing in it like other shows have. A lot of people would be really upset including myself, if you canceled the series of it. It’s just a really good show, so lets keep it on the air for a few more season!!!!!!!
Thanks
Pauline