FNL producers have been struggling to save the show, and NBC has even shopped around the idea of having it shown on other networks (such as The CW) in addition to NBC. It appears that DirecTv has become that second “network” as an exclusive from Deadline Hollywood reports:

The answer came in a deal with DirecTV, now owned by John Malone’s Liberty Media. Clearly Malone is looking to distinguish DirecTV from its rivals on a content as well as price basis. “It’s an innovative deal where NBC found a partner who will share costs and exhibition windows,” an insider explained to me. So both NBC and DirecTV will be airing Friday Night Lights across multipurpose platforms.
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Even though it usually ends up last in its time slot, the show does OK in the 18-to-49 demos and often wins the 18-to-34 demos. But FNL’s Season One only averaged 6.1 million viewers a week, making it something like the 95th-highest rated show on network primetime TV, fnl-3.jpgand Season Two averaged 6.2 million viewers a week but still came in at 101th.

It’s good to see a critically acclaimed, but low rated, show get a second chance. Here is an instance where quality did win out. Hopefully this works out so that other shows (ex. Journeyman) can get a similar second chance.

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