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All Those Broken Lightbulbs May Have Paid Off — ‘Friday Night Lights’ Possibly Saved!

2/21/08 at 12:00 PM

Courtesy of NBC

Have crazy fans rescued yet another critically loved, ratings-deficient series from the jaws of cancellation? Maybe! Following the success of Jericho fans' nut-mailing campaign, Variety is reporting that NBC is currently in talks to bring Friday Night Lights back for another season, almost certainly owing exclusively to Best Week Ever's brave crusade to send Ben Silverman envelopes full of broken glass. Apparently NBC is looking to share Lights with another network — possibly TNT or the CW — in the same way that it's sharing Law & Order: Criminal Intent with USA this season (episodes air first on USA, then a few months later on NBC).

So, as yet another network (probably) topples under the pressure of a hastily assembled save-our-show campaign, we're still waiting to hear back about our crusade, the one to save Cavemen. Given all recent successes, we're pretty sure ABC will renew it, just as soon as they figure out what to do with all the envelopes full of hair.

'Lights' may shine on other networks [Variety]
Earlier: ‘Friday Night Lights’ Fans So Angry at Ben Silverman They're Sending Him Envelopes Full of Broken Glass
Vulture's Crusade to Save Cavemen

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