Will Friday Night Lights Move to ESPN?

Austin's favorite high-school football drama, Friday Night Lights, could be changing networks. Radar is reporting that ESPN is in talks to bring the critically-acclaimed, but little-watched, show into its lineup of original programming. Friday Night Lights, which follows the lives of the fictional Dillon High School Panthers, films in and around Austin. Despite winning critical awards and having a loyal following, the show has moved time slots three times and has struggled in the ratings.

The show also has been affected by the writer's strike. The LA Times reports that Friday Night Lights was expected to have 15 of their 22 episodes completed when the writers began their strike.

ESPN has tried scripted drama before, with the football soap opera Playmakers, which was canceled after the NFL complained about how it portrayed professional football players.