NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- The Texas-set television drama "Friday Night Lights" has been renewed for a third season through a pact made by NBC, Universal Media and DIRECTV.
Episodes of the new season of the show, which is about the community surrounding a high school football team, are to be broadcast initially on DIRECTV's entertainment channel "The 101," starting in October, then subsequently telecast on NBC later in the 2008-09 season.