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[01/27/11 - 11:31 AM]
From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: "Friday Night Lights" The Fifth and Final Season
The show's final season will hit DVD on Tuesday, April 5.
[via press release from Universal Studios Home Entertainment]

From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: "Friday Night Lights" The Fifth and Final Season

"A MIRACLE OF A SERIES ABOUT BIGHEARTED PEOPLE IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA" - MATT ROUSH, TV GUIDE

"FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" THE FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON OWN IT ON DVD ON APRIL 5, 2011

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Jan. 27, 2011 --

OVERVIEW: Everything has been building to this... the bittersweet fifth and final season of one of the most critically acclaimed television dramas of all time, "Friday Night Lights." For four years, the residents and students of Dillon, Texas, have faced difficult choices on and off the field with courage, passion and perseverance. Now the time has come to find closure for problems of the past, all while pursuing new possibilities that will lead many beyond the Dillon city limits.

From Executive Producers Jason Katims ("Parenthood"), Peter Berg (Hancock), Brian Grazer (Apollo 13), David Nevins ("Arrested Development"), Sarah Aubrey ("Battleship") and David Hudgins ("Parenthood") comes "Friday Night Lights" The Fifth Season, a show that has Neal Gabler (Los Angeles Times) raving, "It may have the greatest emotional range of any series ever on television." The final season features an all-star cast including Kyle Chandler (The Kingdom, The Day the Earth Stood Still), Connie Britton ("24," "The West Wing"), Aimee Teegarden (Scream 4), Taylor Kitsch (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Michael B. Jordan ("Parenthood"), Jurnee Smollett ("The Defenders"), Matt Lauria ("Lipstick Jungle"), Madison Burge (Trick or Treat) and Grey Damon ("True Blood"). "Friday Night Lights" The Fifth Season debuts on DVD on April 5, 2011 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

DVD BONUS FEATURES:

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FEATURETTE

THE LIGHTS GO OUT: An emotional and entertaining journey through all five seasons of "Friday Night Lights" as the cast and crew say goodbye.

FEATURED COMMENTARIES:

"Don't Go:" Commentary with Director Michael Waxman

"Always:" Commentary with Executive Producer and Showrunner Jason Katims

PHOTO GALLERY/YEARBOOK

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Street Date: April 5, 2011
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Number: 61115388
Running Time: 9 Hours 40 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Rating: Not Rated
Languages: English Digital Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH

Universal Studios Home Entertainment:

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% owned by Vivendi.





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