If you were to ask a random person on the street to name five aspects that represent America the sport of football would undoubtedly come up more times than not. The sport of football is so engrained in our society that over 113 million Americans watched the championship game also known as the Super Bowl this past year3. After discovering how rooted this game is in American society it is no surprise that Football serves as the focal point of one of the most popular shows on T.V., “Friday Night Lights.” “Friday Night Lights” is staged in the quaint town of Dillion, Texas, and features a plot centered around the players of the town’s football team as they progress throughout the season. The show encompasses an ample amount of positive messages conveyed to the viewer as the characters develop throughout the seasons. Although during the show a great number of positive messages are portrayed to the viewer, “Friday Night Lights” still has one major fault in the way that it depicts minorities. Even though “Friday Night Lights” undoubtedly possesses some flaws, the amazing writing, acting, and all around good heartedness of the show make up for that and than some, making “Friday Night Lights” one of the best dramas in recent years.
Being viewed as one of the paramount shows in recent T.V. history with great shows like “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men” to be compared to is quite a title to receive1. Even though countless other shows on television are incredible in there own right, “Friday Night Lights” retains one aspect that other shows do not, relatable. I have never been a man working at an advertising firm in the fifties nor a cancer ridden meth dealer, and no matter how hard I try I am most likely never going to be able to relate to what characters in the vast majority of T.V. are experiencing. “Friday Night Lights” offers a unique quality in its very realistic depiction of situations most teenagers, or people who have been