00s TV show fans slam ‘unnecessary’ reboot 13 years after finale

Fans of a sports play TV bid person slammed plans for a reboot.

Based connected the 1990 caller of the aforesaid sanction by H.G. Bissinger, Friday Night Lights was archetypal adapted into a 2004 movie earlier being turned into a TV series.

Running for 5 seasons betwixt 2006 and 2011 it followed a precocious school shot squad successful the fictional municipality of Dillon, a small, close-knit assemblage successful agrarian West Texas.

It starred Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton arsenic precocious schoolhouse shot manager Eric Taylor and his woman Tami Taylor, a schoolhouse module member.

Other formed members included Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons, Minka Kelly and Michael B. Jordan.

Although the bid ne'er picked up a immense following, it was critically acclaimed and was awarded a Peabody, Humanitas Prize and a Television Critics Association Award.

Then this week, Deadline reported the bid is acceptable to beryllium rebooted.

‘A caller iteration of the shot play is successful the works astatine Universal Television with Jason Katims, Pete Berg and Brian Grazer,’ the work shared.

The bid is believed to beryllium a caller story, inactive acceptable successful the satellite of precocious schoolhouse football, but with a full caller cast.

‘The task is successful the aboriginal stages but has been taken retired to market,’ the work added.

However, galore fans of the archetypal are little than impressed.

‘NO. Leave it be. The archetypal bid is simply a damn-near masterpiece,’ P King shared.

‘Imagine however bushed we are permission america unsocial and travel up with archetypal ideas alternatively of rebooting cleanable shows and ruining them,’ Kara posted connected X.

‘THIS IS A NIGHTMARE. YOU CANNOT RECREATE THIS MAGIC,’ Kenzie added.

Many others questioned wherefore a new, archetypal amusement couldn’t beryllium conceived and greenlit instead.

The archetypal was praised by fans, galore who held it successful precocious regard.

‘The champion TV amusement ever to person graced the tiny screen. Poignant, gripping, melodramatic and superbly acted, ne'er 1 to beryllium missed,’ 1 posted connected Rotten Tomatoes.

In 2019 Kyle had ruled retired ever having a Friday Night Lights reunion due to the fact that Connie wasn’t keen.

Speaking to Metro, helium joked astir his erstwhile co-star arsenic helium ruled retired a reboot and said: ‘Nah, nah – it’s Connie Britton. Connie Britton, she’s beauteous miserable. She’s hard to enactment with and she’s just…They’d person maine telephone her up and she’d beryllium similar “eurgh, no!” and she hangs up,’ helium joked.

But, turning serious, helium added: ‘No, really. No she won’t bash it.

Friday Night Lights is streaming connected Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV Plus.

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