FNL, SNL, WTF?

Kyle Chandler stars in this Peter Berg television adaptation of the Peter Berg film adaptation of the Buzz Hissinger Book of the real-life-story "Friday Night Lights."

Let's try to clear things up. Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip airs on Monday nights and is about a sketch-comedy show that films on Friday Nights. Saturday Night Live IS a sketch comedy show that airs on Saturday nights, however, without its former head-writer, Tina Fey, whose new show mocks Saturday Night Live on a Wednesday Night, which is the day after Tuesday night when NBC has decided not to confuse anyone and slot Friday Night Lights. On a Tuesday. Night.

The Big 3 companies (not counting Mack Brown who throws his own weight behind the show's desperate plea for authenticity) behind this production are NBC Universal Television (obviously), Imagine Television and Film 44. Brian Grazer is the bigwig of Imagine Television and is responsible for a slew of critically and consumer acclaimed shows such as Arrested Development, Playmakers, Sports Nite and Felicity. Film 44 is Berg's new production company and has 4 projects slated to bow by 2007, FNL the first.

In addition to the pedigree of David Nevins and Brian Grazer, Friday Night Lights has the music of he who seems to be the de-facto NBC in-house composer as of late, W.G. Snuffy Walden who's work on NBC shows is prominent on three series this fall - Studio 60, Lights and Kidnapped. The real question is, though, why didn't Berg stick with the original team that scored his feature version of Hissinger's book? Music credits on the film go to Texas-based instrumental group Explosions in the Sky and Brian Reitzell and David Torn of Evolution Music Partners. Snuffy, however, takes what seems like the same signature sound of the motion picture and mimics the shit out of it. Why? Hopefully a myspace message to Texas Band can clear things up.

explosionsinthesky@yahoo.com wrote back:

they ended up using a couple of songs for the first
episode. they may follow up and use some in the next
as well. we got lucky to be a part of the movie and
now it looks to have spilled over to the t.v. show.
thanks for thinking of us and i hope you like the
program.

take care of yourself.
explosions in the sky

So looks like the makers of music young men want to clay-shoot to are still involved in the creative process of the series, and this blogger spun conspiracy from an end credit for no reason.

Maybe Peter Berg can clear it all up here.