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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

"Friday Night Lights" shoots here

Friday Night Lights visited Philly on Tuesday to shoot portions of the series finale.

(Yes, the series finale. It will air next season.)

Stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, who play a Texas high school coach and his wife in the NBC series, started midafternoon at Temple University.

Temple was renamed Braemore College for the scenes, in which Britton's character (Tami Taylor) interviews for a job at a college in Philadelphia, of all places. The filming included leafy scenes around Broad Street and Polett Walk.

The company moved to Frankford High for scenes shot on the school's football field -- arguably the greenest high school field in the region nowadays. Chandler met Frankford coach Mike Capriotti and ran drills with players. Frankford will be "Pemberton High," though the school's team will still be known as the Pioneers.
Posted by Michael Klein @ 12:51 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:01 PM, 07/21/2010
    Clear eyes......
    — TheDude
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:24 PM, 07/21/2010
    Best Show Airing on TV right now. Wish it had more of an audience but 5 seasons is perfect for a serial show.
    — Dparente
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:38 AM, 07/22/2010
    Perfect show. Perfect cast. I'll miss it.
    — linda unger
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:58 PM, 07/24/2010
    Easily best show and cast on network TV. They did an awesome job transitioning to a complete new theme. So if Tami is going to work in Philly, will coach stick around to rehab East Dillon?
    — MDefl


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