NBC wanted to make the television show Friday Night Lights long before the movie was ever made. NBC tired to make a show before the movie The producers assured her that she would get a beefier storyline and they were right! Peter Berg directed the movie and the first episode of the television series. Much of Britton’s role was cut from the final version of the movie so she was adamant to star in the series. Britton’s character was named Sharon Gaines and was married to the town’s football coach, while Leland played John Aubrey, a huge supporter of the high school football team. Connie Britton and Brad Leland both starred in the movieĬonnie Britton, who plays matriarch Tami Taylor, and Brad Leland, who starred as car salesman Budd Garitty, on Friday Night Lights both starred in the movie from which the television show was based. And hey, we got to watch a few episodes of one of our favorite shows while doing it. We at TV Overmind decided to do a little research and unearth some of these tidbits for your reading pleasure. There may be a lot of fun facts you have never heard about this classis series. The tactic worked and the drama, that starred Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, was able to last for 5 glorious seasons. The show struggled to stay on the air for two seasons before NBC decided to strike a deal with Direct TV that allowed the cable provider to air fresh new episodes of the series before NBC would air them later in the year. Friday Night Lights is one of the greatest shows of recent time.