Friday Night Lights Spoilers

E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos has some good Friday Night Lights gossip today in her spoiler Q&A. Here's what the TV reporter has to say about the upcoming Season 3 finale, the show's future after this spring, and more ...

Q: Can you please enlighten me on the future of Friday Night Lights? Please tell me this won't be the last season!

A: No decisions have been made yet, but according to big-time Friday Night Lights fan Chris Littmann of The Sporting News, the ratings trend on DirecTV is at least positive. BTW, how amazing was the birds-and-bees-talk episode where (Friday Night Lights spoiler alert if you haven't seen it) Coach walked in on Julie and Saracen? The Emmy voters should be throwing awards and rose petals at Connie Britton's feet, for crying out loud, and Kyle Chandler's, too. The new season of Friday Night Lights starts on NBC next Friday, January 16.

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Here's some Friday Night Lights commentary, spoilers and news courtesy of Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello today in his Q&A section ...

Q: So, as I was watching last week's episode of Friday Night Lights, I was once again reminded that the people who choose the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations are blind, deaf and dumb! Agreed?

A: Agreed. Friday Night Lights is on fire this season, and it sucks that Globe voters failed to recognize that. In fact, in EW's annual best and worst issue (on sale Friday), Smash's farewell episode is singled out by yours truly as one of the best hours of television all season. It was a close call between that episode and the Jeffrey Reiner-directed episode 8, "New York, New York," which featured my favorite Friday Night Lights scene of all time. It was the one where Eric and Tami came to an agreement that buying that fancy new house would be a terrible mistake. The subtle nuances that Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler brought to what could have easily been a throwaway scene just blew my mind. I've watched it, like, 11 times. And there's a good chance I'll make it a perfect dozen today. It's that good. On the Friday Night Lights spoiler front, Landry and Tyra's looming reunion gets sealed with a sorta-kiss in tonight's episode. And looking ahead to the season finale, a beloved character whose name begins with E or T and is cited somewhere in this answer will be fired from his/her job.

Here are some Friday Night Lights spoilers and news items from E! Online today ...

Q: When do we find out if Friday Night Lights gets picked up for a fourth season?

A: Word from NBC will come after the Peacock-network premiere on January 16. Says Connie Britton about the remainder of season three: "I think we get a little twist with that at the end of the season. The end of the season is kind of the end of the football season as well, that's what we like to do on our show. They made it so compelling. Whether this is the last season or not, some of these students are going to be graduating, they may or may not be on the show next season, so it was important that they do that right, and they really did."

Q: What's coming up on this week's Friday Night Lights?

A: Crazy week of unexpected behavior: Tyra's mom acts like an actual good parent, Coach lies to Tami about some football-related corruption and Tim Riggins (yes, drunk, slutty Tim Riggins!) turns out to be the best boyfriend ever. I would never have guessed he had it in him, but I'm so proud! And did you guys see Taylor as Gambit in the Wolverine trailer? Our little 33 is all growed up!

Here are a couple of interesting Friday Night Lights spoiler items from Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly this morning ...

Q: I have recently become obsessed with Friday Night Lights. Any juicy gossip to share?

A: Get this: By season's end, Dillon, Texas, will open a second high school, upending both the town's storied football program and Coach Taylor's tenure as Panthers coach. Also, the Season 3 finale (airing January 14 on DirecTV – NBC reruns the season starting January 16) will jump ahead five months to the end of the school year, at which point we'll have a good idea who'll be moving away to college and who'll be sticking around for a possible fourth season. Hint: You might want to start saying your good-byes now, 'cause there are a lot of 'em.

A little scoop on this week's Friday Night Lights from E! Online ...

Q: Anything good on Friday Night Lights?

A: Tyra Collette finally discovers that Cash (Zach Roerig) has a dark side that involves gambling and mistreating women. Landry, time for another murder to defend your girl! Also, Grandma and Shelby fight viciously, leaving poor Matt in the middle, and someone with an agenda makes Riggins an offer he can't refuse.

Here's a little Friday Night Lights spoiler / news item from Michael Ausiello's column at Entertainment Weekly today, re: tonight's episode ...

Q: I've noticed that Jeffrey Reiner hasn't directed many episodes of Friday Night Lights this season. He's such a great talent. Do you know what happened?

A: No clue, but he directed Scott Porter's swan song tonight, and guess what? It's a work of freakin' art! One scene in particular, involving Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, deserves to be played on an endless loop at the Museum of Television and Radio. Definitely one of my favorite Coach and Tami moments to date. Friday Night Lights spoiler-wise, someone suffers a heart attack, Tyra makes what could be the biggest mistake of her life (and that's saying something considering the mess last year), and Matt comes up with a surprising solution to his QB problem.

A couple of interesting tidbits from Entertainment Weekly's spoiler Q&A ...

Q: How is Friday Night Lights doing ratings-wise on DirecTV?

A: I'm too lazy to research it, so let's go with "spectacular" and "record-breaking" and move on to the real reason you're here - Friday Night Lights spoilers. Someone's gay, and he or she is coming out in tonight's episode.

Q: When will Tami find out that Matt and Julie had sex on Friday Night Lights?

A: Not tonight, since Matt and Julie are MIA throughout the entire episode. The big news (aside from the coming out I teased above) is the sudden and dramatic turn Jason's life takes as a result of a chance encounter at a Panthers game. Not so coincidentally, Scott Porter makes his final appearance next week.

A little Friday Night Lights spoiler / news item from E! Online's Q&A this morning ...

Q: Poor Landry getting dumped on Friday Night Lights... Is there any hope for him?

A: Yes there is! He'll have a new girlfriend this week, or so he tells Tyra (Adrianne Palicki). In other Friday Night Lights news, one of the Panthers never told his parents he was on the team, and he's yanked off the field just before the big game. As for the newest football hero, J.D. McCoy (Jeremy Sumpter), poor guy's overzealous daddy continues to not understand the distinction between coach and father. Can Coach's patience with that guy run out? Please? I want to see him give Mr. McCoy what for!

Some Friday Night Lights spoilers / news items from E! Online today ...

Q: Can you share anything on Friday Night Lights?

A: Wednesday's episode, "Hello, Goodbye" marks Smash's (Gaius Charles') final week in Dillon, and his goodbye scenes will break your heart. Also heartbreaking? Landry's (Jesse Plemons) goodbye to Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) after she starts seeing rodeo cowboy Cash (Zach Roerig) somewhat seriously. Of course, Tyra and Landry are officially not together, but it feels like a bad breakup just the same.

Shedding some light on future developments are a couple of Friday Night Lights spoilers / news items from E! Online this week ...

Q: How much do you love the new season of Friday Night Lights? It's perfect and so is Riggins. Any scoop for the season?

A: The season is amazing — it has everything that made the first year so wonderful, but refreshed and up-to-date - but Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) is not as flawless. In fact, he and brother Billy (Derek Phillips) become thieves in a coming episode. That said, Riggins is generally trying to go straight this year. He wants to overcome everyone's low expectations of him - he's especially hoping to change Buddy Garrity's very negative view of 33 dating his daughter.

Q: How about some info on Friday Night Lights. Thanks!

A: The ambitious McCoys continue to push J.D. into the starting quarterback slot, and boosters start to agree that maybe Matt Saracen is no longer the man for the job.