Woo Hoo! Friday Light Nights renewed

You did it, FNL fans! NBC has officially renewed Friday Night Lights.

That sound you heard – it’s a deep sigh of relief.

The network honchos made the announcement Wednesday at its schedule presentation. The cost-sharing deal that enticed NBC to bring the show back is with the satellite company DirecTV.

“We all love it, we all believe in it, and we are going to continue to deliver it, hopefully for years to come,” NBC honcho Ben Silverman said today at the NBC event.

Before you get too excited, though, you should know that DirecTV will get to air the new episodes first, in the fall, while NBC “will delay broadcasting the same episodes until the winter, months after satellite subscribers have seen them,” according to New York Times TV blogger Brian Stelter.

So, what do you think of this development, Tubers? The show is sticking around which is fantastic news, but those of us that don’t have DirecTV are going to have to work overtime probably to avoid being spoiled.

I know it’s a pain, but at least we get to keep one of TV’s most well-written and acted shows. And for that, I’m willing to do a cheer myself.