‘Friday Night Lights’ Characters To Drop In To ‘Parenthood’ Web Series [Video]
It’s pretty clear at this point that theFriday Night Lightsmovie sequel isn’t happening. EvenPeter Berg, who’s been pushing the idea for years now, seems to have given up. But that doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve seen the last of the Dillonites.
NBC revealed today thatFNLcharacters Landry Clarke (Jesse Plemons) and Billy Riggins (Derek Phillips) are slated to appear in an upcomingParenthoodweb series. It’s one of several that the network has planned for the near future;Chicago Fire,Parks and Recreation, andGrimmwill also get digital spinoffs during the Olympics hiatus. Hit the jump for plot details and more.
Update:The first part of the web series is online now. See it below.
The crossover is bound to confound sticklers for continuity. ShowrunnerJason Katims, who previously worked onFriday Night Lights, has hadFNLactors on Parenthood before, but not as theirFNLcharacters. In fact, Phillips guest-starred on the show a couple of years ago as an entirely different character.
I’m sure someone on the Internet will devise an elaborate backstory to explain why two identical but apparently unrelated characters exist in theParenthooduniverse, and I greatly look forward to reading that theory. But for now we can just take it for what it is — a fun little Easter egg.Friday Night at the Luncheonettewill hit NBC.com, Hulu, and YouTube this Thursday.
Also launching this week are theChicago FirespinoffI Am a Firefighter, which lands on Tuesday and sees Dawson (Monica Raymund) facing a crisis; and theGrimm-basedLove Is in the Air, which debuts Friday and follows Rosalee (Bree Turner) and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) dealing with a love spell at a Valentine’s Day spa party.
Next Thursday (February 20) will bring theParks and RecreationspinoffThe Hapley Group, which has Perd Hapley (Jay Jackson), Crazy Ira (Matt Besser), The Douche (Nick Kroll), Joan Callamezzo (Mo Collins), and Mike Patterson (Seth Morris) engaging in a political roundtable discussion. Each of the four NBC digital series will consist of four parts.
