'Lights' to shine in Austin
Tuesday, June 13, 2006


It's official: The City of Austin, in the form of City Council Member
Brewster McCracken, will announce today that NBC's "Friday Night
Lights" will be filmed in and around Austin.

"The impact will be great, and the potential for more will be great,"
said Gary Bond, director of the Austin Film Commission. "It's going to
mean better than $1.5 million in new cash per episode coming into cash
registers all over town."

NBC has ordered 12 episodes of the series that will debut in September
and air at 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

The production will gear up in early August and continue into
December. The network expects to hire hundreds of local professionals,
including carpenters, production people and extras who will play
ordinary citizens.

— Diane Holloway