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Last week the producers and cast of Friday Night Lights took part in a Q&A for their acclaimed series. While some of the content was similar to another discussion they'd done a couple of months ago, there was one big difference: this time everyone knew they were definitely coming back for a second season, as the show was officially renewed last month. Executive Producers Jason Katims and Peter Berg were pretty tight lipped on details about Season 2, though Berg said he was incredibly excited about what Katims had told him were his plans for Episodes 1 - 8. The one detail Katims gave was that Season 2 would pick up eight months after Season 1 and immediately deal with the pregnancy of Tami Taylor (Connie Britton), which was revealed in the Season 1 finale.

Before the event began I was able to speak to many of the Friday Night Lights cast for exclusive interviews with IGN. Those I spoke to included Kyle Chandler ("Coach Eric Taylor"), Adrianne Palacki ("Tyra Collete"), Gaius Charles ("Brian 'Smash' Williams"), Aimee Teegarden ("Julie Taylor"), Minka Kelly ("Lyla Garrity"), Zach Gilford ("Matt Saracen"), and Connie Britton ("Tami Taylor").

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Connie Britton had done this "Friday Night Lights" thing before. There was this movie, see, and she loved doing it, and she loved how Peter Berg directed it.

"But, you know," she recalls, "when I sat in the premiere of the movie, I turned to my friend who was sitting there next to me and said, 'I think they made my character mute.' "

So much of Britton's performance had been left on the cutting-room floor that when Berg came to ask her to be in his television adaptation of "Lights," she balked.

"My expectations were low," Britton says. "I was really, really hesitant -- in fact, I said, 'No. I love you and adore you, but I don't want to.' "

Berg assured her that despite what happened in the film, which was more specifically linked to Buzz Bissinger's source material, the television show's Tami Taylor would be a multidimensional character. But Britton still felt uneasy, telling Berg: "You're not the one with the six-year contract." And she remained that way even after she took the leap.

"Honestly, it took awhile," she says. "I said to Pete Berg (regarding the complexity of the character), 'It's not in the pilot, right?' I said that to him a number of times: 'I hear what you're saying, but just so we're clear, it's not in the pilot.' "

The breakthrough came when executive producer Jason Katims and the writing staff -- over Berg's initial objections, Britton likes to tease -- decided to make Tami a high school counselor at the school where her husband Eric coached.

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He’s the coach. She’s the guidance counselor. Together, Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton of NBC's Friday Night Lights (Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET) are TV’s cutest couple. This is the interview.

TV Guide: What do you think makes your marriage on Friday Night Lights so appealing to viewers?
Kyle Chandler: Our characters try to show that no matter what, we're going to support each other. That's the difference between a stereotypical TV relationship and one between two real human beings.
Connie Britton: Eric and Tami Taylor have an underlying trust. Kyle and I are both uncompromising about preserving that partnership. I guess that's probably true in a good marriage. Kyle has a great marriage, so he takes from that world.

Source: TVGuide Online

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