What a fantastic show. Yes, football is a huge aspect of this show, but in the way that it’s a backdrop rather than the focus for the most part. I like to think of Friday Night Lights as similar to The O.C. and at the same time, completely anti-O.C. The thing about this show is, it deals with some issues that you see all the time on The O.C. – alcoholism, drugs, cheating, high school stuff…and yet, it comes off infinitely ahead of The O.C.