According to Entertainment Weekly, a new crowd-funded Friday Night Lights movie may be in the works. The series (which was inspired by a movie, that was inspired by a book, that was inspired by a true story), became a cult favorite during its five season run. Producer Brian Grazer told Deadline, “We made a terrific feature with Pete Berg, turned it into a terrific TV series and will now make a movie from that series. I’m not sure such a thing has been done before.”

As the article points out, in its final season, FNL averaged more than 3 million viewers per episode. Those are substantially better ratings than what Veronica Mars had during its final year in primetime, and it recently secured funding for a feature film via a Kickstarter campaign. If movie fans are willing to give Zach Braff more than $2 million to make a Garden State follow-up, than Friday Night Lights should have no problem getting funded ... Discuss

According to the article “Why Pastors Are Talking About Scandal”, the ABC drama (its season finale airs tonight) is all the rage among evangelical pastors. The show is essentially a primetime soap opera—plots revolve around affairs, politics, religion, murder and all of the other makings of a trashy, scandalous hour of TV. But, according to The Atlantic, “Scandal is no more salacious than the accounts of Old and New Testament biblical figures, from King David and his philandering-but-wise son, King Solomon, to Apostle Paul, pre-conversion.” Evidently, pastors around the country have even started Scandal-inspired sermon series. If the article is any indication, a pop-culture breakout hasn’t been this popular in churches since edgy pastors started incorporating inspirational clips from Braveheart and The Matrix into their sermons … Discuss

Here's the first trailer for Joss Whedon's new Avengers TV show spin-off, Agents of SHIELD. Marvel-heads will know SHIELD as the government's furtive department for dealing with all things superheroes, but the world-at-large will know it as Whedon's return to the sort of smart, self-aware action/comedy that the now famous director cut his teeth on with fare like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly. Hopefully, this one won't get cancelled before its time. Whedon has a knack for getting cancelled before his time ... Discuss

Another Saturday Night Live vet is leaving the late night comedy show. Just days after it was announced that head writer and “Weekend Update” anchor Seth Meyers would be departing from SNL to host Late Night, Bill Hader informed the media of his decision to leave the show after this year’s season finale. The futures of show stars Jason Sudeikis and Fred Armisen are also uncertain. In an interview with The New York Times, SNL executive producer Loren Michaels was asked if the duo have also decided to leave the show. “I don’t think so. I think they’re making their decisions, and we’ll know soon enough” … Discuss

Cable network Oxygen will air a new reality show that follows six Southern California mega-church pastors and will (according to Deadline) show everything “from their work in the community and with their parishioners to the very large and sometimes provocative lives they lead away from the pulpit.” Among the pastors being profiled in the new series are Bishop Noel Jones of City of Refuge Church, Gospel singer and pastor Deitrick Haddon (pictured) and former professional skateboarder Jay Haizlip … Discuss

We are now just weeks away from the release of an all new season of Arrested Development on Netflix, and the Internet is abuzz. Along with a brand new trailer for season four that was released today, the show is getting some unexpected attention from the House of Commons in Canada. During an investigation of billions of dollars of anti-terrorisms funding that went unaccounted for, opposition leader Thomas Muclair dropped this line: "Is the money just in the wrong filing cabinet, is it hidden in the minister’s gazebo, is the money in the banana stand?" Burn! But seriously, they should check. There’s always money in the banana stand … Discuss