Definition of Friday Night Lights

What does the term "Friday Night Lights" mean? What is meant by the term "Friday Night Lights"?

High school football is an institution in the United States.

In towns all across America, people will head to watch the local high school football team play on Friday night.

In some towns, everything will shut down so that people can go watch high school football.

These games are usually played on Friday nights, which is what resulted in the term "Friday night lights".

Friday nights are for high school football, Saturdays are for college football, and Sundays are for the NFL.

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In 1990, H.G. Bissinger published a book called "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream", which followed the Permian High School Panthers and their 1988 season.

The book would be developed into a popular 2004 movie, and there was also a TV series of the same name, which ran from 2006 to 2011.

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Now, if you mention "Friday Night Lights", people will immediately know what you are talking about - high school football.