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Friday Night Lights 2006

TV series · 2006–2011 · 5 seasons, 76 episodes · Drama

Friday Night Lights (2006) was filmed in Austin, Bastrop, Buda and Elgin, Texas, with locations including Texas School for the Deaf, Gregory Gym and Baker Center. It was paid 4 Texas incentive grants totaling $6.66 million on $43.8 million of Texas spending, reporting 13,503 Texas hires across them.

Locations

20 locations
SetLocationTownSource
1Texas School for the DeafAustinWikipedia
2Oklahoma Tech UniversityGregory GymSet: Oklahoma Tech UniversityAustinWikipedia
3East Dillon High SchoolBaker CenterSet: East Dillon High SchoolAustinVisit Austin Film Commission
4Alamo FreezeDairy Queen (Manor Road)Set: Alamo FreezeAustinVisit Austin Film Commission
5Garrity MotorsCapitol ChevroletSet: Garrity MotorsAustinVisit Austin Film Commission
6Broken SpokeAustinVisit Austin Film Commission
7The Landing StripAustinThe A.V. Club
8BastropBastrop CountyTexas Film Commission
9BudaHays CountyTexas Film Commission
10ElginBastrop CountyTexas Film Commission
11GrangerWilliamson CountyTexas Film Commission
12ManorTravis CountyTexas Film Commission
13San MarcosHays CountyTexas Film Commission
14Del ValleTravis CountyTexas Film Commission
15Panthers field house and practice fieldOld Del Valle High School athletic facilitySet: Panthers field house and practice fieldDel ValleVisit Austin Film Commission
16South Padre IslandCameron CountyTexas Film Commission
17DallasDallas CountyTexas Film Commission
18KerrvilleKerr CountyTexas Film Commission
19Dillon Panthers' Herrmann FieldKuempel StadiumSet: Dillon Panthers' Herrmann FieldPflugervilleWikipedia
20RRISD ComplexRound RockWikipedia

Location map

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Location stills

Numbered as on the location sheet
Gregory Gym, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
2Gregory GymAustin
Baker Center, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
3Baker CenterAustin
Broken Spoke, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
6Broken SpokeAustin
Bastrop, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
8Bastrop
Buda, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
9Buda
Elgin, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
10Elgin
Granger, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
11Granger
Manor, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
12Manor
San Marcos, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
13San Marcos
Del Valle, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
14Del Valle
South Padre Island, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
16South Padre Island
Dallas, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
17Dallas

Texas vendors on this production

Directory
BusinessDepartmentSupplied
Beth Sepko CastingCastingTexas casting

Texas shoots

6 shoots
WhenProductionWhereSource
Feb–Mar 2006Friday Night Lights - PilotAustinTexas Film Commission
Aug 2006 – Mar 2007Friday Night Lights - Season 1Austin, Dallas, Del Valle, Kerrville, PflugervilleTexas Film Commission
Jul 2007 – Feb 2008Friday Night Lights - Season 2Austin, Del Valle, San Marcos, South Padre IslandTexas Film Commission
Aug–Nov 2008Friday Night Lights - Season 3Austin, Bastrop, Buda, Elgin, Granger, Manor, San MarcosTexas Film Commission
Sep–Dec 2009Friday Night Lights - Season 4AustinTexas Film Commission
Apr–Jul 2010Friday Night Lights - Season 5AustinTexas Film Commission

Texas incentive

All recipients
PaidProjectGrantTexas spendHires
2011Friday Night Lights - Season 5Northern Entertainment Productions, Inc.$2,876,841$9,835,3552,973
2011Friday Night Lights - Season 4Northern Entertainment Productions, Inc.$2,508,540$8,576,2052,286
2011Friday Night Lights Season 3Northern Entertainment Prods, Inc$551,212$11,024,2453,789
2010Friday Night Lights Season 2Northern Entertainment Prods, Inc$718,623$14,372,4614,455

Shooting in Austin, Bastrop and Buda around 2006

YearProductionShot in
2006IdiocracyAustin, Pflugerville, Round Rock
2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningAustin, Cele, Elgin
2006Fast Food NationAustin, Houston
2006A Scanner DarklyAustin, Elgin
2006InfamousAustin, Marlin, Taylor
2006All the Boys Love Mandy LaneAustin, Bastrop
2006The ReturnAustin, Granger, Lockhart
2006How to Eat Fried WormsAustin, Wimberley
2006Top Chef TV seriesAustin, Dallas, Dripping Springs
2006Mexican SunriseAustin, Del Rio

Also by Universal Television

8 titles
YearProductionShot in
1995JAG TV seriesCorpus Christi
1991Knight Rider 2000 TV movieSan Antonio, Corpus Christi
1985Dalton: Code of Vengeance II TV movieHouston
1981Hellinger's LawHouston
1978Centennial MiniseriesBrackettville, Del Rio
1977Sunshine ChristmasAmarillo, Claude
1974Houston, We've Got a Problem TV movieHouston
1970My Sweet Charlie TV movieGalveston, Port Bolivar

More filmed in Austin

All 621
Boyhood poster
Boyhood2014 · Houston
Sin City poster
Sin City2005 · Austin
The Tree of Life poster
The Tree of Life2011 · Houston
True Grit poster
True Grit2010 · Austin
Transformers: Age of Extinction poster
Transformers: Age of Extinction2014 · Austin
Alita: Battle Angel poster
Alita: Battle Angel2019 · Austin
What's Eating Gilbert Grape poster
What's Eating Gilbert Grape1993 · Austin
Once Upon a Time in Mexico poster
Once Upon a Time in Mexico2003 · Austin
Image credits (31)

Friday Night Lights poster: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; 2 Gregory Gym: Enoch Lai, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 3 Baker Center: Slamforeman, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 6 Broken Spoke: SueRostvold, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 8 Bastrop: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 9 Buda: Travis K. Witt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 10 Elgin: JMWalling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 11 Granger: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 12 Manor: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 13 San Marcos: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 14 Del Valle: WhisperToMe, CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons; 16 South Padre Island: Shannon247, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 17 Dallas: Gattacal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Kyle Chandler: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Connie Britton: Black Tie Dinner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Gaius Charles: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Zach Gilford: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Minka Kelly: Sidewalk Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Adrianne Palicki: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Taylor Kitsch: Moody College of Communication, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Jesse Plemons: Canal 22, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Scott Porter: Fashion photographer Anthony Citrano, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Aimee Teegarden: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Boyhood: © Box Office Mojo, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Sin City: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; The Tree of Life: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; True Grit: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Transformers: Age of Extinction: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Alita: Battle Angel: © AMC Theatres, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; What's Eating Gilbert Grape: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Once Upon a Time in Mexico: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia.

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