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Despite the pleas of Bill Simmons, we've never watched "Friday Night Lights." We're not sure why; maybe we just have too much television in our lives already. Anyway, the show's ratings still aren't improving, and if the writers ever get back to work, the show is expected to be canceled by NBC. But fret not: ESPN could save the day!

Radar Online reports that ESPN is considering picking the program up for next season.

Is Friday Night Lights, NBC's critically acclaimed, little-watched high school football drama, headed to ESPN? According to a source familiar with the proceedings, the self-proclaimed "World-wide Leader in Sports" is in talks to bring the flagging Texas-based show into its original programming stable.

Our favorite part of the story is the quote from an ESPN spokesperson: "Grumblings about sports shows being aired on ESPN are common." Hey, don't we know it.

Friday Night Lights To Move To ESPN? [Radar Online]