Tonight NBC is playing the last three episodes of Friday Night Lights. This is a show that you should take a chance on as it is very well done and is more than just about football. The game action may occupy about five or six minutes every couple of episodes. What it really is is a small town high school drama with interesting characters. Wednesday’s will be the new night for the show starting tonight. New episodes return as of January 3rd. If you would like to watch it from the beginning, you can. NBC has all 10 Friday Night Lights episodes available to watch via streaming video at their website. Sci Fi has four episodes of Heroes tonight. The first 11 episodes of Heroes can also be found online via streaming audio at the NBC website. Heroes returns with new episodes on January 22nd.

Prime Picks

Friday Night Lights (NBC): Repeat. The first of three episodes tonight has the star running back taking some drastic measures after having a bad performance in front of a big time college scout.

Friday Night Lights (NBC): Repeat. In this episode Smash continues down the wrong path with trying to improve his performance on the field while Tim and Lyla are ostracized from their schoolmates.

Friday Night Lights (NBC): Repeat. The cheerleaders are heading to the Championship Classic and it is the football players who show their support. Lyla continues to be an outcast at school. This was the last episode of the fall.

Solid Selections

Bones (FOX): Repeat. Brennan and Booth’s suspect looks like they might be in the Witness Protection Program.

Bones (FOX): Repeat. Brennan and Booth search for clues to a woman’s murder in an underground tunnel system.

CSI: NY (CBS): Repeat. A roller derby player is killed and the team investigates her death.

Cable Choices

Heroes (Sci Fi): Repeats. The last four episodes of Heroes plays tonight so you can get caught up with what is going on in this very fun to watch show.

Other Options

• Criminal Minds (CBS): Repeat. The first season finale, “The Fisher King, Part One,” replays where the entire team is drawn into an elaborate fantasy and must decipher the clues to find out who is behind a kidnapping.
• My Boys (TBS): New. Two more episodes of this comedy before the season finale airs tomorrow night.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has the Emerald Bowl with Florida State vs. UCLA.