Peter Berg, 'Nights' Manager

Fresh Air

Published April 11, 2007 at 11:00 AM EDT

Peter Berg: His <em>Friday Night Lights</em> explores the good and the bad of Texas football fervor . — Peter Berg: His *Friday Night Lights* explores the good and the bad of Texas football fervor .

Guest host Dave Davies talks with Peter Berg, executive producer of NBC's Friday Night Lights, who also directed and co-wrote the 2004 film of the same title.

Both projects are adapted from H.G. Bissinger's book about the high-stakes world of Texas high-school football. Berg talks about the virtues of shooting on location, using local performers, and what the series explores that the movie couldn't.

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