{"id":2700,"date":"2009-03-27T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/03\/fnl-talks-about-sex.html"},"modified":"2009-03-27T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T12:00:23","slug":"fnl-talks-about-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/03\/fnl-talks-about-sex.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Friday Night Lights&#8217; Talks About Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Friday Night Lights&#8221; has <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/01\/friday-night-lights-redeems-it.html\" target=\"_blank\"> always been a show that is about so much more than football.<\/a> Season three has had some great moments and rumor has it that it will be picked up for possibly two more seasons, which is good news for &#8220;FNL&#8221; fans.  In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Friday_Night_Lights\/\" target=\"_blank\">last week&#8217;s episode<\/a> there was an especially thoughtful look at the topic of teen sex. 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