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Friday Night Lights

 Jeremy Strong just won the Emmy for Best Actor-Drama, and that's great, but my all-time favorite winner in this category is Buffalo native Kyle Chandler. You know the role. Here is what Lorrie Moore had to say: Chandler can do just about anything with a look. The expressive restraint of his smoldering gaze and his squinted grin of chagrin is one of the most intriguing aspects of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, even if it is over-relied on. When called on to say lines such as I'M OFFERING YOU EVERYTHING I GOT. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT FOOTBALL. I BEG OF YOU: THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID, he makes the words pierce and soar. When he says to his team, LISTEN UP, GENTLEMEN, it doesn't much matter what he actually says afterward: everyone is drawn to attention. And when at a coaches' poker game he gets up to leave early, saying, I'VE BEEN CHEATING ALL NIGHT, LOOKING AT HIS CARDS, AND I STILL CAN'T BEAT HIM, the line reading is such that we know he is actually a bit tipsy and miss...