‘Friday Night Lights’ Show-Runner Jason Katims Next to Adapt ‘About A Boy’ For TV

Clear eyes and full hearts may not be able to lose, but it sounds like 'Friday Night Lights' fans are going to have to keep their Panthers jerseys hung up a bit longer, as instead of the long-awaited movie, series show-runner Jason Katims is headed back to TV with another book/movie combination in mind.  The acclaimed director will next take 2002 Hugh Grant vehicle 'About A Boy' to an NBC series, but will the premise be sustainable as a long-running show?

According to Deadline, 'Friday Night Lights' fans both reasons to celebrate and reasons to pout, as show-runner and director Jason Katims will be returning to what he does best.  No, that isn't a return to 'Friday Night Lights' for the long-awaited movie, but rather adapting another movie to TV series.  Katims has officially sold development of 'About A Boy' to NBC as a half-hour single-camera comedy, the same subject of a 2002 Hugh Grant film and original Nicholas Hornsby novel of the same name.

Written and executive produced by the Emmy-winning Katims, 'About A Boy' will follow the relationship between a "bachelor man-child" and the young boy who moves in next door with his quirky single mother.  Katims' effort is actually the second attempt to adapt the film for a TV series, as in 2003 FOX ordered a presentation written by Matthew Carlson and starring 'Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey.

Well, what say you?  Could Jason Katims' bring his same brand of warmth to 'About A Boy,' or should he get the 'Friday Night Lights' movie off the ground already?  Will you watch the new series?  Give us your picks for stars in the comments!