‘Friday Night Lights.’ I hate to reference other things, it sounds like I’m comparing myself to them which is rude, but ‘Friday Night Lights’ was a huge benchmark for us,” she said. “That was an interesting model in terms of a real evocation of a place and centering it around — in that case — a literal game.
But it’s really about the people and relationships. So I’ve always held that up as like a gold standard of TV. ” ‘Panic’ is about the game, but it’s also about the characters.”Premiering Friday (May 28), “Panic” centers around Heather Nill (Olivia Welch), who sees the “Fear Factor”-type game as her only option to get her family out of a dire financial hole.
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