TV
Against the Grain (NBC 1993, John Terry, Robyn Lively)
Comedy Drama. Ed Clemons, a football mad insurance salesman in the town of Sumpter, Texas gives up his job to become coach to the less than successful Sumpter Mustangs football team. The show was inspired by Buzz Bissinger’s book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream.
production details
USA | NBC | 8×50 minutes | Broadcast 1 October 1993 – 22 July 1994 | Fridays 8.00pm
cast
JOHN TERRY as Ed Clemens
DONNA BULLOCK as Maggie Clemons
ROBYN LIVELY as Jill Clemons
BEN AFFLECK as Joe Willie Clemons
VANESSA LEE EVIGAN as Jenny Clemons
STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY as Niles Hardeman
RICK PETERS as Bobby Taylor
DEREK McGRATH as Abel