E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos has some good Friday Night Lights gossip today in her spoiler Q&A. Here's what the TV reporter has to say about the upcoming Season 3 finale, the show's future after this spring, and more ...

Q: Can you please enlighten me on the future of Friday Night Lights? Please tell me this won't be the last season!

A: No decisions have been made yet, but according to big-time Friday Night Lights fan Chris Littmann of The Sporting News, the ratings trend on DirecTV is at least positive. BTW, how amazing was the birds-and-bees-talk episode where (Friday Night Lights spoiler alert if you haven't seen it) Coach walked in on Julie and Saracen? The Emmy voters should be throwing awards and rose petals at Connie Britton's feet, for crying out loud, and Kyle Chandler's, too. The new season of Friday Night Lights starts on NBC next Friday, January 16.

Q: Gimme some Friday Night Lights scoop! This season has been so wonderful!

A: If Tyra's college essay doesn't make you cry, you have no soul. It's like Aaron Sorkin was her ghost writer. Epic. Oh, and the Tyra-Landry lovin'? That might make you cry, too.

Q: I adore Friday Night Lights! What's in store for the Season Three finale?

A: We learn Joe McCoy's endgame, and it's as ugly as we originally suspected. (You'll be left wishing that Mayberry Machiavelli Buddy Garrity were a little more Machiavelli and a little less Mayberry. He didn't see this one coming at all.) That said, the resulting setup for season four (which we must have) is downright brilliant. Speaking of Season Four, Coach and Tami Taylor must come back. Right? If you're in the Panther cheering section, holler in the comments below, won't you?

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