Friday Night Lights - Friday May 7, 8 pm, NBC

The opening episode of season four of this epic and beautiful series is called 'East of Dillon' and finds our favourite coach looking over his lot at East Dillon High, the school that time forgot. As Coach Taylor comes to terms with coaching a team without any of the advantages money can buy, his wife Tami is trying to deal with a new atmosphere at Dillon High. The tension between the haves and the have-nots is mounting. Meanwhile, Matt, Tim and the rest of the kids try to figure out what's left when football is over. Don't expect it to be easy on your heartstrings.

Each season, the performers on 'America's Got Talent' are so varied, it's hard to tell who will walk away the million-dollar winner -- and season 4 is no exception. With 10 finalists left going into Wednesday night's finale, it's anyone's game. Will America choose based solely on talent, or will personality and personal hardships prevail?

Here's a quick look at the finalists and what their odds are:

Adult Swim has put a three and a half minute promotional video for The Venture Bros. Season 4 on their site. To save you folks a click, I've embedded it here at the end of the article.

The intro goes immediately into silliness, noting various significances of the number four, most of which are completely ludicrous. In the preview, Hank is sporting a different haircut, and I have no idea what's happening with Dean. He seems to be bonding with his father, among other strange misfortunes.

Brock is only in a quick clip with a shaven head without a clue as to what's happened to him since he quit his bodyguard position. The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend only appear in a brief segment, as well. It's weird to see 21 without his henchman outfit.

'America's Got Talent' is underway with a new season, a new host (Nick Cannon) and new hopes of finding America's own version of Susan Boyle.

In just three seasons, the show has already produced a wide range of talent: an 11-year-old singing prodigy (Bianca Ryan), a ventriloquist who now has a Vegas theater named after him (Terry Fator) and an insurance salesman with an undiscovered passion for opera (Neil E. Boyd).

So what has life been like since banking $1 million? Check in with 'America's Got Talent''s past three winners to see where they are now.

There are two significant things to take from the news that Army Wives will return for a fourth season. One, the predominantly female viewership of Lifetime has embraced the series about the lives of Army personnel and their families on the Fort Marshall post in Charleston, South Carolina; and two, scripted dramas are on the rise all across the cable networks. It also means that this finely acted, well-written and well produced show is going to be around for the next couple of years at least.

For some time now, at least some members of the press and other media outlets have had an early copy of the fourth season premiere of Battlestar Galactica. This season, however, Sci Fi has made everyone sign and adhere to an embargo agreement, making us keep our traps shut about anything at all to do with the screener until today.

I'm not going to reveal what I consider spoilers here, though I will warn you that I will discuss some key plot points below. Consider yourself warned.

Ron Moore has offered a few new spoilers with regards to season 4 of Battlestar Galactica. Much of it can be determined from a two-page spread in Entertainment Weekly (the one with Matthew Fox on the cover). Or you can see the two-page spread directly from here.

I know that in today's Internet-laden society, it's tough for anything entertainment-related to remain secret, but it sure says something when the creator of the show offers goodies about the show's final season.

Spoilers after the jump...

If you are one of the few people who haven't watched ABC's Lost yet and want to start this coming season but don't want to have to watch the DVD sets for the three previous seasons, ABC just put online what you seek: the ultimate Lost recap!

Narrated by a hyper woman, this 8 minutes and 15 seconds recap (get it? 815...) will not only bring those who never watched the show up-to-date but also help hard-core fans remember what happened since Flight 815 crashed.

Those of you who have been diligently sending Mars candy bars to Dawn Ostroff, head of CW programming to save Veronica Mars from permanent cancellation may want to hold off on the next shipment when you hear what creator Rob Thomas has to say. In a recent newspaper interview Thomas pretty much said that VM is over for good as a television series.

Oh, he's not upset with the fans for trying. In fact, according to the interview, he loves that the fans have been making this all-out effort to renew the show. It's just that the CW's Ostroff doesn't get to make the final call if the show stays or not. That call is made by sister company CBS. Thomas believes that head honcho Les Moonves doesn't want to continue the show.

Damon Lindelof played a game of "False, True, or Hell No I Won't Tell You" with E! Online's Kristin. I'm not sure that what he reveals in the interview can be counted as spoilers, since he's the co-creator and exec producer of the show and I would think he'd avoid spoiling anything about next season, but if you're one of those people that don't like to know a single solitary thing about a show, do not click the link. Those interested in the (vague) direction Lost is headed next year, follow me after the jump!

Every Tuesday morning here on TV Squad (Monday this week, since there are more releases today than there are tomorrow), we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, December 26, 2005:

• Nowhere Man - The Complete Series
• SeaQuest DSV - Season 1
• The Shield - Season 4
• Tracey Takes On... - The Complete 1st Season
• The Twilight Zone - Season 5: Definitive Edition

Tomorrow:

• America's Funniest Home Videos - Best of Kids and Animals
• Criss Angel Mindfreak - The Complete Season 1
• Sunday Morning Shootout -  Executive Shuffle / And The Oscar Goes To...; The Best Of Season 1; The New Breed Of Leading Men / Women In Film; The Triple Threat - The Directors