Discuss “Friday Night Lights a ‘Smash’ hit”

Gaius Charles was determined to find a full-time acting job within a year of his 2005 graduation from Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama. Although he had previously had some spots in various commercials and a performance in NBC’s Book of Daniel, Charles was unsatisfied. According to the press release issued by the School of Drama, he wrote on a piece of paper that he would have a job by February 2006, along with “In God I Trust.” He hung this on his wall so he could be inspired by it daily — and during the first week of February, he landed a regular role on the new NBC series Friday Night Lights.

Charles can be seen as Brian “Smash” Williams on Friday Night Lights, which debuted October 3 on NBC and has already received rave reviews....