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What to Watch on Friday: Coach Taylor betrayed again?

Friday Night Lights (8pm, NBC) - Now that Coach Taylor has publicly expressed his intentions to turn down the college coaching job and stay in Dillon, it looks like the school district may be preparing to screw him over. Again. Meanwhile, Tami goes to Pennsylvania for a big opportunity, while the team looks ahead to the playoffs. We may also be getting some welcome relief from Vince's dad.

Flea Man (8pm, Discovery) - Jimmy travels to Texas to help a pair of business partners raise money to start a consignment business. Also, a former motocross rider wants to sell everything she owns to travel the world, but has trouble finding enough stuff to sell to raise the money she needs. Another episode airs at 9.

Simon & Garfunkel - The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water (9pm,  VH1 Classic) - A look at the making of Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

DeRay Davis: Power Play (9pm, Showtime) - Actor-comedian DeRay Davis ("Barbershop") performs stand-up at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. His topics range from his old neighborhood to his forays to Hollywood.

Dual Survival (9pm, Discovery) - The hosts portray two lost travelers who run out of gas on an abandoned logging road in Northern Maine. To survive, they loot a broken-down truck for supplies and find a can of dog food.

What to Watch on Friday: Vince feels torn on 'FNL'

Friday Night Lights (8pm, NBC) - Team secrets are exposed on a website during rivarly week. Also, Vince feels torn between Coach Taylor and his dad, and Billy makes a connection with Luke.

Dual Survival (9pm, Discovery) - The hosts take on the wet cloud forests of Panama with a broken lighter, a poncho, and a specimen jar.

Real Time with Bill Maher (10pm, HBO) - Guests are national security expert Richard Clarke, actor Harry Shearer, journalist Reihan Salam, and financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin.

That's it. It's a bleak time. I can't even bring myself to recommend any of tonight's late night talk shows...

What to Watch on Friday: Disney original "Den Brother"

Den Brother (8pm, Disney) - An original Disney Channel movie in which a cocky hockey star played by Hutch Dano ("Zeke and Luther") is suspended for showing off and forced to become the substitute leader of his little sister's Bumble Bee troop. The sting of the assignment is lessened when he meets the beautiful leader of another troop, played by Kelsey Chow.

Wife Swap (8pm, ABC) - Tonight is the sixth season finale and I just wish it was the series finale instead.

Whale Wars (9pm, Animal Planet) - The Sea Shepherd collides with a Japanese vessel and discovers a hole in the side of their ship with water gushing through.

Cropsey: The Urban Legend (9pm, Investigation Discovery) - A two-part documentary that examines a series of child murders from the 1980s that became linked to an urban legend. The second part airs at 10pm. Read more in Adrienne's review.

Dual Survival (10pm, Discovery) - A post-hurricane scenario has the hosts foraging in garbage for survival resources, and their course takes them to the coast of the Dominican Republic, which is littered with stinging creatures.

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