No, it isn’t photo fanfic time. I’m just taking a moment to update you less vigilant TV fans who may not be keeping up on all of the latest Friday Night Lights and How I Met Your Mother speculation, leads and updates. Some is good, some plain stinks and most just reminds me of the awful feeling I had last year when I was clinging to every misleading morsel about the clearly doomed Veronica Mars. Regardless, here’s what has gone down in the last couple of weeks…

Friday Night Lights

• Best Week Ever’s campaign to save FNL fell apart when Viacom execs noticed that their flagship blog was promoting a show that airs at the same time as its corresponding series… on a different network. Their light bulb icon remains because it does raise awareness. And it is very cute. (Defamer)
• Any possibility that FNL would return for more second season episodes is out the window. Taylor Kitsch is going to Australia to make the X-Men prequel. (BuzzSugar)
• Just over a week ago, news broke that NBC is considering “wrapping up” FNL with a two-hour series-ending special. Not the worst case scenario, but it’s still pretty chince. (Watch With Kirstin)
• The most recent development for Lights is the most exciting. NBC approached The CW, TNT and the owner of E! and G4 about sharing a third season of FNL - should one be produced. Talk of sharing it with NBC-owned nets like Bravo and USA has not come up. At least this means the execs still really are invested in the series - despite any of Ben Silverman’s drunken ramblings about 30 Rock. (Zap2It)

How I Met Your Mother

• The Hollywood Reporter isn’t so grim about Mother’s future. I failed to mention in my last report that while the show was not included in CBS’s fall picks-ups, sources are optimistic that a renewal is imminent. (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Super sleuth, and champion of TV fans everywhere, Kristin Dos Santos is nervous for Mother. She points out the disturbing truth that CBS has nothing to gain should the Fox-owned series reach a syndication-cinching 100th episode. (Watch With Kristin)
• CBS moved Mother to a new time slot for their April return. It will now air on Mondays at 8:30 in between the more successful The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. Think of it as an amazing sandwich… but instead of bread, they’re using poop. (TV Squad)