Friday Night Lights
Jumping the Gun
Friday 11 January 2008 on NBC

Coach Taylor and Tim Riggins are at odds when it comes to Julie, and Tim needs some advice on the situation. The Panthers' biggest game of the season is coming up against Laribee High School and all the attention seems to be focused on what Coach Taylor will do to prepare for it. Smash is running...

Peter was nominated for 3 SAG Awards from 1996-1998 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Chicago Hope. (edit) Peter is a big fan of "secret agent" books. Especially anything written by Robert Ludlum or Alistair MacLaine. (edit) Peter was romantically linked to model Estella Warren from 2001 to 2006. (edit) Peter says that the creator of Chicago Hope, David E. Kelly, contacted him and asked if he'd like to play the part of "Dr. Billy Kronk" on the show. Berg admits that he thought taking the role would be a good way of getting to meet Michelle Pfeiffer. (edit) As a child it was Peter's dream to grow up and become an ER doctor. (edit)

Peter: The cast of Chicago Hope is one of the most volatile casts that I've heard of in the history of television. (edit) Peter: I'm very anti-Million Dollar Baby. I think it's a rotten message! When we were filming Friday Night Lights we had a kid break his neck, a 15-year-old, who became a quadriplegic. For that youngster to see Eastwood's new film, and hear it's message, is appalling. To go and see that that movie and come away thinking that Hilary Swank's [character is] better off dead and that the noble thing was for Clint Eastwood to choke her to death before she's even had a real chance to process the shock. I have a problem with that movie. It's offensive! (edit) Peter: (on why he made the movie "Very Bad Things") I was becoming frustrated with how unprovocative movies are today. It was rare that I'd go to a film and feel anything. I remember going to see Rosemary's Baby for the first time and feeling like I might be in some form of jeopardy sitting there in that room. So I tried to make a film that made audiences feel legitimately threatened. (edit) Peter: If you're looking to spin a sports issue into a positive, sports is sort of the great equalizer. It brings together races and religions, very organically. (edit) Peter: I moved to Los Angeles thinking I was going to go to film school – I remember looking at AFI or UCLA, thinking I'd go to one of those two schools, but didn't. Instead, I ended up getting jobs on film – working in all areas of production. So, I never went to film school. Never took a film class. (edit)

Star
Chicago Hope Dr. Billy Kronk (Episodes 23-119, recurring otherwise)

Recurring Role
Chicago Hope Dr. Billy Kronk

Guest Star
21 Jump Street Champagne High Jerome Sawyer	Alias Snowman Noah Hicks
Alias Masquerade Noah Hicks	At the Movies 9th March, 2005 Himself
Dinner for Five Peter Berg, Billy Bob Thornton, Brian Grazer, H.G (Buzz) Bissinger Himself	Dinner for Five Joey Lauren Adams, Peter Berg, Kevin James, Jeanne Tripplehorn Himself

Writer
Chicago Hope Quiet Riot	Chicago Hope The Day of the Rope
Friday Night Lights Pilot	Wonderland Pilot
Wonderland Spell Check

Director
Chicago Hope Colonel of Truth	Friday Night Lights Pilot
Wonderland Pilot

Other
Friday Night Lights Extended Families Creator	Friday Night Lights I Think We Should Have Sex Creator
Friday Night Lights Homecoming Creator	Friday Night Lights Black Eyes & Broken Hearts Creator
Friday Night Lights Who's Your Daddy Creator	Friday Night Lights Bad Ideas Creator