Friday Night Lights (2006)

High-school football in Dillon, Texas, shot documentary-style with three cameras and no rehearsal, and with Explosions in the Sky performing the instrumental music. You do not need to care about football: Coach Taylor's marriage and teenagers deciding whether to leave a small town are the real subject. The second season stumbles, but the show recovers across five, and Kyle Chandler won the 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for it.