As another year ends, one’s thoughts turn to … the television deals that might fall through.

The latest: WESH-Channel 2 and sister station WKCF-Channel 18 warned in a release today that they may be discontinued on DirecTV starting Jan. 1.

That could happen if DirecTV and Hearst Television Inc., which owns the stations, cannot reach agreement in retransmission-consent negotiations. WESH and WKCF highlighted that, under law, satellite distributors must have a broadcast station’s consent to carry its signal. 

Jim Carter, president and general manager of both stations, said in the release that he expects the negotiations will be concluded successfully before year’s end.

He added, “However, we want to advise our viewers and customers that the possibility of a non-renewal of our current agreement exists,” he said.

WESH is an NBC affiliate that is making strides in news ratings. WKCF is one of the top CW affiliates in the country.

“Damages” lives.

The Glenn Close drama, which has aired for three seasons on FX, will shift to DirecTV for the next two seasons.

Twenty episodes in all will be produced, starting early next year. Close, Rose Byrne and other principal actors will return, DirecTV said.

The deal for “Damages” will be exclusive to DirecTV – unlike the one for “Friday Night Lights,” which airs first on DirecTV, then moves to NBC.

“We’re excited to partner with Sony Pictures Television as we breathe new life into this outstanding drama,” Patty Ishimoto, general manager of The 101 Network and vice president of entertainment for DirecTV, said in a release.

NBC has pushed back the season premiere of “Friday Night Lights” by a week.

The football drama was supposed to return April 30; instead, it will be back May 7. The show’s time slot will be 8 p.m. Fridays on WESH-Channel 2.

This season of “Friday Night Lights” aired earlier on DirecTV, whose support has made it possible for the low-rated drama to continue.

This season focuses on Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his attempts to build a football program at East Dillon High. His wife, Tami (Connie Britton), continues as principal of West Dillon High.

“Friday Night Lights” doesn’t start its fourth season on NBC until April 30. (The football drama just finished that fourth-season run on DirecTV.)

There will be a fifth season: It will be on DirecTV first, then on NBC.

But what of the word that the show might end then?

“There’s nothing official yet,” executive producer Jason Katims said today.

And, of course, he has to start working on telling stories for the fifth season. “I just don’t want it to seem the show is over,” Katims said.

Talk of cancellation is premature, Katims said, because “Friday Night Lights” was axed between the second and third seasons yet returned.  But if the show does end after five seasons, Katims said he would feel lucky that the drama could tell as many stories as it did.

The biggest show this week is the World Series. We know the Philadelphia Phillies will represent the National League. Either the New York Yankees or the Los Angeles Angels will represent the American League. A win in Game Six tonight of the American League Championship Series would put the Yankees in the Series. The Angels would go if they win tonight and Monday night.

The ALCS is on Fox. So, too, is the World Series. The first three games of the World Series are Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Elsewhere:

*** Taylor Swift sings "Jump, Then Fall" on the results show of "Dancing With the Stars." It airs at 9 p.m. Tuesday on ABC. Two couples will be eliminated.

*** "Friday Night Lights" starts its fourth season at 9 p.m. Wednesday on DirecTV.  Executive producer Peter Berg directs the premiere. These episodes will air next year on NBC.

Chalk this one up as astounding good news: "Friday Night Lights" has been renewed for two more seasons.

Under an innovative deal, the football drama will continue to air first on DirecTV, then on NBC.

Each season will run 13 episodes under the deal that NBC announced Monday. This season the show played on DirecTV in the fall, then moved to NBC as the new year started. The show, which stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, is averaging 4.5 million viewers this season on Friday nights on NBC.

Why did the Peacock Network stick with the low-rated show? “A tremendously loyal fan base,” Angela Bromstad, president of prime-time entertainment for NBC and Universal Media Studios, told The Associated Press. “The only thing we’d love for ‘Friday Night Lights’ in the next two seasons is to get the awards attention it deserves,” she said.

Yes, Emmy voters: It's time to salute this drama, one of television's best. TV veterans Chandler and Britton — who have never been better — are certainly deserving of the attention.

The third-season premiere of "Friday Night Lights"? Stellar.

The drama moves to NBC at 9 p.m. Friday after completing its 13-episode run on DirecTV at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

In the most riveting plots in the premiere, Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) faces new challenges in her promotion to school principal. Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) maintains it’s not a rebuilding year for his football team, although the evidence suggests otherwise. Quarterback Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) feels competition from a newcomer. And Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) realizes she needs to work on her education so she’ll have a future. (Central Florida’s Scott Porter, who plays Jason Street, won’t return until the fifth episode.)

It might be strange to watch a high-school football drama in January. But the NBC-DirecTV deal made possible the return of one of the best series on TV.

As the series ends on DirecTV, college becomes the crucial issue for several characters, and Coach Taylor ponders his future.