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'''''Friends'''''<!-- As per [[MOS:TMSTYLE]], PLEASE DO NOT ADD "*STYLIZED/STYLISED AS*"; graphical flourishes are not shown as part of the "*WRITTEN*" name in any reputable source. See talk page. --> is an American television [[sitcom]] created by [[David Crane (producer)|David Crane]] and [[Marta Kauffman]], which aired on [[NBC]] from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting [[List of Friends episodes|ten seasons]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fergus |first=George |date=December 12, 2018 |title=Friends (1994) (a Titles & Air Dates Guide) |url=http://epguides.com/Friends/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225031902/http://epguides.com/Friends/ |archive-date=December 25, 2020 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |publisher=[[epguides]]}}</ref> With an [[ensemble cast]] starring [[Jennifer Aniston]], [[Courteney Cox]], [[Lisa Kudrow]], [[Matt LeBlanc]], [[Matthew Perry]] and [[David Schwimmer]], the show revolves around six friends in their 20s and early 30s who live in [[Manhattan]], New York City. The original executive producers were [[Kevin S. Bright]], Kauffman, and Crane.
Kauffman and Crane began developing ''Friends'' under the [[working title]] ''Insomnia Cafe'' between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, including title changes to ''Six of One''<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2012 |title='Friends' Was Originally Called 'Six of One' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/04/friends-was-originally-called-six-of-one |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808030158/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/04/friends-was-originally-called-six-of-one |archive-date=August 8, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2016 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> and ''Friends Like Us'', the series was finally named ''Friends''.<ref name="creators">{{Cite web |last=Lauer |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Lauer |date=May 5, 2004 |title='Friends' Creators Share Show's Beginnings |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/
The show ranked within the top ten of the final [[Television program#Seasons/series|television season]] ratings; it ultimately reached the number-one spot in its [[Friends (season 8)|eighth season]]. The [[The Last One (Friends)|series finale]] aired on May 6, 2004, and was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fifth-most-watched series finale in television history<ref name="top10">{{Cite web |last=Seemayer |first=Zach |date=March 31, 2014 |title=The 10 Most-Watched TV Series Finales Ever! |url=http://www.etonline.com/tv/144979_10_Most_Watched_TV_Series_Finales_Ever_Gallery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903224557/http://www.etonline.com/tv/144979_10_Most_Watched_TV_Series_Finales_Ever_Gallery/?page=NA%3D%3D&itmCnt=MTE%3D |archive-date=September 3, 2015 |access-date=May 23, 2015 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Conradt |first=Stacy |date=February 28, 2010 |title=The 10 Most-Watched Series Finales Ever |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/24673/10-most-watched-series-finales-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511182851/http://mentalfloss.com/article/24673/10-most-watched-series-finales-ever |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2015 |website=[[Mental Floss]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kalin |first=Natalie |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Top 10 Most Watched TV Finales Ever |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalie-kalin/top-ten-most-watched-tv-finales-ever_b_6760238.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525054519/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalie-kalin/top-ten-most-watched-tv-finales-ever_b_6760238.html |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2015 |website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> and the most-watched television episode of the 2000s.<ref name="MostWatched">{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2009 |title=The shows of the decade |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-12-04-0912030239-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812091212/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-12-04/entertainment/0912030239_1_joe-millionaire-series-finale-grey-s-anatomy |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |access-date=August 18, 2010 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kinon |first=Cristina |title=The Most Watched TV Episode of the Decade Was ... The Series Finale of 'Friends' |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/12/03/2009-12-03_the_most_watched_tv_episode_of_the_decade_was____the_series_finale_of_friends.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207085632/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/12/03/2009-12-03_the_most_watched_tv_episode_of_the_decade_was____the_series_finale_of_friends.html |archive-date=December 7, 2009 |access-date=December 22, 2009 |website=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] |location=New York}}</ref> ''Friends'' received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular television shows of all time.<ref name="time.com">{{Cite magazine |last=Poniewozi |first=James |author-link=James Poniewozik |date=September 6, 2007 |title=All-Time 100 TV Shows |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/completelist/0,,1651341,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226031518/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/completelist/0%2C%2C1651341%2C00.html |archive-date=February 26, 2009}}</ref> The series was nominated for 62 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, winning the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]] award in 2002 for its eighth season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friends |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/friends#awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017004933/https://www.emmys.com/shows/friends#awards |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |access-date=October 16, 2018 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref> The show ranked {{Abbreviation|no.|number}} 21 on [[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|''TV Guide''{{'}}s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time]],<ref name="cbsnews.com">{{Cite news |date=April 26, 2002 |title=TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows |work=[[CBS News]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904061715/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml |archive-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> and {{Abbreviation|no.|number}} 5 on ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.<ref name="empireonline.com">{{Cite web |last1=Dyer |first1=James |last2=Williams |first2=Owen |last3=Gross |first3=Ed |last4=White |first4=James |last5=Nugent |first5=John |last6=De Semlyen |first6=Phil |last7=Hewitt |first7=Chris |date=June 15, 2016 |title=The 50 Best TV Shows Ever |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-tv-shows-ever/?tv=7/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923204754/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-tv-shows-ever/?tv=7%2F |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=February 10, 2020 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref> In 1997, the episode "[[The One with the Prom Video]]" was ranked {{Abbreviation|no.|number}} 100 on [[TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time|''TV Guide''{{'}}s 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine |year=1997 |title=Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |issue=June 28 – July 4 <!--|access-date=October 4, 2011-->}}</ref> In 2013, ''Friends'' ranked {{Abbreviation|no.|number}} 24 on the [[Writers Guild of America]]'s 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time,<ref name="writers guild of america">{{Cite web |title=101 Best Written TV Series List |url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4925 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110083226/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4925 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2013}}</ref> and {{Abbreviation|no.|number}} 28 on ''TV Guide''{{'}}s 60 Best TV Series of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Fretts |first1=Bruce |last2=Roush |first2=Matt |title=The Greatest Shows on Earth |magazine=TV Guide |volume=61 |issue=3194–3195 |pages=16–19 <!--|access-date=December 22, 2013-->}}</ref> The sitcom's cast members returned for ''[[Friends: The Reunion]]'', a reunion special which was released on [[HBO Max]] on May 27, 2021.▼
▲The show ranked within the top ten of the final [[Television program#Seasons/series|television season]] ratings; it ultimately reached the number-one spot in its [[Friends
== Cast and characters ==
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* [[Jennifer Aniston]] as [[Rachel Green]]: <br />A fashion enthusiast and [[Monica Geller]]'s best friend from childhood. Rachel first [[Pilot (Friends)|moves in with Monica]] in [[Friends
* [[Courteney Cox]] as [[Monica Geller]]: <br />The "mother hen" of the group and a chef,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lomartire, Paul |date=September 4, 1994 |title=Fall TV '94 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF87116FDB357D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=live |url-access= registration |access-date= February 14, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074053/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF87116FDB357D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |archive-date= November 25, 2018}}</ref> known for her [[Perfectionism (psychology)|perfectionist]], bossy, competitive, and [[obsessive-compulsive]] nature.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bianco | first= Robert |date=March 3, 2004 |title=''Friends'' played great game of poker |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-03-03-revisiting-friends_x.htm |url-status=live |access-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628184241/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-03-03-revisiting-friends_x.htm |archive-date= June 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Booth |first=Jenny |date=May 21, 2006 |title=Sarey Carey: Does pride in housework make me bad as well as mad? |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |location=London |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article722553.ece |url-status=live |access-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629103342/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article722553.ece |archive-date= June 29, 2011}}</ref> Monica was [[overweight]] as a child. She works as a chef in various restaurants throughout the show. Monica's first serious relationship is with a long-time family friend [[Richard Burke (Friends)|Richard Burke]], who is 21 years her senior. The two maintain a strong relationship for some time until Richard expresses that he does not want to have children. Monica and Chandler, one of her best friends, later start a relationship after spending a night with each other in London in the [[The One with Ross' Wedding|season four finale]], leading to [[The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding|their marriage]] in [[Friends
* [[Lisa Kudrow]] as [[Phoebe Buffay]]: <br />A [[masseuse]] and [[self-taught]] musician. She is usually the rudest member of the group, due to her often sniping comments. As a child, Phoebe lived in [[upstate New York]] with her mother, until her mother committed suicide and Phoebe took to the streets. She [[Singer-songwriter|writes and sings]] her own strange songs, accompanying herself on the guitar. She has an [[identical twin]] named [[Ursula Buffay|Ursula]], who shares few of Phoebe's traits. Phoebe has three serious relationships over the show's run: David, a scientist, in [[Friends
* [[Matt LeBlanc]] as [[Joey Tribbiani]]: <br />A struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' as Dr. Drake Ramoray. Joey has many short-term girlfriends. Despite his womanizing and his dim-witted, often ignorant, behavior, Joey is innocent
* [[Matthew Perry]] as [[Chandler Bing]]: <br />An executive in [[statistical analysis]] and data reconfiguration for a large, [[multinational corporation]]. Chandler hates this job, although it pays well. He attempts to quit during season one but is lured back with a new office and a pay raise. He eventually quits this job in season nine due to a transfer to [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. He becomes a junior [[copywriter]] at an [[advertising agency]] later that season. Chandler has a peculiar family history being the son of an erotic novelist mother and a gay, [[cross-dressing]] Las Vegas star father. Chandler is known for his sarcastic sense of humor
* [[David Schwimmer]] as [[Ross Geller]]: <br />Monica's "geeky" older brother, a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]-carrying [[Paleontology|palaeontologist]] working at the [[American Museum of Natural History]], and later a tenured professor of palaeontology at [[New York University]]. Ross is involved in an [[on-again, off-again relationship]] with Rachel throughout the series. He has three failed marriages during the series: [[List of Friends characters|Carol Willick]], a lesbian who is also the mother of his son, [[Ben Geller]]; [[List of Friends characters#Emily Waltham|Emily Waltham]], who divorces him after he accidentally says Rachel's name instead of hers during their wedding vows; and Rachel, as the two drunkenly marry in [[Las Vegas]]. His divorces become a running joke within the series. Following a one-night stand, he and Rachel have a daughter, Emma, by the end of season eight. They finally confess that they are still in love with each other in the [[The Last One (Friends)|series finale]]. It is heavily implied in the spin-off series, ''[[Joey (TV series)|Joey]]'', that Ross married Rachel after the series finale.
[[James Michael Tyler]] appears as [[List of Friends characters#Gunther|Gunther]], a [[barista]] at Central Perk, in every season of the show, but is only ever credited as a [[guest appearance|guest star]]. Gunther has a mostly secret profound love for Rachel throughout the entire series. At one point he becomes the manager of the coffee house. It is revealed that Gunther speaks [[Dutch language|Dutch]] in addition to English, as well as being a former soap opera actor.
In their original contracts for the first season, cast members were paid $22,500 per episode.<ref name= "salariescastlots">{{Cite news |last= Lowry |first=Brian |date=August 12, 1996 |title=''Friends'' cast returning amid contract dispute |work= Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/10164381.html?dids=10164381:10164381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+12%2C+1996&author=Lowry%2C+Brian&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=%27Friends%27+cast+returning+amid+contract+dispute&pqatl=google |url-status=
Series creator [[David Crane (producer)|David Crane]] wanted all six actors to be equally prominent,<ref name="friendsorigin2">{{Cite web |last= Jicha| first= Tom |date=May 2, 2004 |title=They leave as they began: With a buzz |url= http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-friends-buzz0502,0,495484.story?page=2 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153826/http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-friends-buzz0502%2C0%2C495484.story?page=2 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=December 23, 2008 |website=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |page=2}}</ref> and the series was lauded as being "the first true '[[Ensemble cast|ensemble]]' show."<ref name="paidcasttog" /> The cast members made efforts to keep the ensemble format and not allow one member to dominate;<ref name= "paidcasttog" /> they entered themselves in the same acting categories for awards,<ref name= "community2003">{{Cite news |last= Bianco | first= Robert |date= January 1, 2005 |title=The Emmy Awards: Robert Bianco |work= USA Today |url= https://www.usatoday.com/community/chat_03/2003-09-18-bianco.htm |url-status=live |access-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120113234559/http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat_03/2003-09-18-bianco.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2012}}</ref> opted for collective salary negotiations,<ref name="paidcasttog">{{Cite news |last=McCarroll | first= Christina |date= May 6, 2004 |title=A ''family'' sitcom for Gen X - ''Friends'' cast a new TV mold |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |url= http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0506/p01s01-ussc.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090131083232/http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0506/p01s01-ussc.html |archive-date=January 31, 2009}}</ref> and asked to appear together on magazine cover photos in the first season.<ref name="filmhours" /> The cast members also became best friends off-screen,<ref name="kudrowcast">{{Cite web |last=Zaslow | first= Jeffrey |date= October 8, 2000 |title=Balancing friends and family |url= http://www.usaweekend.com/00_issues/001008/001008kudrow.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526223112/http://www.usaweekend.com/00_issues/001008/001008kudrow.html |archive-date=May 26, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2008 |publisher=| work= [[USA Weekend]]}}</ref> so much so that recurring guest star [[Tom Selleck]] reported that he sometimes felt left out.<ref>{{Cite news |last= Power| first= Ed |date=May 6, 2004 |title=Why we will miss our absent ''Friends'' |work=[[Irish Independent]] |url= http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/why-well-miss-our-absent-friends-170513.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120724004952/http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/why-well-miss-our-absent-friends-170513.html |archive-date=July 24, 2012}}</ref>
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The cast remained good friends after the series run, most notably Cox and Aniston, with Aniston being godmother to Cox and [[David Arquette]]'s daughter, Coco.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 2007 |title=People: DeGeneres tries to calm the howling pack |work=[[The Denver Post]] |url= http://www.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_7213047 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090719174243/http://www.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_7213047 |archive-date= July 19, 2009}}</ref> In the official farewell commemorative book ''[[Friends 'Til the End (book)|Friends 'Til the End]]'', each separately acknowledged in interviews that the cast had become their family.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wild |first=David |title= Friends 'Til the End: The Official Celebration of All Ten Years |publisher=[[Time Warner]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-932273-19-9 |edition=Authorized collector's |location=New York City |oclc=55124193 |author-link=David Wild}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wild |first=David |title=Friends 'Til the End: The Official Celebration of All Ten Years |publisher= Time Warner |year=2004 |isbn=1-932273-19-0 |author-link= David Wild}}</ref>
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{{Main|List of Friends episodes}}
[[File:Friends season one cast.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|''Friends'' in first season. Front: Cox, Aniston. Back: LeBlanc, Kudrow, Schwimmer, Perry.]]
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=== Season 1 ===
{{Main|Friends
The first season introduces the six main characters who live in New York City: [[Rachel Green]], a waitress; professional chef [[Monica Geller]]; her paleontologist brother, [[Ross Geller]]; free-spirited masseuse [[Phoebe Buffay]]; struggling actor [[Joey Tribbiani
Ross, who has had a crush on Rachel since high school, often attempts to declare his feelings for her. However many obstacles stand in his way, including his insecurities, Rachel dating an Italian neighbor named Paolo, and the fact that he is expecting a baby with his lesbian ex-wife, Carol, who gives birth to Ben later in the season. Joey never has a steady girlfriend and constantly sleeps with a variety of women. Phoebe is rather odd and complex, mostly due to her mother's suicide when she was a child and having lived on the streets for a time. However, the gang loves her regardless.
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=== Season 2 ===
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Rachel greets Ross at the airport only to discover that he has returned with Julie ([[Lauren Tom]]), someone he knew from graduate school. Rachel's attempts to tell Ross that she loves him initially mirror his failed attempts in the first season. After he breaks up with Julie for Rachel, friction between them develops when Rachel discovers Ross's list of the cons of dating her. They eventually begin a relationship after Rachel sees an old home video from her and Monica's prom night and realizes Ross was going to stand in for her prom date who nearly stood her up.
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=== Season 3 ===
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Season 3 takes on a significantly more serialized format. Chandler and Janice date for several episodes until Joey catches Janice kissing her soon-to-be ex-husband. Not wanting to destroy her family, Chandler urges Janice to go back to her husband, then becomes depressed over the breakup for several episodes. Rachel quits her job at Central Perk and begins working at [[Bloomingdale's]], an upscale department store chain. Ross soon becomes jealous of her colleague Mark and frustrated by Rachel's long work hours. She is tired of his constant jealousy and insecurity, and decides they need a relationship break.
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=== Season 4 ===
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In the season 4 premiere, after Ross breaks up with Bonnie, he and Rachel briefly reconcile after Ross pretends to read a long letter that Rachel wrote for him. However, Ross continues to insist that the two were on a break when he slept with Chloe, so they break up again. Joey dates Kathy ([[Paget Brewster]]), a girl that Chandler has a crush on. Kathy and Chandler later kiss, which causes drama between Chandler and Joey. Joey only forgives Chandler and allows him to date Kathy after Chandler spends Thanksgiving in a box as punishment.
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=== Season 5 ===
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Ross and Emily marry, but an angry and humiliated Emily flees the reception. Rachel soon admits her love for Ross, but realizing how ridiculous this is, advises him to work on his marriage to Emily. She develops a crush on her neighbor Danny and they date briefly, until she realizes that he is too close with his sister. Monica and Chandler try to keep their new relationship a secret from their friends. Phoebe gives birth to triplets in the show's 100th episode. She gives birth to a boy, Frank Jr. Jr., and two girls, Leslie and Chandler, the latter of whom was supposed to be a boy, but was later revealed to be a girl.
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=== Season 6 ===
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In the season 6 premiere, Ross and Rachel's marriage turns out to be a drunken mistake that neither remembers until the other friends mention it. Ross promises Rachel he will get them an annulment, then secretly does nothing because he cannot face having three failed marriages. By the time Rachel discovers they are still married, an annulment is impossible due to their history; they are forced to get a divorce. After ignoring the numerous signs that they should get married, Monica and Chandler decide to live together, forcing Rachel to move in with Phoebe. Joey gets a new roommate, Janine ([[Elle Macpherson]]).
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=== Season 7 ===
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The seventh season mainly follows Monica and Chandler as they plan their wedding amid various problems. Joey's television series, ''Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E'' is canceled, but he is offered his old role on ''Days of Our Lives''; the show is [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]] with the revelation that Dr. Drake Ramoray has been in a four-year coma and is revived with a brain transplant from another character. Phoebe's repaired apartment now has one large bedroom instead of the original two, so Rachel permanently stays at Joey's. Rachel is promoted at Ralph Lauren and impulsively hires a young assistant, Tag Jones ([[Eddie Cahill]]), based on his looks, passing over a more qualified woman. Tag discovers her feelings about him at Thanksgiving dinner, and they begin dating, hiding it from co-workers. However, on her 30th birthday, Rachel ends their relationship, realizing Tag is too young and immature, particularly if she intends to follow her marriage schedule.
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Season 8 begins at Monica and Chandler's wedding reception. Phoebe and Monica discover Rachel's pregnancy and persuade her to take another test to confirm it. Phoebe initially claims the test is negative, badly disappointing Rachel, then reveals it is positive, saying Rachel now knows how she really feels about having a baby. Ross is eventually revealed to be the father, and the season revolves around Rachel's pregnancy. Rachel and Ross agree to be co-parents without resuming their romantic relationship; Ross begins dating Mona ([[Bonnie Somerville]]), who is Monica's co-worker from Allesandro's.
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=== Season 9 ===
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Season nine begins with Ross and Rachel cohabitating with their daughter Emma, after Joey and Rachel clear up the proposal misunderstanding. Monica and Chandler run into obstacles as they try for a baby: Chandler unknowingly agrees to a work transfer to Tulsa just as Monica is offered a head chef job at a new restaurant, Javu, resulting in Chandler commuting back and forth. After being apart from Monica during Christmas, Chandler quits to pursue a new career in advertising, starting as an unpaid intern at an ad agency, and eventually being hired as a junior copywriter. Monica and Chandler discover they are physically incompatible to conceive and after considering multiple options, decide to adopt.
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=== Season 10 ===
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The tenth season brings several long-running story lines to a close. Joey and Rachel try to contend with Ross's feelings about their relationship, and after disastrous attempts to consummate, decide it is best they remain friends. Charlie breaks up with Ross to get back together with her ex-boyfriend. Mid-season, Joey officiates Phoebe and Mike's wedding outside the Central Perk coffee house after a snow storm paralyzes the city, preventing them and guests getting to the wedding venue. Monica and Chandler are chosen by a pregnant woman named Erica ([[Anna Faris]]) to adopt her baby.
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=== Conception ===
{{blockquote|text=It's about sex, love, relationships, careers, a time in your life when everything's possible. And it's about friendship because when you're single and in the city, your friends are your family.|sign=The original treatment used by Crane, Kauffman and Bright to pitch the series to NBC.<ref name="friendsorigins1">{{Cite web |last=Lauer, Matt |date=May 5, 2004 |title=''Friends'' creators share show's beginnings |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/
[[David Crane (producer)|David Crane]] and [[Marta Kauffman]] began developing three new television pilots that would premiere in 1994 after their sitcom ''[[Family Album (1993 TV series)|Family Album]]'' was cancelled by CBS in 1993.<ref>Wild, p. 206</ref> Kauffman and Crane decided to pitch the series about "six people in their 20s making their way in Manhattan" to NBC since they thought it would fit best there.<ref name="Kolbert1">Kolbert, Elizabeth (March 8, 1994). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6DF163DF93BA35750C0A962958260 "Birth of a TV Show: A Drama All Its Own"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122060730/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6DF163DF93BA35750C0A962958260 |date=January 22, 2009 }}. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 19, 2008.</ref> (Film director and screenwriter [[Cameron Crowe]] has asserted that the concept originated with [[Warner Bros. Television]] wanting him to make his 1992 movie ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' into a television show.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last=Sottile |first=Alexis |date=2017-09-18 |title='Singles' at 25: Cameron Crowe on Making the Definitive Grunge Movie |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/singles-at-25-cameron-crowe-on-making-the-definitive-grunge-movie-118103/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-01 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501120632/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/singles-at-25-cameron-crowe-on-making-the-definitive-grunge-movie-118103/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=DeRogatis |first=Jim |date=July 27, 2015 |orig-date=September 3, 2000 |title=As Crowe flies |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/on-the-set-of-almost-famous/2395201a-f25a-4c6a-9191-8f99524b95af |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=[[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |language=en |via=[[WBEZ Chicago]] |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501120633/https://www.wbez.org/stories/on-the-set-of-almost-famous/2395201a-f25a-4c6a-9191-8f99524b95af |url-status=live }}</ref> Crowe alleges that when he refused permission, the idea was then taken over by Crane and Kaufman, who changed some details from the premise of the movie while developing the show.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />)
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Crane and Kauffman presented the idea to their production partner [[Kevin Bright]], who had served as executive producer on their [[HBO]] series ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind the Scenes |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488124/415695 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203061651/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488124/415695 |archive-date=February 3, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2009 |publisher=[[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]]}}</ref> The idea for the series was conceived when Crane and Kauffman began thinking about the time when they had finished college and started living by themselves in New York; Kauffman believed they were looking at a time when the future was "more of a question mark."<ref name="friendsorigins1" /> They found the concept to be interesting, as they believed "everybody knows that feeling",<ref name="friendsorigins1" /> and because it was also how they felt about their own lives at the time.<ref name="friendsorigins1" /> The team titled the series ''Insomnia Cafe'' and pitched the idea as a seven-page treatment to NBC in December 1993.<ref name="friendsorigins1" /><ref name="Kolbert1" />
At the same time, [[Warren Littlefield]], the then-president of [[NBC Entertainment]], was seeking a comedy involving young people living together and sharing expenses after he regretted passing on the Black sitcom ''[[Living Single]]''. Littlefield wanted the group to share memorable periods of their lives with friends, who had become "new, surrogate family members."<ref name="friendsorigin" /> However, Littlefield found difficulty in bringing the concept to life and found the scripts developed by NBC to be terrible. When Kauffman, Crane and Bright pitched ''Insomnia Cafe'', Littlefield was impressed that they knew who their characters were.<ref name="friendsorigin" /> NBC bought the idea as a [[put pilot]], meaning they risked financial penalties if the pilot was not filmed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stallings |first=Penny |title=The Ultimate Friends Companion |publisher=Channel 4 Books |year=2000 |isbn=0-7522-7231-4 |location=London |pages=102–103}}</ref>
Kauffman and Crane took three days to write the pilot script for a show they titled ''Friends Like Us.''<ref name="friendsorigins1" /><ref>Wild, p. 215</ref> Littlefield wanted the series to "represent [[Generation X]] and explore a new kind of tribal bonding", but the rest disagreed. Crane argued that it was not a series for one generation, and wanted to produce a series that everyone would enjoy watching.<ref name="friendsorigin" /> NBC liked the script and ordered the series. They changed the title to ''Six of One'', mainly because they felt ''Friends Like Us'' was too similar to the ABC sitcom ''[[Ellen (TV series)|These Friends of Mine]]''.<ref name="friendsconcept">{{Cite news |last=Kolbert, Elizabeth |date=May 9, 1994 |title=The Conception and Delivery of a Sitcom: Everyone's a Critic |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EEDF1239F93AA35756C0A962958260 |url-status=live |access-date=December 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122060548/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EEDF1239F93AA35756C0A962958260 |archive-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref>
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Once it became apparent that the series was a favored project at NBC, Littlefield reported that he was getting calls from every agent in town, wanting their client to be a part of the series.<ref name="friendsorigin" /> Auditions for the lead roles took place in New York and Los Angeles.<ref name="friendswrit" /> The casting director shortlisted 1,000 actors who had applied for each role down to 75. Those who received a callback read in front of Crane, Kauffman and Bright. At the end of March, the number of potential actors had been reduced to three or four for each part, and these actors were asked to read for [[Leslie Moonves|Les Moonves]], then president of [[Warner Bros. Television]].<ref name="Kolbert2">Kolbert, Elizabeth (April 6, 1994). "[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/06/arts/finding-the-absolutely-perfect-actor-the-high-stress-business-of-casting.html Finding the Absolutely Perfect Actor: The High-Stress Business of Casting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008185205/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/06/arts/finding-the-absolutely-perfect-actor-the-high-stress-business-of-casting.html |date=October 8, 2016 }}", ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 19, 2008.</ref>
Having worked with [[David Schwimmer]] in the past,<ref name="friendswrit" /> the series creators wrote the character of Ross with him in mind, and he was the first actor cast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Couric, Katie |date=May 5, 2004 |title=Can David Schwimmer leave Ross Geller behind? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/4908086 |url-status=
More changes occurred to the series's storylines during the casting process. The writers found that they had to adjust the characters they had written to suit the actors, and the discovery process of the characters occurred throughout the first season. Kauffman acknowledged that Joey's character became "this whole new being", and that "it wasn't until we did the first Thanksgiving episode that we realized how much fun Monica's neuroses are."<ref name="friendsnewsday" />
=== Writing ===
In the weeks after NBC's pick up of ''Friends'', Crane, Kauffman and Bright reviewed sent-in scripts that writers had originally prepared for other series, mainly unproduced ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episodes.<ref name="friendsborn" /> Kauffman and Crane hired a team of seven young writers because "When you're 40, you can't do it anymore. The networks and studios are looking for young people coming in out of college."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shayne, Bob |date=June 10, 2001 |title=No Experience Wanted |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://
During the production of the pilot, [[NBC]] requested that the script be changed to feature one dominant storyline and several minor ones, but the writers refused, wanting to keep three storylines of equal weight.<ref name="friendsconcept" /> NBC also wanted the writers to include an older character to balance out the young ones. Crane and Kauffman were forced to comply and wrote a draft of an early episode that featured "Pat the Cop"
Each summer, the producers would outline the storylines for the subsequent season.<ref name="joeyrach" /> Before an episode went into production, Kauffman and Crane would revise the script written by another writer, mainly if something concerning either the series or a character felt foreign.<ref name="friendsborn">{{Cite news |last=Kolbert, Elizabeth |date=May 23, 1994 |title=A Sitcom is Born: Only Time Will Tell the Road to Prime Time |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E5DF1E38F930A15756C0A962958260 |url-status=live |access-date=January 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122060645/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E5DF1E38F930A15756C0A962958260 |archive-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> The hardest episodes to write were always "the first one and the last one of each season."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Radloff |first=Jessica |title=The Creators of Friends Reveal Brand-New Secrets About the Show |language=en |work=Glamour |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/exclusive-the-creators-of-frie |url-status=live |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204005712/https://www.glamour.com/story/exclusive-the-creators-of-frie |archive-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref> Unlike other storylines, the idea for a relationship between Joey and Rachel was decided on halfway through the eighth season. The creators did not want Ross and Rachel to get back together so soon, and while looking for a romantic impediment, a writer suggested Joey's romantic interest in Rachel.<ref name="joeyrach" />
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The first season was shot on Stage 5 at [[Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]] in [[Burbank, California]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Endrst, James |date=February 23, 1995 |title=''Friends'' wins friends with caffeine-fueled energy |work=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD97908003E2DA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=January 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074027/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD97908003E2DA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |archive-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref> NBC executives had worried that the coffee house setting was too hip and asked for the series to be set in a diner, but eventually consented to the coffee house concept.<ref name="friendsorigins1" /> The opening title sequence was filmed in a fountain at the [[Warner Bros. Ranch]] at 4:00 am, while it was particularly cold for a Burbank morning.<ref>{{cite news|title= F. Y. I.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 27, 2005|author=Pollak, Michael<!--|access-date=December 31, 2008 -->}}</ref> At the beginning of the second season, production moved to the larger Stage 24, which was renamed The "Friends" Stage after the series finale.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blake, Lindsay |date=May 25, 2021 |title=Revisit These Iconic Locations Made Famous by Jennifer Aniston and ''Friends'' on the Hit Show |url=https://www.dirt.com/gallery/locations/filming-locations/1203383350-1203383350/lb-friends-filming-locations-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004014332/https://www.dirt.com/gallery/locations/filming-locations/1203383350-1203383350/lb-friends-filming-locations-2/ |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |access-date=October 3, 2021 |website=Dirt.com}}</ref>
Filming for the series began during the summer of 1994 in front of a live audience, who were given a summary of the series to familiarize themselves with the six main characters.<ref name="friendsorigins1" /> A hired comedian entertained the studio audience between takes.<ref name="filmhours" /> Each 22-minute episode took six hours to film—twice the length of most sitcom tapings—mainly due to the several retakes and rewrites of the script.<ref name="filmhours">{{Cite web |last=Kiesewetter, John |date=January 27, 2002 |title=''Friends'' grows in stature, ratings |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/01/27/tem_friends_grows_in.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://
Although the producers always wanted to find the right stories to take advantage of being on location, ''Friends'' was never shot in New York. Bright felt that filming outside the studio made episodes less funny, even when shooting on the lot outside, and that the live audience was an integral part of the series.<ref name="friendswrit" /> When the series was criticized for incorrectly depicting New York, with the financially struggling group of friends being able to afford huge apartments, Bright noted that the set had to be big enough for the cameras, lighting, and "for the audience to be able to see what's going on".<ref name="friendswrit" /> The apartments also needed to provide a place for the actors to execute the actions in the scripts.<ref name="friendswrit" />
The fourth-season finale was shot on location in [[London]] because the producers were aware of the series' popularity in the UK.<ref name="friendswrit" /> The scenes were shot in a studio with three audiences each made up of 500 people. These were the show's largest audiences throughout its run. The fifth-season finale, set in [[Las Vegas]], was filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, although Bright met people who thought it was filmed on location.<ref name="friendsjoeystuff" />
== Series finale ==
{{Main|The Last One (Friends)}}
[[File:JenniferAnistonFeb09.jpg|thumb|upright|The cast became very emotional while filming the final episode. [[Jennifer Aniston]] explained, "We're like very delicate china right now, and we're speeding toward a brick wall."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilbert, Matthew |date=January 15, 2004 |title=''Friends'' end painful, cast says |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2004/01/15/friends_end_painful_cast_says/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121013328/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2004/01/15/friends_end_painful_cast_says/ |archive-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref>]]
The series's creators completed the first draft of the hour-long finale in January 2004, four months before its original airing. Crane, Kauffman and Bright watched the finales of other sitcoms to prepare the episode's outline, paying attention to what worked and what did not. They liked the ones that stayed true to the series,
{{blockquote|It's exactly what I had hoped. We all end up with a sense of a new beginning and the audience has a sense that it's a new chapter in the lives of all these characters. |[[David Schwimmer]] on the series finale.<ref name="friendfinale2" />}}
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== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
Early reviews of the series were mixed; the first season holds a [[Metacritic]] score of 65 out of 100, based on 24 sampled reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friends Season 1 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/friends |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516111958/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/friends |archive-date=May 16, 2014 |access-date=March 29, 2014 |publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.}}</ref> Tom Feran of ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' wrote that the series traded "vaguely and less successfully on the hanging-out style of ''[[Seinfeld]]''",<ref>Feran, Tom (September 22, 1994). "New Series Softens Dabney Coleman—A Little", ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'', [[Advance Publications|Newhouse Newspapers]]. Retrieved on January 4, 2009.</ref> while Ann Hodges of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' called it "the new ''Seinfeld'' wannabe, but it will never be as funny as ''Seinfeld''."<ref name="Hodges">Hodges, Ann (September 22, 1994). "[https://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1994_1227698/nbc-sitcoms-make-thursday-less-funny.html NBC sitcoms make Thursday less funny] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226224328/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1994_1227698/nbc-sitcoms-make-thursday-less-funny.html |date=February 26, 2013 }}", ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst Newspapers]]. Retrieved on January 4, 2009.</ref> In the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'', [[Ray Richmond]] named the series as "one of the brighter comedies of the new season",<ref name="rayreview">Richmond, Ray (September 22, 1994). "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF66B174A1CE015&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D Season Premiere of ''Friends'' Leaves Room to Grow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074053/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF66B174A1CE015&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |date=November 25, 2018 }}", (Registration required). ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'', [[Los Angeles Newspaper Group]]. Retrieved on January 4, 2009.</ref> and the ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "flat-out the best comedy series of the new season."<ref>Rosenberg, Howard (September 22, 1994). "[https://
The ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''{{'}} Ginny Holbert found Joey and Rachel's characters to be underdeveloped,<ref>Holbert, Ginny (September 22, 1994). "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB421DE1111933C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D X Marks Spot For ''Friends'' On Thursday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074047/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB421DE1111933C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |date=November 25, 2018 }}". (Registration required). ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. Retrieved on January 4, 2009.</ref> while Richmond commended the cast as a "likeable youth ensemble" with "good chemistry."<ref name="rayreview" /> Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' was complimentary of Schwimmer, calling him "terrific." He also praised the female leads, but was concerned that Perry's role as Chandler was "undefined" and that LeBlanc was "relying too much on the same brain-dead stud routine that was already tired the last two times he tried it."<ref name="Bianco">Bianco, Robert (September 22, 1994). "Six ''Friends'' Sittin' Around, Talking", ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''.</ref> The authors of ''Friends Like Us: The Unofficial Guide to Friends'' thought that the cast was "trying just a little too hard"; in particular, Perry and Schwimmer.<ref>Sangster, p. 14</ref>
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[[Bill Carter]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the eighth season a "truly stunning comeback." Carter found that by "generating new hot storylines and high-decibel laughs", the series made its way "back into the hearts of its fans."<ref name="plottwists">{{Cite news |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=February 18, 2002 |title=Plot Twists Paid Off For ''Friends'' |work=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D7113FF93BA25751C0A9649C8B63 |url-status=live |access-date=November 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118115851/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D7113FF93BA25751C0A9649C8B63 |archive-date=November 18, 2007}}</ref> However, Liane Bonin of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' felt that the direction of the ninth season was a "disappointing buzzkill", criticizing it for the non-stop celebrity guest spots and going into [[Jumping the shark|jump the shark]] territory. Although disappointed with the season, Bonin noted that "the writing [was] still sharp."<ref name="friendsoverstay" /> Havrilesky thought that the tenth season was "alarmingly awful, far worse than you would ever imagine a show that was once so good could be."<ref name="reviewsalon">{{Cite news |last=Havrilesky, Heather |date=May 7, 2004 |title=Never forget your ''Friends'' |work=[[Salon.com]] |url=http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/tv/review/2004/05/07/friends_finale/print.html |url-status=dead |access-date=January 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122133540/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/tv/review/2004/05/07/friends_finale/print.html |archive-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> ''Friends'' was featured on ''Time''{{'}}s list of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time", saying, "the well-hidden secret of this show was that it called itself ''Friends'', and was really about family."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 13, 2007 |title=Friends - The 100 Best TV Shows of All |magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659188_1652526,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=April 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430194439/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0%2C28804%2C1651341_1659188_1652526%2C00.html |archive-date=April 30, 2009}}</ref>
Reviews of the [[The Last One (Friends)|series finale]] were mostly positive. ''USA Today''{{'}}s Robert Bianco described the finale as entertaining and satisfying and praised it for deftly mixing emotion and humor while highlighting each of the stars.<ref name="finalerob">{{Cite news |last=Bianco, Robert |date=May 7, 2004 |title=Rachel stays, so ''Friends'' are able to leave together |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2004-05-06-friends-finale_x.htm |url-status=live |access-date=January 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101152402/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2004-05-06-friends-finale_x.htm |archive-date=November 1, 2008}}</ref> Sarah Rodman of the ''[[Boston Herald]]'' praised Aniston and Schwimmer for their acting, but felt that their characters' reunion was "a bit too neat, even if it was what most of the show's legions of fans wanted."<ref>{{cite news|title=Six pals depart on a classy note |last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=May 7, 2004 |newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]|page=3<!--|access-date=January 1, 2009 -->}}</ref> Roger Catlin of the ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' felt that newcomers to the series would be "surprised at how laughless the affair could be, and how nearly every strained gag depends on the sheer stupidity of its characters."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Catlin |first=Roger |date=May 7, 2004 |title=The Long Farewell is Over; Lots of Fans, Little Fanfare for Mich-Anticipated Finale of ''Friends'' |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/629993481.html?dids=629993481:629993481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+07%2C+2004&author=ROGER+CATLIN%3B+Courant+TV+Critic&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=THE+LONG+FAREWELL+IS+OVER+%3B+LOTS+OF+FANS%2C+LITTLE+FANFARE+FOR+MUCH-ANTICIPATED+FINALE+OF+%60FRIENDS%27&pqatl=google |url-status=
{{blockquote|text=It may have been impossible for any one episode to live up to the hype and expectations built up around the Friends finale, but this hour probably came as close as fans could have reasonably hoped. Ultimately, the two-hour package did exactly what it was supposed to do. It wrapped up the story while reminding us why we liked the show and will miss it.|sign=Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' on the series finale.<ref name="finalerob" />}}
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Although the producers thought of ''Friends'' as "only a TV show", psychologists investigated the cultural impact of ''Friends'' during the series' run. Aniston's hairstyle was nicknamed "[[The Rachel]]" and copied around the world.<ref name="friendsorigin" /> Joey's catchphrase, "How ''you'' doin'?", became a popular part of Western English slang, often used as a [[pick-up line]] or when greeting friends.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/edu/2004/12/27/stories/2004122700700400.htm |title=Take it easy yaar! |access-date=January 4, 2009 |author=Anne, S. |date=December 27, 2004 |location=Chennai, India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820171147/http://www.hindu.com/edu/2004/12/27/stories/2004122700700400.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> The series also influenced the English language, according to a study by the [[University of Toronto]] that found that the characters used the emphasized word "''so''" to modify adjectives more often than any other [[intensifier]]. Although the preference had already made its way into the American [[vernacular]], usage on the series may have accelerated the change.<ref name="paidcasttog" /> Chandler's habit of ending a sentence unfinished for sarcasm also influenced viewers' speech.<ref name="crook20040502">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jl9PAAAAIBAJ&pg=3823%2C549338 | title=Going 'Friends'-less / Long-running show drops the curtain | work=Toledo Blade | date=May 2, 2004 | agency=Zap2It | access-date=October 15, 2012 | author=Crook, John | pages=V3 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222165438/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jl9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LAQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3823%2C549338 | archive-date=February 22, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref> The show's availability on [[streaming television]]—it accounted for 4% of all Netflix views in 2018—gave it a large new [[Gen Z]] audience. Kauffman reported that her high school daughter's friends thought that ''Friends'' was a new [[period piece]] about the 1990s. One young fan described the show as "aspirational ... [kids hope] that when they're that age ... they'll have those friends".<ref name="boone20210521">{{Cite web |last=Boone |first=John |date=2021-05-21 |title=Streaming 'Friends': How a '90s Sitcom Became Gen Z's Favorite Show |url=https://www.etonline.com/streaming-friends-how-a-90s-sitcom-became-gen-zs-new-favorite-show-132624 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US}}</ref>
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''Friends'' was parodied in the twelfth season ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' episode "Murder Among Friends". In the episode, amateur sleuth [[Jessica Fletcher]] ([[Angela Lansbury]]) investigates the murder of a writer for ''Buds'', a fictional television series about the daily lives of a group of city friends. The episode was devised after CBS moved ''Murder, She Wrote'' from its regular Sunday night timeslot to a Thursday night timeslot directly opposite ''Friends'' on NBC; Angela Lansbury was quoted by [[Bruce Lansbury]], her brother and ''Murder, She Wrote''{{'}}s supervising producer, as having "a bit of an attitude" about the move to Thursday, but he saw the plot as "a friendly setup, no mean-spiritedness."<ref name="Murder">{{cite news|author= Littlefield, Kinney|date= February 7, 1996|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S4UNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6841,3491473|title= 'Murder, She Wrote' parodies 'Friends'|work= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date= October 29, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170222151240/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S4UNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eW8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6841,3491473|archive-date= February 22, 2017|url-status= live}}</ref>▼
[[File:The FRIENDS Experience - The One in Toronto - 2022 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[The Friends Experience|The ''Friends'' Experience]] exhibit at [[Yorkdale Shopping Centre]] in [[Toronto]] in 2022<ref>{{cite web |last=Silvestre
Jerry Ludwig, the writer of the episode, researched the "flavor" of ''Buds'' by watching episodes of ''Friends''.<ref name="Murder" /> Producers of ''[[Married... with Children]]'' attempted to create a spinoff series called ''Enemies'', which was intended to act as an antithesis to ''Friends'' in the same way ''Married... with Children'' had been to family sitcoms such as ''[[The Cosby Show]]''. However, the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network declined to pick up the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/06/the-lost-roles-of-married-with-children.html|title=The Lost Roles of Married… with Children|last=Evans|first=Bradford|date=June 9, 2011|work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=March 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316231635/https://www.vulture.com/2011/06/the-lost-roles-of-married-with-children.html|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' stated that ''Friends'' had an impact on the creation of other conflictless "hangout sitcoms", with groups of adult friends who are funny and have similar character traits. One example of this is ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', which ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s TV and radio blog
Readers of [[TV Guide]] voted the cast of ''Friends'' their Best Comedy cast of all time, ranking at 29% of the votes, beating ''[[Seinfeld]]'', which registered 18%.<ref>"Your Favorite TV Casts", ''[[TV Guide]]'', January 3, 2011, page 11</ref> A poll undertaken by ''[[60 Minutes]]'' and ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' named ''Friends'' the third-greatest sitcom of all time.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 3, 2012 |title=Is 'Seinfeld' The Greatest Sitcom Ever? |url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/12/seinfeld-greatest-sitcom-cbs-vanity-fair-poll/
The Central Perk coffee house, one of the principal settings of the series, is part of the [[Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood]]. People sometimes propose marriage on the couch, and many tourists cry when they sit on it.{{r|sternbergh20160321}} The coffee house has inspired various imitations worldwide. In 2006, Iranian businessman Mojtaba Asadian started a Central Perk [[franchising|franchise]], registering the name in 32 countries. The decor of the coffee houses is inspired by ''Friends'', featuring replica couches, counters, neon signage and bricks. The coffee houses contain paintings of the various characters from the series, and televisions playing ''Friends'' episodes. [[James Michael Tyler]], who plays the Central Perk manager in the series, Gunther, attended the grand opening of the [[Dubai]] café, where he worked as a waiter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/05/08/10038500.html |title=Where ''Friends'' hang out |access-date=December 30, 2008 |author=Kalsi, Jyoti |date=May 8, 2006 |newspaper=[[Gulf News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708052016/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/05/08/10038500.html |archive-date = July 8, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>▼
▲''Friends'' was parodied in the twelfth season ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' episode "Murder Among Friends". In the episode, amateur sleuth [[Jessica Fletcher]] ([[Angela Lansbury]]) investigates the murder of a writer for ''Buds'', a fictional television series about the daily lives of a group of city friends. The episode was devised after CBS moved ''Murder, She Wrote'' from its regular Sunday night timeslot to a Thursday night timeslot directly opposite ''Friends'' on NBC; Angela Lansbury was quoted by [[Bruce Lansbury]], her brother and ''Murder, She Wrote''{{'}}s supervising producer, as having "a bit of an attitude" about the move to Thursday, but he saw the plot as "a friendly setup, no mean-spiritedness."<ref name="Murder">{{cite news|author= Littlefield, Kinney|date= February 7, 1996|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S4UNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6841,3491473|title= 'Murder, She Wrote' parodies 'Friends'|work= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date= October 29, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170222151240/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S4UNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eW8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6841,3491473|archive-date= February 22, 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> Jerry Ludwig, the writer of the episode, researched the "flavor" of ''Buds'' by watching episodes of ''Friends''.<ref name="Murder" />
Central Perk was rebuilt as part of a museum exhibit at Warner Bros. Studios and was shown on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' in October 2008. [[Jennifer Aniston]] visited the set for the first time since the series finale in 2004.<ref>{{cite episode |title=''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'': Lisa Kudrow/Natasha Bedingfield/Jalen Testerman |series=The Ellen DeGeneres Show |series-link=The Ellen DeGeneres Show |credits=[[Ellen DeGeneres]] (host) |network=NBC |airdate=October 16, 2008 |season=6 |number=29 }}</ref> From September 24 to October 7, 2009, a Central Perk replica was based at Broadwick Street, [[Soho]], London. The coffee house sold coffee to customers and featured a display of ''Friends'' memorabilia and props, such as the Geller Cup from the season three episode "The One with the Football".<ref>{{cite news|author=Thorley, Chantelle |date=September 15, 2009 |url=http://www.eventmagazine.co.uk/news/search/938562/London-celebrate-15-years-Friends-Central-Perk-pop-up/ |title=London to celebrate 15 years of Friends with Central Perk pop-up |work=Event |publisher=Haymarket Media |access-date=September 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410130417/http://www.eventmagazine.co.uk/news/search/938562/London-celebrate-15-years-Friends-Central-Perk-pop-up |archive-date=April 10, 2010 }}</ref> In Beijing, business owner Du Xin opened a coffee shop named Central Perk in March 2010.<ref>Hong, Haolan and Jo Ling Kent. "[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/02/friends.china.central.perk/index.html 'Friends' in China: 'Central Perk' hits Beijing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072853/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/02/friends.china.central.perk/index.html |date=March 4, 2016 }}." ''[[CNN]]''. July 2, 2010. Retrieved on July 4, 2010.</ref>▼
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[[File:The Friends Stage.jpg|thumb|right|After filming on the finale concluded, Stage 24 at Warner Bros. Studios, where ''Friends'' had been filmed since season 2, was renamed "The Friends Stage".]]▼
=== Coffee house ===
In India, there are six ''Friends''-themed cafes, located in [[Chandigarh]] (named Central Perk); [[Kolkata]]; and [[West Bengal]] (named F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Cafe), which features many icons from the original TV series, including Chandler and Joey's ugly dog statue, the orange sofa, the purple door of Monica and Rachel's apartment, and Phoebe's pink bicycle. The other three cafes are located in Delhi, [[Gurgaon]]; [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]]; and [[Pune]], Maharashtra.<ref>{{citation |title=These Cafes in India Are Based On Your Favourite 'Friends' TV Show |date=August 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tiwari |first1=Shwali |title=India Now Has 5 F.R.I.E.N.D.S Themed Cafes, But There's A Catch |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-now-has-5-f-r-i-e-n-d-s-themed-cafes-but-there-s-a-catch-262485.html |publisher=India Times |access-date=February 11, 2017 |date=September 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160603/http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-now-has-5-f-r-i-e-n-d-s-themed-cafes-but-there-s-a-catch-262485.html |archive-date=February 11, 2017 }}</ref>▼
▲The Central Perk coffee house, one of the principal settings of the series, is part of the [[Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood]]. People sometimes propose marriage on the couch, and many tourists cry when they sit on it.{{r|sternbergh20160321}} The coffee house has inspired various imitations worldwide. In 2006, Iranian businessman Mojtaba Asadian started a Central Perk [[franchising|franchise]], registering the name in 32 countries. The decor of the coffee houses is inspired by ''Friends'', featuring replica couches, counters, neon signage and bricks. The coffee houses contain paintings of the various characters from the series, and televisions playing ''Friends'' episodes. [[James Michael Tyler]], who plays Gunther, the Central Perk manager in the series
▲Central Perk was rebuilt as part of a museum exhibit at Warner Bros. Studios and was shown on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' in October 2008
There are two ''Friends'' themed cafes in Pakistan{{em dash}}one in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], known as "Friends Cafe" and the other in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] called "Central Perk". Both cafes have an iconic couch, a guitar and foosball table, quotes from the show on the walls and episode reruns on a projector. They're planning to have their own Gunther at the bar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.uniquepakistan.com.pk/a-real-life-version-of-central-perk-from-f-r-i-e-n-d-s-in-peshawar/ |title=A real-life version of Central Perk from F.R.I.E.N.D.S in Peshawar |work=The Good Times – Unique Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212183940/http://news.uniquepakistan.com.pk/a-real-life-version-of-central-perk-from-f-r-i-e-n-d-s-in-peshawar/ |archive-date=December 12, 2015 }}</ref>▼
▲[[File:The Friends Stage.jpg|thumb|right|After filming on the finale concluded, Stage 24 at Warner Bros. Studios, where ''Friends'' had been filmed since season 2, was renamed "The Friends Stage".]]
In 2016, a Central Perk replica was opened in [[Outram, Singapore|Outram]], Singapore. It is the only Central Perk that has been given the intellectual property rights by [[Warner Bros.]] outside of the United States. The café includes feature walls, replicating the walls of the main characters' apartments and memorabilia and props used on the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiaone.com/food/friends-themed-cafe-central-perk-opens-business|title=F.R.I.E.N.D.S-themed cafe Central Perk opens for business|last=Quek|first=Eunice|date=November 28, 2016|website=AsiaOne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809192533/http://www.asiaone.com/food/friends-themed-cafe-central-perk-opens-business|archive-date=August 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmo.ph/lifestyle/food-drink/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore-a00177-20161201|title=Central Perk, The Cafe From 'Friends,' Just Opened In Singapore|last=Singson|first=Ysa|date=December 1, 2016|website=Cosmopolitan Philippines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809122850/https://www.cosmo.ph/lifestyle/food-drink/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore-a00177-20161201|archive-date=August 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2019, it was announced that a Central Perk [[Lego]] set would be launched to mark the show's 25 anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/08/legos-friends-central-perk-set-is-out-today-and-could-we-be-anymore-excited/|title=Lego's Friends Central Perk Set is Out Next Month And Could We BE Anymore Excited|last=Pritchard|first=Tom|date=August 6, 2019|work=[[Gizmondo]] UK|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808182628/https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/08/legos-friends-central-perk-set-is-out-today-and-could-we-be-anymore-excited/|archive-date=August 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲In India, there are six ''Friends''-themed cafes
▲''Friends'' has also developed an alternative family lifestyle by representing young people who live unconventional domestic lives. It presents the idea that "all you need are good friends" and can construct families through choice. The audience is able to identify with the program through the troubles seen on weekly episodes. It portrays a new way of living life and developing relationships which are not normally seen in conventional society.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Katzman|first=David M.|title=TV and American Culture|journal=American Studies|date=Summer 1998|volume=39|series=2|pages=5–12}}</ref> According to a pop-culture expert at the [[University at Buffalo]], ''Friends'' is "one of those rare shows that marked a change in American culture." The images of youth and the roles they portray are better defined and represent a lifestyle that centres around creating and sustaining relationships between friends running their own lives and seeking help from each other.<ref>{{cite news|last=DellaContrada |first=John |title="Friends" Reflected Change in American Society, Among First TV Shows to Portray "Youth on Their Own," says UB Pop-Culture Expert |url=http://www.buffalo.edu/news/6680 |newspaper=Buffalo News |date=April 16, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528142451/http://www.buffalo.edu/news/6680 |archive-date=May 28, 2012 }}</ref>
▲There are two ''Friends'' themed cafes in Pakistan{{em dash}}one in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], known as "Friends Cafe" and the other in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] called "Central Perk". Both cafes have an iconic couch, a guitar and foosball table, quotes from the show on the walls and episode reruns on a projector. They're planning to have their own Gunther at the bar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.uniquepakistan.com.pk/a-real-life-version-of-central-perk-from-f-r-i-e-n-d-s-in-peshawar/ |title=A real-life version of Central Perk from F.R.I.E.N.D.S in Peshawar |work=The Good Times – Unique Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212183940/http://news.uniquepakistan.com.pk/a-real-life-version-of-central-perk-from-f-r-i-e-n-d-s-in-peshawar/ |archive-date=December 12, 2015 }}</ref>
▲[[File:The FRIENDS Experience - The One in Toronto - 2022 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[The Friends Experience|The ''Friends'' Experience]] exhibit at [[Yorkdale Shopping Centre]] in [[Toronto]] in 2022<ref>{{cite web| url=https://dailyhive.com/toronto/friends-experience-yorkdale-toronto| title=Could we BE more excited? The Friends Experience is finally in Toronto (PHOTOS)| first=Irish Mae| last=Silvestre| date=13 July 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713210644/https://dailyhive.com/toronto/friends-experience-yorkdale-toronto| url-status=live| archive-date=13 July 2022}}</ref>]]
▲''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' stated that ''Friends'' had an impact on the creation of other conflictless "hangout sitcoms", with groups of adult friends who are funny and have similar character traits. One example of this is ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', which ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s TV and radio blog notes also shares its setting with ''Friends'', [[Manhattan]]. Other examples include ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[New Girl]]'', and ''[[Happy Endings (TV series)|Happy Endings]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=VanDerWerff |first=Emily |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/9/29/6857745/friends-ruined-TV |title=Friends was a great show — that just happened to ruin TV comedy |date=January 13, 2016 |access-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511193526/https://www.vox.com/2014/9/29/6857745/friends-ruined-TV |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pickard |first=Anna |title=How I met Neil Patrick Harris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/sep/08/how-i-met-your-mother-e4 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=June 16, 2018 |date=September 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616080427/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/sep/08/how-i-met-your-mother-e4 |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Daniel|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/19/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-premiere-bust|title=The Big Bang Theory: show returns for 10th season, but is it time it went bust?|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=September 19, 2016|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193223/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/19/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-premiere-bust|archive-date=August 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lyons |first=Margaret |url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/happy_endings_wait_which_one_i.html |title=Happy Endings: Wait, Which Friends Clone Is That Again? |date=April 13, 2011 |publisher=Nymag.com |access-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417071121/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/happy_endings_wait_which_one_i.html |archive-date=April 17, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
▲In 2016, a Central Perk replica was opened in [[Outram, Singapore|Outram]], Singapore. It is the only Central Perk replica outside of the United States that has been given
▲Readers of [[TV Guide]] voted the cast of ''Friends'' their Best Comedy cast of all time, ranking at 29% of the votes, beating ''[[Seinfeld]]'', which registered 18%.<ref>"Your Favorite TV Casts", ''[[TV Guide]]'', January 3, 2011, page 11</ref> A poll undertaken by ''[[60 Minutes]]'' and ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' named ''Friends'' the third-greatest sitcom of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/12/seinfeld-greatest-sitcom-cbs-vanity-fair-poll/ |title=Is 'Seinfeld' The Greatest Sitcom Ever? |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=December 3, 2012 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002050050/http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/seinfeld-greatest-sitcom-cbs-vanity-fair-poll/ |archive-date=October 2, 2013 }}</ref> In 2014, the series was ranked by ''[[Mundo Estranho]]'' the Best TV Series of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ligadoemserie.com.br/2014/10/as-100-melhores-series-da-historia-segundo-jornalistas-brasileiros/ |title=As 100 Melhores Séries da História, segundo jornalistas brasileiros! |date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=November 1, 2014 |publisher=Ligado em Série |language=pt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031141139/http://www.ligadoemserie.com.br/2014/10/as-100-melhores-series-da-historia-segundo-jornalistas-brasileiros/ |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> A 2015 survey by ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' of 2,800 actors, producers, directors, and other industry people named ''Friends'' as their No. 1 favorite show.<ref name="thr20150916">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-ever-top-819499/item/friends-hollywoods-100-favorite-tv-821361 |title=Hollywood's 100 Favorite TV Shows |date=September 16, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 17, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717030112/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-tv-shows-ever-top-819499/item/friends-hollywoods-100-favorite-tv-821361 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In August 2019, [[Lego]] launched a Central Perk Lego set to mark the show's 25 anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/08/legos-friends-central-perk-set-is-out-today-and-could-we-be-anymore-excited/|title=Lego's Friends Central Perk Set is Out Next Month And Could We BE Anymore Excited|last=Pritchard|first=Tom|date=August 6, 2019|work=[[Gizmondo]] UK|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808182628/https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/08/legos-friends-central-perk-set-is-out-today-and-could-we-be-anymore-excited/|archive-date=August 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Having already made huge success in the [[United States]], ''Friends'' producers decided to air the show in [[Europe]]. It premiered in the [[United Kingdom]] on April 28, 1995.<ref>Edition: 65,253 The Times April 28, 1995</ref> Season 1 was broadcast until September 1995 on [[Channel 4]] at 9:30 PM on Friday nights, and immediately was a success. The popularity of the show allowed the theme song by the Rembrandts to hit number 3 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]s in September 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19950903/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=April 25, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116035559/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19950903/7501/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The popularity of the show in Britain led to an episode being produced in London at the end of the fourth season, starring British actress [[Helen Baxendale]], who became a leading cast member in seasons four and five during her character's relationship with Ross. The show has since aired on different channels in the UK in their original, unedited international versions prior to their being re-edited for US broadcast and syndication. These versions, with additional footage not seen domestically, have aired on such stations as Channel 4, [[Sky One|Sky1]], [[E4 (channel)|E4]], and [[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central UK]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/576172.stm |title=Ross and Phoebe "quitting ''Friends''" |access-date=January 1, 2009 |date=December 23, 1999 |work=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206232242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/576172.stm |archive-date=February 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/568283.stm |title=Channel 4's £100m ''Friends'' deal |access-date=January 1, 2009 |date=December 16, 1999 |work=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522073133/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/568283.stm |archive-date=May 22, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7204518/Channel-4-to-stop-showing-Friends-after-15-years.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |title=Channel 4 to stop showing ''Friends'' after 15 years |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=May 3, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213120246/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7204518/Channel-4-to-stop-showing-Friends-after-15-years.html |archive-date=February 13, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/3757901.stm |title=''Friends'' finale draws record 8.6m |access-date=January 1, 2009 |date=May 29, 2004 |work=BBC News |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116035533/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3757901.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/news/friends-on-comedy-central-launches-1st-october |title=Same time, different channel. |access-date=September 4, 2011 |date=September 2, 2011 |publisher=Comedy Central |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925092700/http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/news/friends-on-comedy-central-launches-1st-october |archive-date=September 25, 2011 }}</ref>
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Season 10's finale in the UK, broadcast on May 28, 2004, was on Channel 4. It was broadcast from 9 pm to 10 pm and attracted ''Friends''' largest UK audiences. It attracted almost 10 million viewers, and is currently standing at Number 10 in Channel 4's most-watched shows. ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]]'' was moved to 10 pm, which ''Friends'' had beaten. ''Friends'' got 9.6 million viewers at 9 pm, while ''[[Big Brother (British series 5)|Big Brother 5]]''{{'}}s launch attracted 7.2 million viewers at 10 pm, which is the most-watched premiere on UK TV ever. However, on January 3, 2007, ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 5)|Celebrity Big Brother 5]]''{{'}}s launch was watched by 7.3 million viewers, and its eviction on January 19, 2007, was watched by 8.7 million viewers.
''Friends'' has previously aired in [[Australia]] on the [[Seven Network]] (season 1), [[Nine Network]] (season 2–10), [[Network Ten]] (2007–09, repeats), [[Arena (TV network)|Arena]], [[111 (TV channel)|111 Hits]], [[9Gem]] (2012–2018, repeats), and [[Fox Crime (Australian TV channel)|TVHits]]. It currently airs on [[10 Peach]] and on pay TV channel [[Comedy (TV channel)|Comedy]], both of which broadcast the high-definition version of the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/16/1100574459814.html?from=storyrhs |title=Rewind |access-date=January 1, 2009 |author=Warneke, Ross |date=November 18, 2004 |work=The Age |location=Melbourne, Australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215163738/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/16/1100574459814.html?from=storyrhs |archive-date=February 15, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/ten-in-trouble-at-7pm/story-e6frfmqr-1111117966907 |title=Channel Ten seriously in trouble at 7 pm timeslot |access-date=April 6, 2012 |date=November 7, 2008 |publisher= [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |work=[[news.com.au]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625231539/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/ten-in-trouble-at-7pm/story-e6frfmqr-1111117966907 |archive-date=June 25, 2013 }}</ref> The show is broadcast on [[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]] in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tv2_minisite_index_skin/tv2_friends_group |title=''Friends'' |access-date=January 1, 2009 |publisher=[[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204023045/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tv2_minisite_index_skin/tv2_friends_group |archive-date=February 4, 2009 }}</ref>
In [[Canada]], the series was broadcast on [[Global Television Network|Global]]. In later years, it was syndicated on several of its cable sibling networks, including [[Slice (TV channel)|Slice]], [[DTour]], and TVTropolis, its previous incarnation.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdWAVxqSHYI|title=Global Television Network – Friends Bumper version 1|date=November 29, 2009|work=YouTube|access-date=April 12, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523200905/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdWAVxqSHYI|archive-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slice.ca/friends/|title=Friends|work=slice.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152022/http://www.slice.ca/friends/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref> The series is now syndicated to [[Bell Media]] owned [[CTV Comedy Channel]].
In [[Latin America]], the first seven seasons aired on [[Sony Channel (Latin American TV channel)|Sony]], and the remaining seasons on [[Warner Channel|Warner]].<ref>[https://www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/01-11/01-11-02/pag29.htm "Lograremos que no extrañen a 'Friends'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116035453/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/01-11/01-11-02/pag29.htm |date=November 16, 2020 }} – Roque Casciero, Página 12, November 2, 2001</ref> In Brazil, free-to-air networks [[RedeTV!]] and [[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]] also aired a few seasons.
In [[India]], the show is broadcast by [[Comedy Central (Indian TV channel)|Comedy Central]] at various times. It is the most-watched English language show in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/dDVVsqf2rxjIcyo7u24g8I/What-India-watched-in-English-entertainment-between-January.html|title=Friends most watched English show on Indian TV in January–June|last=Choudhary|first=Vidhi|date=July 11, 2016|website=[[Live Mint]]|publisher=[[HT Media Ltd]]|location=New Delhi|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070740/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/dDVVsqf2rxjIcyo7u24g8I/What-India-watched-in-English-entertainment-between-January.html|archive-date=January 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the [[Philippines]], the show was originally aired on [[The 5 Network|ABC-5]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/television/2021/5/7/why-im-still-watching-friends.html|title=Why I'm still watching 'Friends' (and you probably shouldn't)|publisher=CNN Philippines|access-date=May 7, 2021|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507103146/https://cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/television/2021/5/7/why-im-still-watching-friends.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2004/09/12/264441/145must146-shows-abc-5/amp/|title='Must' shows on ABC 5|date=September 12, 2004 |publisher=PhilStar Global|access-date=September 12, 2004|archive-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101132442/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2004/09/12/264441/145must146-shows-abc-5/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
from 1996 to 2005 and [[ETC (Philippine TV network)|ETC]] from 2005 to 2014.
In [[Greece]], the show was broadcast on [[Star Channel (Greek TV channel)|Star Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.star.gr/tv/shows/ta-filarakia-friends/ |title=Κωμωδία | Τα Φιλαρακια (Friends) | Star Tv |publisher=Star Channel |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031225/http://www.star.gr/tv/shows/ta-filarakia-friends/ |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Cyprus, ''Friends'' aired on [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation|CyBC 2]] while reruns air on [[TVOne Cyprus|TVOne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.megatv.com.cy/cgibin/hweb?-A=136828&-V=megatvshows&_VPR=136959 |title=Friends – Τα Φιλαρακια |publisher=TVOne |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090228/http://www.megatv.com.cy/cgibin/hweb?-A=136828&-V=megatvshows&_VPR=136959 |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In November 2019 [[Croatia]]n television broadcaster [[RTL 2 (Croatia)|RTL2]] announced that they will be airing ''Friends'', and to this day they are shown every late night<ref>{{cite web |last1=RTL.HR |title=The most famous "Friends" in the world are coming to RTL2 |url=https://www.rtl.hr/show/tv-zvijezde/najpoznatiji-prijatelji-na-svijetu-od-25-studenoga-na-rtl2-e14dedac-b9f2-11ec-834e-0242ac120065 |website=RTL.HR |access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>
In 2022, [[Bilibili]], [[iQIYI]], [[Tencent Video]], and [[Youku]] began distributing edited ''Friends'' episodes in [[China]]. These edited versions of episodes removed most [[LGBT]] content, not edited in original Chinese airings. Chinese fans of the show reacted negatively online.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-fans-friends-angry-after-show-re-released-with-censorship-2022-02-13/|title=Chinese fans of 'Friends' angry after show re-released with censorship|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=February 13, 2022|access-date=2022-02-13|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214024052/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-fans-friends-angry-after-show-re-released-with-censorship-2022-02-13/|url-status=live}}</ref> === Remaster ===
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The second complete series boxset was released August 21, 2013 and was a red box which contained the 2010 individual season sets inside. On October 1, 2014, was the 20th Anniversary boxset, this was a white box and contained the same 2010 individual releases inside. On October 7, 2015, another boxset was released 'The One With All Ten Seasons", the same name used on the original boxset, however this time slimmed down and contains the 2010 individual releases inside. The outer box is open on insert side for the cases to slide in and out, more of a budget release. In 2016, a repackaged 'The Complete Series' Blu-ray boxset was issued, containing the same 10 individual seasons in the original set, however the box is more cut down and is opened on one side, and also does not include the book that contained the episode guide.
The entire series will be released on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] on September 24, 2024.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34598 |title=Friends: The Complete Series 4K Blu-ray |access-date=2024-05-30 |via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>
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== Spin-off ==
{{Main|Joey (TV series)}}
[[File:Matt LeBlanc 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|LeBlanc hoped that by having his own show, ''[[Joey (TV series)|Joey]]'', "probably the least evolved character" on ''Friends'' would become more developed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2004-09-05/entertainment/18270318_1_shana-goldberg-meehan-matt-leblanc-joey-tribbiani |title=Matt LeBlanc's ''Joey'' goes West to seek fame & fortune |access-date=January 4, 2009 |author=Endrst, James |date=September 5, 2004 |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |url-status=
After the series finale in 2004, LeBlanc signed on for the spin-off series, ''[[Joey (TV series)|Joey]]'', following Joey's move to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. Kauffman and Crane were not interested in the spin-off, although Bright agreed to executive produce the series with Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-07-23-joey_x.htm |title=NBC has sitcom plans for ''Friends'' pal Joey |access-date=December 30, 2008 |author=Levin, Gary |date=July 24, 2003 |work=USA Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124143800/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-07-23-joey_x.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> NBC heavily promoted ''Joey'' and gave it ''Friends''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Thursday 8:00 pm timeslot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/10/joey.debut/ |title=''Joey'' finds new friends on NBC |access-date=January 4, 2009 |date=September 10, 2004 |work=CNN|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122070106/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/10/joey.debut/ |archive-date=January 22, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.jsonline.com/enter/tvradio/jul04/242989.asp |title=''Joey'' co-star looking for sitcom laughs |access-date=January 4, 2009 |author=Weintraub, Joanne |date=July 11, 2004 |newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209060112/http://www.jsonline.com/enter/tvradio/jul04/242989.asp |archive-date=February 9, 2006 }}</ref>
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