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| Friends | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | David Crane Marta Kauffman |
| Starring | Jennifer Aniston Lisa Kudrow Matt LeBlanc Matthew Perry David Schwimmer Courteney Cox |
| Theme music composer | Michael Skloff Allee Willis |
| Opening theme | "I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 236 + Reunion special (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | David Crane Marta Kauffman Kevin S. Bright Michael Borkow (season 4) Michael Curtis (season 5) Adam Chase (season 5–6) Greg Malins (season 5–7) Wil Calhoun (season 7) Scott Silveri (season 8–10) Shana Goldberg-Meehan (season 8–10) Andrew Reich (season 8–10) Ted Cohen (season 8–10) |
| Production locations | Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California |
| Camera setup | Film; multi-camera |
| Running time | 20–22 minutes (per episode) 22–65 minutes (extended DVD episodes) |
| Production companies | Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | June 22, 1994 – May 6, 2004 |
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Friends is an American comedy television show. It ran from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. It is about 6 friends who lived in Manhattan, New York City. They were in their 20s and 30s. The names of the "friends" were: Chandler, Rachel, Phoebe and Joey.
Friends got great reviews through most of its run. It is one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. The series won many awards and was nominated for 63 Primetime Emmy Awards. TV Guide ranked it #21 on their list of the 50 greatest TV shows of all time.
The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. At first, the executive producers were Crane, Kauffman and Kevin Bright. Other producers were brought in during later seasons. In all, there were 236 episodes. There is a spin-off to this show named Joey.
The 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,[1][2][3] and the most-watched television episode of the 2000s decade.[4][5]
A reunion special was released in May 2021 on Warner Bros. Plus.[6]
- ↑ Seemayer, Zach (March 31, 2014). "The 10 Most-Watched TV Series Finales Ever!". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
- ↑ Conradt, Stacy (February 28, 2015). "The 10 Most-Watched Series Finales Ever". Mental Floss. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ↑ Kalin, Natalie (April 29, 2015). "Top 10 Most Watched TV Finales Ever". HuffPost. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ↑ "The shows of the decade". Chicago Tribune. December 4, 2009. Archived from the original on August 12, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
- ↑ Kinon, Cristina. "The Most Watched TV Episode of the Decade Was ... The Series Finale of 'Friends'". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
- ↑ Swift, Andy (May 13, 2021). "Friends Reunion Special Gets May Premiere Date on HBO Max — First Look". TVLine. Retrieved May 13, 2021.