Friends 

Follows the personal and professional lives of six 20 to 30-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan.

Creators:

David Crane, Marta Kauffman

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Top Rated TV #39 | Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 68 wins & 211 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green 236 episodes, 1994-2004
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller / ... 236 episodes, 1994-2004
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay / ... 236 episodes, 1994-2004
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani 236 episodes, 1994-2004
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing 236 episodes, 1994-2004
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller / ... 236 episodes, 1994-2004
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther 160 episodes, 1994-2004

Storyline

Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay are six 20 something year-olds, living off of one another in the heart of New York City. Over the course of ten years, this average group of buddies goes through massive mayhem, family trouble, past and future romances, fights, laughs, tears and surprises as they learn what it really means to be a friend.

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Plot Keywords:

friendship | friend | divorce | roommate | famous opening theme | 

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Taglines:

They're the Friends we've grown to love...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English Dutch Italian French

Release Date:

22 September 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Across the Hall

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 5,280 min (Entire series)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Aside from the main cast, the only characters to appear in every season are Gunther (James Michael Tyler), Jack Geller (Elliott Gould), Judy Geller (Christina Pickles), and Janice (Maggie Wheeler).

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Goofs

Lisa Kudrow visably flinches after doing one of the "Phoebe being mistaken for her pornstar sister" jokes.

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Quotes

Chandler: You wanna tell secrets? Okay. In college, Ross used to wear leg warmers.
Ross: All right. Chandler entered a Vanilla Ice look-a-like contest and won.
Chandler: Ross came in fourth and cried.
Ross: Chandler got drunk one night and slept with the woman who cleaned our dorm.
Chandler: That was you.
Ross: Whatever dude. You kissed a guy.

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Crazy Credits

When the "The One That Could Have Been" was divided into two parts for syndication, a sequence was added that had the ending credits superimposed. It shows fat Monica dancing to some music while eating some food. The original hourlong airing of "The One That Could Have Been" did not have the credits at the end of the first half hour and this scene was not involved.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41 (2005)

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Soundtracks

Smelly Cat
Written by Adam Chase
Performed by Lisa Kudrow

User Reviews

The greatest show on television

Friends is an excellent tv show. All of the actors are excellent!

People are saying they don't understand it, which confuses me. It's great entertainment! Friends are talking and living their life, and you see what goes on. It's going to be hell when it is finally over! The writers are the best I have seen. How could it be a horrible show when actresses such as Jennifer Aniston have won Golden Globes because of her work in it. No one who has watched this show once can say they did not laugh their ass off at least once during the 30 minute period!