"Friends" (1994) TV series 1994-2004

Creators:

David Crane
Marta Kauffman

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Release Date:

22 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

You can never have enough Friends!

Plot:

The lives, loves, and laughs of six young friends living in Manhattan.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Roommate | Paleontologist | Musician | New York City

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 56 wins & 155 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 23	12:00 AM	CW	The One Where Estelle Dies	#10.15
Mon. Nov. 23	12:30 AM	CW	The One With Rachel's Going Away Party	#10.16

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green (238 episodes, 1994-2004)
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller / ... (238 episodes, 1994-2004)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay / ... (238 episodes, 1994-2004)
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani / ... (238 episodes, 1994-2004)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing / ... (238 episodes, 1994-2004)
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller / ... (238 episodes, 1994-2004)
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther (131 episodes, 1994-2004)

Also Known As:

Across the Hall (USA) (working title)
F·R·I·E·N·D·S (USA) (alternative spelling)
Friends Like These (USA) (working title)
Friends Like Us (USA) (working title)
Insomnia Café (USA) (working title)
Six of One (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:18SX (some episodes) | Netherlands:AL | USA:TV-PG (some episodes) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Germany:6 (season 1 & 5) | Germany:o.Al. (Season 2 - 4, 6 - 10) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M (Season 8 Note:s1-7 & 9-11 are PG) | New Zealand:PG (Episodes 1-7 & 9-10) | UK:12 (most episodes) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Finland:S | Ireland:12 | Ireland:15 (some episodes) | Ireland:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 9) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) picture on the wall of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy is a still from the short Leave 'Em Laughing (1928).

Goofs:

Continuity: In one episode Monica says how her brother Ross never told her anything about his sex life or when he lost her virginity, but about two episodes later, he says how he told everyone, including his sister, when he lost his virginity for the first time to Carol.

Quotes:

Rachel: Thank you for my beautiful earrings, they're perfect. I love you.
Ross: Oh, now you can exchange them if you want, okay?
Rachel: Now I love you even more.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Jack Black/The Strokes (#27.11)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Smelly Cat

The best American TV has to offer

'Friends' is simply the best series ever aired. The acting is amazing; after watching a few episodes you stop referring to the actors by their real names altogether, even if they appear in another movie. The characters are addictive, none are completely positive or negative. It would be quite easy to get along with or to be very annoyed by any of them in real life. Yet, all of them together (or even divided in groups) create this amazing chemistry that most people desire and few lucky ones have. The humor is wonderful, no matter what type of humor you like, you will get to a point where you will find at least something absolutely hilarious. There is slapstick, some light humor, some dark humor, some raunchiness, some cheesiness - a little bit of everything. The story is captivating; viewers keep coming back to see what situation fate (being the writers) puts the characters in today. It is truly a television masterpiece.

There are, however, many people who scoff at the mentioning of 'Friends'. My guess is they've never seen or paid attention to the show. It's easy to discard something because "everyone likes it" and be "unique", when in reality the uniqueness is actually bias. Just watch a few episodes with before making any judgements - chances are you'll fall in love with it too. I would have serious doubts about one's sense of humor if I heard that they hated 'Friends'.