Friends (1994)

I'll be there for you.

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

Created by: Marta Kauffman, David Crane

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer

Genre: Comedy

Released: 1994-09-22

Seasons: 10

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Friends (1994): trivia & fun facts

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Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow were cast as Rachel, Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay based on their auditions.
David Crane and Marta Kauffman began developing three new television pilots that would premiere in 1994 after their sitcom Family Album was cancelled by CBS in 1993.
When Matt LeBlanc auditioned for Joey Tribbiani, he put a "different spin" on the character.
The pilot aired between Mad About You and Seinfeld, and was watched by almost 22 million American viewers.
James Michael Tyler appears as Gunther, a barista at Central Perk, in every season of the show, but is only ever credited as a guest star.
Having worked with David Schwimmer in the past, the series creators wrote the character of Ross Geller with him in mind, and he was the first actor cast.
It has been reported that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer each receive about $20 million in annual residuals of syndication income for Friends, however that amount has been disputed.
NBC agreed to pay $10 million to Warner Bros. for the production of each tenth-season episode, the highest price in television history for a 30-minute series.
Rachel first moves in with Monica in season one after nearly marrying Barry Farber.
Series creator David Crane wanted all six actors to be equally prominent, and the series was lauded as being "the first true 'ensemble' show."
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."
Because of syndication revenue, Friends continued to generate approximately $1 billion each year for Warner Bros as of 2015.
The 2016 reruns' US weekly audience, not including streaming, of 16 million would make it a hit on network television were the show still being produced.
In syndication until 2005, Friends had earned $4 million per episode in cash license fees for a total of $944 million.
After the produced pilot lived up to NBC's hopes, the series premiered with the name Friends on September 22, 1994, in the coveted Thursday 8:30 p.m. time slot.

Source: Wikipedia

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