The American sitcom ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Li ...

'' was created by David Crane and

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, and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television for NBC. The series began with the

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, which was broadcast on September 22, 1994; the series finished its ten-season run on May 6, 2004, with 236 episodes. On average, they are 22–23 minutes long, for a 30-minute time slot including commercial breaks. The series narrative follows six friends living and working in New York City:

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, Monica Geller,

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, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Geller played by

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, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer respectively. All episodes were filmed at Warner Bros. Studios in

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. The fourth season finale, " The One with Ross's Wedding", however, was filmed on location in

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, UK in front of a British studio audience. In addition to the episodes, three specials were produced. In ''Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen'', broadcast following "The One with Joey's New Brain" on February 15, 2001,

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hosted a light-hearted discussion with the main cast on the Central Perk set – the fictional coffee house which featured prominently in the series. The special introduced outtakes from past episodes. The two-part retrospective special ''The One with All the Other Ones'' was broadcast before the one-hour series finale " The Last One" on May 6, 2004, and features clips from past episodes and interviews with the cast. All episodes have been released on VHS, DVD,

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, and

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Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1994–95)

Season 2 (1995–96)

Season 3 (1996–97)

Season 4 (1997–98)

Season 5 (1998–99)

Season 6 (1999–2000)

Season 7 (2000–01)

Season 8 (2001–02)

Season 9 (2002–03)

Season 10 (2003–04)

* denotes a "super-sized" 40-minute episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 28 minutes).

Friends: The Reunion (2021)

Ratings

The large spike in season 2 is for the double episode "

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" which aired after

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Notes

References

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External links

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