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Friends

"I'll be there for you."

8.4
10 seasons
228 episodes
Ended
Comedy

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:September 22, 1994
Last Aired:May 6, 2004
Episode Runtime:Unknown
Networks:
NBC
Created By:
Marta Kauffman, David Crane

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (11)

Season 1
7.9

Season 1

24 episodes

Aired: 1994

The first season introduces the six main characters who live in New York City: Rachel Green, a waitress; professional chef Monica Geller; her paleontologist brother, Ross Geller; free-spirited masseuse Phoebe Buffay; struggling actor Joey Tribbiani; and Ross's college friend, Chandler Bing, whose precise occupation at a corporation is unknown. Rachel arrives at Central Perk, wearing her wedding dress, after leaving her fiancé, Barry Farber, an orthodontist, at the altar. She moves into her high school friend Monica's apartment, and gets a waitress job at Central Perk.

Season 2
8.1

Season 2

24 episodes

Aired: 1995

Season 3
8.2

Season 3

25 episodes

Aired: 1996

Season 4
8.2

Season 4

23 episodes

Aired: 1997

Season 5
8.3

Season 5

23 episodes

Aired: 1998

Season 6
8.2

Season 6

23 episodes

Aired: 1999

Season 7
8.2

Season 7

23 episodes

Aired: 2000

Season 8
8.4

Season 8

23 episodes

Aired: 2001

Season 9
8.3

Season 9

23 episodes

Aired: 2002

Season 10
8.5

Season 10

17 episodes

Aired: 2003

Production

Warner Bros. Television

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions