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Friends is an American situation comedy
about a group of six friends living in the New York City borough of
Manhattan that was originally broadcast from 1994 to 2004. It was
created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Kevin S.
Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. One of the most popular
television
series of all time, the show has been broadcast in over
one hundred countries and still continues to attract good ratings for
its episodes in syndication. The final episode of the show remains
one of the largest in terms of television audience numbers in the
U.S.
Friends was created in 1994 by David Crane, who wrote Friends in
Burbank, California, and who got his start working with the legendary
Norman Lear and Marta Kauffman, who served as writer and producer of
Dream On. Friends was aimed at young adults who, during the early
1990s, were identified by their café culture, dating scene and
modern independence.
Two of the series'' stars, Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston, had
already
appeared in several unsuccessful sitcom pilots.
Another, Lisa Kudrow, was also familiar with working on sitcoms
having played Ursula Buffay on Mad About You. In the series, it was
revealed that Ursula was the twin sister of Kudrow''s Friends
character, Phoebe. Kudrow was fired during filming of the pilot of
Frasier after being
cast as Roz.
Courteney Cox was already an accomplished TV and film actress when
she was cast, having appeared in the likes of Ace Ventura: Pet
Detective and had had several minor roles on sitcoms such as Seinfeld
and Family Ties.
David Schwimmer was wanted by the writers of Friends for the part
of Ross Geller from the beginning; having auditioned for Crane and
Kauffman in the past, Schwimmer was said to have a memorable voice
and was most known for his Broadway work, but he also directed some
Friends episodes.
Matt LeBlanc appeared as Vinnie Verducci, the boyfriend of Kelly
Bundy in Married... with Children in the early 1990s and starred in
that sitcom''s short-lived spin-off, Top of the Heap as well as Vinnie
& Bobby, but before that had mainly been focusing on advertising
and modeling work when he was cast as Joey Tribbiani.
The cast, no matter how it performed earlier, was awesome in
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