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friends anniversary Sept. 18, 2019

How Friends Decided to Pair Off Monica and ChandlerThe co-writer of the famous London hookup episode walks us through how the couple came to be. (And why they almost didn’t.)

By Josef Adalian
tv history Sept. 18, 2019

The Architects of NBC’s Must-See TV Lineup on How Friends and ER Became LegendsFormer NBC execs Warren Littlefield and Preston Beckman reveal how they built their ‘90s Thursday-night juggernaut.

By Josef Adalian

not central perk Sept. 18, 2019

The Trials and Tribulations of Owning the Restaurant Below the Friends Apartment“I’ve been yelled at a lot because it’s not Central Perk. I’ve been called stupid.”

By Devon Ivie
bad ideas Sept. 18, 2019

I Made Rachel’s English Trifle and Forced My Entire Family to Eat ItWhy, you ask? The better question: Why not?

By Rachel Handler
from the archives Sept. 17, 2019

Is Friends Still the Most Popular Show on TV?Why so many 20-somethings want to stream a 20-year-old sitcom about a bunch of 20-somethings sitting around in a coffee shop.

By Adam Sternbergh
they’ll be there for you Sept. 17, 2019

Celebrate Friends’ Anniversary With These 13 New Behind-the-Scenes StoriesThese newly unearthed gossip tidbits and alternate-universe moments could’ve altered the show’s DNA as we know it.

By Devon Ivie
friends anniversary Sept. 17, 2019

Friends Is a Gen X Show. Why Don’t We Ever Call It That?Baby boomers created it. Millennials and Gen Y kept it popular. But Friends will always be about Gen X.

By Jen Chaney
what could’ve been Sept. 17, 2019

Friends Almost Relocated to Minnesota in a Bizarre Mid-Series TwistYes. You read that right. Minnesota.

By Devon Ivie
unagi can’t turn back time Sept. 13, 2019

Friends’ Showrunners Regret Two Plots, Which, As Ross Knows, Is Better Than 3“There are moments in it that I’m just going, Oh my god, we let that happen? We did it?”

By Devon Ivie
moo points Sept. 13, 2019

Just Shut Up About a Friends Reboot, It’s Never Going to HappenThe showrunners have two reasons why.

By Devon Ivie
book excerpt Aug. 19, 2019

A Party Room and a Prison Cell: Inside the Friends Writer’s RoomIt was like a vampire, forever hungering for fresh blood to suck.

By Saul Austerlitz