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1. www.nbcnews.com › id › wbna4899445'Friends' creators share show's beginnings - NBC News

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   But as Kauffman and Crane began to write the pilot script for a show now titled "Friends Like Us,” some early plans started to shift. The biggest was a love story pitched to NBC, that never...

2. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk › entry › this-is-whatThis Is What Friends Was Almost Called – And We’re Stunned

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   Mar 14, 2024 · While NBC bought this idea, as the script started coming to life, Kauffman and Crane began to write the pilot script for a show now titled “Friends Like Us” which then became “Six Of...

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3. www.thecut.com › 2019 › 07How I Get It Done: ‘Friends’ Creator Marta Kauffman - The Cut

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   Jul 16, 2019 · Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of “Friends” and Netflix’s “Grace & Frankie,” chats about her routines, what it’s like to be a woman working in television, and life on set. “My alarm goes off at 5 a.m.

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4. www.vanityfair.com › culture › 2012Friends Oral History: Inside the Ratings Juggernaut’s Secret ...

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   Apr 26, 2012 · It was only three years later that we were pitching Friends, so we’d just been living it—that point in your life when your friends are your family. MARTA KAUFFMAN: And we wanted to write ...

5. www.today.com › popculture › tv‘Friends’ Creators Talk About The Show's 30th Anniversary ...

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   Sep 20, 2024 · Kauffman said it was clear that the show’s six stars — Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer — had a connection right from the start.

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6. thescriptlab.com › 1253-interview-marta-kauffmanInterview: Marta Kauffman - The Script Lab

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   Aug 2, 2011 · For years, Marta Kauffman provided us with many Friends. Not only did Friends win six Emmys, including one for Outstanding Comedy Series, but it also garnered 63 nominations; having run for 238 episodes over ten seasons. Kauffman (Five, Friends, Related, Dream On) and co-creator David Crane met at Brandeis University; after college, they ...

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   When did Marta Kauffman & David Crane come out?

   • A year earlier, in 1993, Marta Kauffman and David Crane had pitched their show about a group of friends to NBC, a network on the hunt for something to capture the attentions of a young, urban audience.

   'When you're single and in the city, your friends are your family ... - BBC

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   When did 'friends like us' come out?

   • Out of that feeling came a seven-page pitch in December of 1993, for a show then called "Insomnia Cafe." NBC bought the idea. But as Kauffman and Crane began to write the pilot script for a show now titled "Friends Like Us,” some early plans started to shift. The biggest was a love story pitched to NBC, that never made it to the screen.

   'Friends' creators share show's beginnings - NBC News

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   Did Jamie really want Kauffman & Crane to develop a show?

   • Jamie always wanted Kauffman and Crane to develop a show. JAMIE TARSES (former vice president of comedy development, NBC): That was a great pitch. Marta and David finished each other’s sentences. We’d been hearing so many of those pitches. The six friends was a concept that was around.

   Friends Oral History: Inside the Ratings Juggernaut’s Secret Past

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   How old was David Crane when he started writing the show?

   • WARREN LITTLEFIELD: David and Marta’s script was just as wonderful as the pitch. Smart and funny. MARTA KAUFFMAN: When we finally started doing the show, the writers were so much younger than us that we felt like anthropologists. DAVID CRANE: We were 33 or 34 by then.

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   Who were Kauffman & Crane?

   • Kauffman and Crane were New York playwrights who had moved into television. KAREY BURKE (former prime-time executive, NBC): I remember reading a Kauffman-and-Crane play when I was a secretary at NBC. We tracked them, me and Jamie Tarses. Jamie always wanted Kauffman and Crane to develop a show.

   Friends Oral History: Inside the Ratings Juggernaut’s Secret Past

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   How long did 'friends' last?

   • “Friends,” which flirted with being named “Insomnia Café,” “Six of One” and “Friends Like Us,” lasted for 10 seasons, 236 episodes and has been watched more than 100 billion times across a variety of platforms. After 30 years, “Friends” has reached younger generations other than the one that first made it a hit and a staple of ‘90s culture.

   ‘Friends’ Creators Talk About The Show's 30th Anniversary, EXCLUSIVE

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8. www.bbc.com › culture › article'When you're single and in the city, your friends are your ...

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   Kauffman and Crane had not long moved to LA, leaving behind their own group of close-knit friends in New York City. This – combined with Kaufmann driving past a LA coffee shop full of...