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- Friends aired on NBC for 10 seasons between 1994 and 2004. The last episode had an audience of over 52 million people, one of the largest in television history.
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Friends isn't the most watched program. The Apollo 11 moon landing with 120-150 million viewers stands as the most-watched TV program in the world so far. Nonetheless, Friends has seen a rise in popularity in recent times. People are still watching and relating to the show, according to Marta Kauffman, who co-created the show with David Crane.
Mar 19, 2021 · USA Today reports that the NBC sitcom, which ended 17 (!) years, “was the most-watched comedy on broadcast or cable TV, with 96.7 billion minutes viewed, a 30 percent jump from 2019.”
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The series finale aired on May 6, 2004, and was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fifth-most-watched series finale in television history [4] [5] [6] and the most-watched television episode of the 2000s.
May 6, 2024 · The finale was watched by thousands of people together at a New York event; the cost of commercials during the finale reached $2 million for just 30 seconds of airtime [via NBC News]. This wasn't just a normal ending, it was the Super Bowl of sitcoms.
- Son 7 - 14.2
- Son 6 - 15.2
- Son 9 - 15.2
- Son 5 - 16.5
- Son 8 - 16.5
- Son 10 - 16.8
- Son 1 - 16.9
- Son 4 - 16.9
- Son 3 - 17.5
- Son 2 - 20.5
Season 7 has a few fan-favorite episodes, such as "The One With The Nap Partners," where Joey and Ross fight the temptation to snuggle with each other to take a nap. The most popular episode of that season, however, was the finale, "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding," which was one of the most important episodes for Chandler and Monica. Wh...
Season 6 had a lot of quotable moments, such as in "The One with Unagi" and Bruce Willis's hilarious moment in front of the mirror in "The One Where Paul is The Man." However, the ratings for this season didn't really get high until the final episode, "The One with the Proposal." where Monica and Chandler finally get engaged. While it ended strong,...
This season started strong, picking right up in the hospital after Rachel gave birth to her baby. In that episode "The One Where no one Proposes," Joey accidentally proposes to Rachel, and she surprised everyone by saying yes. RELATED: Encanto Characters & Their Friends Counterparts As the season went on, however, viewership started to slightly fal...
This is another season that started off stronger than it ended. In the first episode, "The One After Ross Says Rachel," viewers were anxious about what the result of the disastrous wedding would be. Between Ross and Emily's relationship ending, Monica and Chandlers just starting, and Rachel being unsure where she stood, there was a lot for audience...
Season 8 starts with the second half of Monica and Chandler's wedding and the long-awaited answer to whether or not Rachel is pregnant. Naturally, this meant that the show's first episode started with high ratings. The rest of the season did well too, with quite a lot going on for everyone. Monica and Chandler were figuring out newly wed life, and ...
There was a lot to wrap up in the 10th and final season of the show. Audiences got to see Rachel and Joey try out a relationship, Phoebe marry her soulmate Mike, and the birth of Monica and Chandler's twins. Season 10 also had some memorable episodes that were a little less focal to the plot, such as "The One with Ross's Tan," and "The One Where th...
This season is the first that audiences fell in love with. It was full of development for the characters that fans were just starting to get to know, and a lot of very memorable moments, such as in "The One with the Blackout," which established Chandler as one of the funniest characters, and "The One Where Nana Dies Twice." The final episode of the...
Season 4 had a lot going on for audiences to enjoy. It started strong with the popular "The One with the Jellyfish," and continued on to cover Phoebe's pregnancy with her brother's triplets, Ross's engagement to Emily, and Rachel battling with her feeling over Ross. RELATED: Ross Geller's 10 Best Moments From Friends Season 1, Ranked The finale for...
There were a lot of emotions stirring around in season 3, with Ross and Rachel going through their famous break-up in "The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break," which has a rating of 18.3. Ross and Rachel weren't the only characters of interest, however. Monica meets up with Richard again, Phoebe meets her brother Frank Jr., and Joey and Chandle...
Season 2 had the challenge of keeping the success of the show's first season rolling, and it seems to have done just that. It had the show's single most viewed episode, "The One After the Super Bowl," which is so named because it held the timeslot immediately after that year's Super Bowl game. A record 52.9 million viewers tuned in, watching the ex...
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Sep 5, 2019 · “Friends” debuted on NBC in the fall of 1994, ran for an entire decade, typically had around 25 to 30 million viewers a week (sometimes many more) and now airs in Nickelodeon’s Nick @...
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Nov 7, 2023 · “Friends” was the No. 1 most popular show on U.S. streaming services in the past week, according to new data — coming after news of series star Matthew Perry‘s death.
