:''For other uses, see Friends (disambiguation).
| format = Sitcom
| runtime = approx. 0:22 (per episode)
| creator = David Crane
Marta Kauffman
| starring = Jennifer Aniston
Courteney Cox Arquette
Lisa Kudrow
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Perry
David Schwimmer
| country = USA
| network = NBC
| first_aired = September 22, 1994
| last_aired = May 6, 2004
| num_episodes = 236
| website = http://www2.warnerbros.com/friendstv/index.html
| imdb_id = 0108778
| tv_com_id =71
| Rating= TV-PG There are L's in some episodes
|}}
'''''Friends''''' was a long-running and widely acclaimed situation comedy about a group of six friends in New York City. It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and ran from 1994 to 2004.
The series focused on the lives of a group of six twenty-somethings (eventually thirty-somethings), consisting of three men and three women living in Greenwich Village. The show was one of the longest-running and most popular sitcoms in American television history, gaining millions of fans all over the world.
The program was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television for NBC in the US, and was first broadcasted on that network. It was followed by a host of other broadcast networks in numerous countries throughout the globe. In the US, the first episode was aired on September 22, 1994, and the last on May 6, 2004.
''Friends'' won many awards during its run, including one Emmy Award (for ''Outstanding Comedy Series'') and six straight People's Choice Awards for ''Favourite Television Comedy Series''.
Background
Alternate titles considered by the show's producers for the series include "Six of One", "Across The Hall", "Insomnia Café", and "Friends Like Us".
Overview
The show focused on the lives of a group of six friends: rich, spoiled "daddy's girl" Rachel Green, learning to make it on her own; neurotically clean chef Monica Geller; wise-cracking office drone Chandler Bing; simple minded actor Joey Tribbiani; nerdy paleontologist Ross Geller, who goes through three failed marriages; and quirky, optimistic masseuse and folk singer-songwriter Phoebe Buffay.
thumb|Joey (left) and Chandler in their apartment
As the plot begins, Rachel has just left her fiancé Barry at the altar and moves in with her childhood best friend, Monica.
The pair live across the hall from Chandler and Joey and hang out with Monica's brother, Ross – who recently divorced his lesbian wife
. Then there is Phoebe
