List of Friends episodes
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The American sitcom Friends was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television for NBC. The series began with the pilot episode, which was broadcast on September 22, 1994; the series finished its ten-season run on May 6, 2004, with 236 episodes. On average, they are 22–23 minutes long, for a 30-minute time slot including commercial breaks.
The series narrative follows six friends living and working in New York City: Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Phoebe Buffay, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Geller played by Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer respectively. All episodes were filmed at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. The fourth season finale, "The One with Ross's Wedding", however, was filmed on location in London, UK in front of a British studio audience.[1]
In addition to the episodes, three specials were produced. In Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen, broadcast following "The One with Joey's New Brain" on February 15, 2001, Conan O'Brien hosted a light-hearted discussion with the main cast on the Central Perk set – the fictional coffee house which featured prominently in the series. The special introduced outtakes from past episodes. The two-part retrospective special The One with All the Other Ones was broadcast before the one-hour series finale "The Last One" on May 6, 2004, and features clips from past episodes and interviews with the cast. All episodes have been released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, and HBO Max.
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 24 | September 22, 1994 | May 18, 1995 | ||
| 2 | 24 | September 21, 1995 | May 16, 1996 | ||
| 3 | 25 | September 19, 1996 | May 15, 1997 | ||
| 4 | 24 | September 25, 1997 | May 7, 1998 | ||
| 5 | 24 | September 24, 1998 | May 20, 1999 | ||
| 6 | 25 | September 23, 1999 | May 18, 2000 | ||
| 7 | 24 | October 12, 2000 | May 17, 2001 | ||
| 8 | 24 | September 27, 2001 | May 16, 2002 | ||
| 9 | 24 | September 26, 2002 | May 15, 2003 | ||
| 10 | 18 | September 25, 2003 | May 6, 2004 | ||
| The Next One | April 2021 | ||||
Episodes[edit]
Season 1 (1994–95)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Pilot"[lower-alpha 1] | James Burrows | David Crane & Marta Kauffman | September 22, 1994 | 456650 | 21.5[13] |
| 2 | 2 | "The One with the Sonogram at the End" | James Burrows | David Crane & Marta Kauffman | September 29, 1994 | 456652 | 20.2[13] |
| 3 | 3 | "The One with the Thumb" | James Burrows | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz | October 6, 1994 | 456651 | 19.5[13] |
| 4 | 4 | "The One with George Stephanopoulos" | James Burrows | Alexa Junge | October 13, 1994 | 456654 | 19.7[13] |
| 5 | 5 | "The One with the East German Laundry Detergent" | Pamela Fryman | Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss | October 20, 1994 | 456653 | 18.6[13] |
| 6 | 6 | "The One with the Butt" | Arlene Sanford | Adam Chase & Ira Ungerleider | October 27, 1994 | 456655 | 18.2[13] |
| 7 | 7 | "The One with the Blackout" | James Burrows | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz | November 3, 1994 | 456656 | 23.5[13] |
| 8 | 8 | "The One Where Nana Dies Twice" | James Burrows | Marta Kauffman & David Crane | November 10, 1994 | 456657 | 21.1[13] |
| 9 | 9 | "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" | James Burrows | Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss | November 17, 1994 | 456659 | 23.1[13] |
| 10 | 10 | "The One with the Monkey" | Peter Bonerz | Adam Chase & Ira Ungerleider | December 15, 1994 | 456661 | 19.9[13] |
| 11 | 11 | "The One with Mrs. Bing" | James Burrows | Alexa Junge | January 5, 1995 | 456660 | 26.6[13] |
| 12 | 12 | "The One with the Dozen Lasagnas" | Paul Lazarus | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz & Adam Chase & Ira Ungerleider | January 12, 1995 | 456658 | 24.0[13] |
| 13 | 13 | "The One with the Boobies" | Alan Myerson | Alexa Junge | January 19, 1995 | 456664 | 25.8[13] |
| 14 | 14 | "The One with the Candy Hearts" | James Burrows | Bill Lawrence | February 9, 1995 | 456667 | 23.8[13] |
| 15 | 15 | "The One with the Stoned Guy" | Alan Myerson | Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss | February 16, 1995 | 456663 | 24.8[13] |
| 16 | 16 | "The One with Two Parts: Part 1" | Michael Lembeck | Marta Kauffman & David Crane | February 23, 1995 | 456665A | 26.1[13] |
| 17 | 17 | "The One with Two Parts: Part 2" | Michael Lembeck | Marta Kauffman & David Crane | February 23, 1995 | 456665B | 30.5[13] |
| 18 | 18 | "The One with All the Poker" | James Burrows | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz | March 2, 1995 | 456662 | 30.4[13] |
| 19 | 19 | "The One Where the Monkey Gets Away" | Peter Bonerz | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz | March 9, 1995 | 456668 | 29.4[13] |
| 20 | 20 | "The One with the Evil Orthodontist" | Peter Bonerz | Doty Abrams | April 6, 1995 | 456669 | 30.0[13] |
| 21 | 21 | "The One with the Fake Monica" | Gail Mancuso | Adam Chase & Ira Ungerleider | April 27, 1995 | 456671 | 28.4[13] |
| 22 | 22 | "The One with the Ick Factor" | Robby Benson | Alexa Junge | May 4, 1995 | 456670 | 29.9[13] |
| 23 | 23 | "The One with the Birth" | James Burrows | Story by : David Crane & Marta Kauffman Teleplay by : Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss | May 11, 1995 | 456672 | 28.7[13] |
| 24 | 24 | "The One Where Rachel Finds Out" | Kevin S. Bright | Chris Brown | May 18, 1995 | 456673 | 31.3[13] |
Season 2 (1995–96)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "The One with Ross's New Girlfriend" | Michael Lembeck | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz | September 21, 1995 | 457301 | 32.1[14] |
| 26 | 2 | "The One with the Breast Milk" | Michael Lembeck | Adam Chase & Ira Ungerleider | September 28, 1995 | 457302 | 29.8[14] |
| 27 | 3 | "The One Where Heckles Dies" | Kevin S. Bright | Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins | October 5, 1995 | 457303 | 30.2[14] |
| 28 | 4 | "The One with Phoebe's Husband" | Gail Mancuso | Alexa Junge | October 12, 1995 | 457305 | 28.1[14] |
| 29 | 5 | "The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant" | Ellen Gittelsohn | Chris Brown | October 19, 1995 | 457304 | 28.3[14] |
| 30 | 6 | "The One with the Baby on the Bus" | Gail Mancuso | Betsy Borns | November 2, 1995 | 457306 | 30.2[14] |
| 31 | 7 | "The One Where Ross Finds Out" | Peter Bonerz | Michael Borkow | November 9, 1995 | 457307 | 30.5[14] |
| 32 | 8 | "The One with the List" | Mary Kay Place | David Crane & Marta Kauffman | November 16, 1995 | 457308 | 32.9[14] |
| 33 | 9 | "The One with Phoebe's Dad" | Kevin S. Bright | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz | December 14, 1995 | 457309 | 27.8[14] |
| 34 | 10 | "The One with Russ" | Thomas Schlamme | Ira Ungerleider | January 4, 1996 | 457311 | 32.2[14] |
| 35 | 11 | "The One with the Lesbian Wedding" | Thomas Schlamme | Doty Abrams | January 18, 1996 | 457312 | 31.6[14] |
| 36 37 | 12 13 | "The One After the Superbowl" | Michael Lembeck | Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz Michael Borkow | January 28, 1996[lower-alpha 2] | 457313 457314 | 52.9[14] |
| 38 | 14 | "The One with the Prom Video" | James Burrows | Alexa Junge | February 1, 1996 | 457310 | 33.6[14] |
| 39 | 15 | "The One Where Ross and Rachel...You Know" | Michael Lembeck | Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins | February 8, 1996 | 457315 | 32.9[14] |
| 40 | 16 | "The One Where Joey Moves Out" | Michael Lembeck | Betsy Borns | February 15, 1996 | 457316 | 31.1[14] |
| 41 | 17 | "The One Where Eddie Moves In" | Michael Lembeck | Adam Chase | February 22, 1996 | 457317 | 30.2[14] |
| 42 | 18 | "The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies" | Michael Lembeck | Story by : Alexa Junge Teleplay by : Michael Borkow | March 21, 1996 | 457318 | 30.1[14] |
| 43 | 19 | "The One Where Eddie Won't Go" | Michael Lembeck | Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins | March 28, 1996 | 457319 | 31.2[14] |
| 44 | 20 | "The One Where Old Yeller Dies" | Michael Lembeck | Story by : Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins Teleplay by : Adam Chase | April 4, 1996 | 457320 | 27.4[14] |
| 45 | 21 | "The One with the Bullies" | Michael Lembeck | Brian Buckner & Sebastian Jones | April 25, 1996 | 457321 | 24.7[14] |
| 46 | 22 | "The One with the Two Parties" | Michael Lembeck | Alexa Junge | May 2, 1996 | 457322 | 25.5[14] |
| 47 | 23 | "The One with the Chicken Pox" | Michael Lembeck | Brown Mandell | May 9, 1996 | 457324 | 26.1[14] |
| 48 | 24 | "The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding" | Michael Lembeck | Story by : Ira Ungerleider Teleplay by : Brown Mandell | May 16, 1996 | 457323 | 29.0[14] |
Season 3 (1996–97)[edit]
Season 4 (1997–98)[edit]
Season 5 (1998–99)[edit]
Season 6 (1999–2000)[edit]
Season 7 (2000–01)[edit]
Season 8 (2001–02)[edit]
Season 9 (2002–03)[edit]
Season 10 (2003–04)[edit]
- ^† denotes a "super-sized" 40-minute episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 28 minutes).
The Next One[edit]
| Title | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (22) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Next One" | David Crane | April 2021 | N/A | |
| The actors of Ross, Joey, Chandler, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe will return to the set of Monica's Apartment in a HBO Max Reunion special, to be taped in April of 2021. Though the six will be themselves not their characters, a specific section of the reunion will see the six of them "reading something" said by David Schwimmer. | ||||
Ratings[edit]
Friends : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research.[citation needed]
| Season | Episode number | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 21.5 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 23.5 | 21.1 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 26.6 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 24.8 | 26.1 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 29.4 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 29.9 | 28.7 | 31.3 | N/A | |
| 2 | 32.1 | 29.8 | 30.2 | 28.1 | 28.3 | 30.2 | 30.5 | 32.9 | 27.8 | 32.2 | 31.6 | 52.9 | 52.9 | 33.6 | 32.9 | 31.1 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 31.2 | 27.4 | 24.7 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 29.0 | N/A | |
| 3 | 26.8 | 26.7 | 25.2 | 26.1 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 27.4 | 28.7 | 29.3 | 25.1 | 29.8 | 29.6 | 28.0 | 28.9 | 27.3 | 28.3 | 25.8 | 28.1 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 22.6 | 24.2 | 23.1 | 28.8 | |
| 4 | 29.4 | 25.5 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 25.7 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 23.9 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 27.1 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 23.2 | 31.6 | 31.6 | N/A | |
| 5 | 31.1 | 25.4 | 26.8 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 25.0 | 24.4 | 23.9 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 27.0 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 27.7 | 29.3 | 26.0 | 24.5 | 21.9 | 20.9 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 25.9 | 25.9 | N/A | |
| 6 | 27.7 | 22.9 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 19.2 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 22.1 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 30.7 | 30.7 | |
| 7 | 25.54 | 27.93 | 22.70 | 22.66 | 24.43 | 22.01 | 23.73 | 16.57 | 21.08 | 23.26 | 24.37 | 22.86 | 22.24 | 22.40 | 21.75 | 21.22 | 20.84 | 17.81 | 16.55 | 16.30 | 15.65 | 17.23 | 30.05 | 30.05 | N/A | |
| 8 | 31.70 | 30.04 | 29.20 | 25.58 | 25.64 | 26.96 | 24.24 | 26.54 | 24.24 | 22.44 | 23.85 | 25.53 | 29.24 | 28.64 | 28.64 | 27.52 | 26.30 | 22.05 | 22.59 | 22.24 | 23.97 | 24.32 | 34.91 | 34.91 | N/A | |
| 9 | 34.01 | 28.93 | 26.63 | 25.82 | 24.46 | 27.51 | 25.35 | 26.76 | 25.43 | 22.29 | 23.67 | 23.66 | 25.82 | 23.37 | 20.85 | 19.52 | 21.00 | 20.79 | 18.25 | 20.71 | 19.03 | 19.55 | 25.46 | 25.46 | N/A | |
| 10 | 24.54 | 22.38 | 21.87 | 18.77 | 19.37 | 20.38 | 20.21 | 20.66 | 25.49 | 26.68 | 24.91 | 25.90 | 24.27 | 22.83 | 22.64 | 24.51 | 52.46 | 52.46 | N/A | |||||||
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Alternative titles given to the pilot episode are "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate", "The One Where It All Began" and "The First One".[12]
- ↑ These episodes originally aired as a single double-length episode but are sometimes split into two episodes for syndication, reruns and DVD presentation.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Company Focus: Fountain Studios". The Production Guide. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
- ↑ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1994.htm
- ↑ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1995.htm
- ↑ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm
- ↑ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1997.htm
- ↑ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1998.htm
- ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/9946/us-jahrescharts-1999-2000
- ↑ http://fbibler.chez.com/tvstats/recent_data/2000-01.html
- ↑ https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2002/2002-05-28-year-end-chart.htm
- ↑ "Nielsen's TOP 156 Shows for 2002–03 – rec.arts.tv | Google Groups". Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". September 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ↑ Sangster & Bailey, p. 11.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 "Friends Nielsen Ratings Archive - Season One". Newmusicandmore.tripod.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 "Friends Nielsen Ratings Archive - Season Two". Newmusicandmore.tripod.com. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
General
- Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer (actors), David Crane, Marta Kauffman (writers) (28 September 2009). Friends – Season 1–10 Complete Collection (15th Anniversary) (DVD). Warner Home Video. ASIN B002CYIR0M.
Further reading[edit]
- Moses, Robert P. (1997). "1996–97". The 1998 A & E Entertainment Almanac. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 039588277X. Search this book on
- Sangster, Jim; Bailey, David (2000). Friends Like Us: The Unofficial Guide to Friends (Second ed.). London: Virgin Publishing. ISBN 0753504391. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- List of Friends episodes on IMDb
- List of Friends episodes at TV.com
- Friends at epguides.com
