Nine years ago, six new people entered the lives of American citizens and created an image that has touched the hearts, minds, and souls of everyone who knows them. When these six people leave our lives at [possibly] the end of this year, a deep void will set upon many of us. A void that is going to be hard to fill. This all sounds like a bunch of bologna, but for those who follow [religiously] the NBC hit television show Friends, this feeling is all too real. Over the past nine seasons, Americans have grown with the characters and started to identify with them in slight, subtle ways. .
Let's flash back to May 2000, where negotiations to re-sign Friends for two more seasons have turned more unsightly than Ugly Naked Guy. The stars of the show wanted the network to cough up several hundred thousand dollars to each character or they could say bye bye to Must See NBC (Rice 1). NBC complied and again negotiations were on the table in February 2002, only this time the cast was asking for $1 million a show. To some this may seem like such a ridiculous amount for a TV show, but NBC faced either paying the actors their asking price or face dealing with taking away one of the most popular shows in American pop culture history.
Why do Americans love the characters played by Courtney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, and Matt LeBlanc so much? "The secret can't be the plots (there aren't any) or even the dramatic car chase scenes (ditto). It might have something to do with the good writing and a strong concept: six mildly neurotic single twentysomethings in search of a life, with a punch line," Craig Thomashoff said. (Thomashoff 1). Friends appeals to both people in their twenties and to people who have already been there and forgotten. Kevin Bright, executive producer of the show, says that what makes the show so great is that we all see a little piece of our own lives on the screen (Thomashoff 2).
They are like the friends we never had. Friends has remained at or near the top of the Nielsen ratings since it came out. ... The six friends live the life that is stereotypical of Generation X. ... They are like the friends we never had. ... Friends is part of NBC's "Must-See TV,...
I did my project on the popular TV show, Friends. ... I think in some ways, Friends does portray reality but in other ways it doesn't. ... There is a cover shot of the title, "Friends" in front of a city background. ... "Friends" does have an opening theme song. ...
For ten years in a row, over 30 million North American viewers tune into NBC every Thursday night to catch up with the lives of their favourite friends making Friends the number one primetime series. ... I radio hit, giving Friends a jump start to their ratings. ... NBC Studios has maintained an astounding 46% lead in viewers for Friends over CBS's Survivor at 8:00. Official Friends Awards Friends" successfulness is the main reason why it and its cast have accumulated so many awards over their ten years running. ... But Friends doesn't give out this kind of money without ...
For ten years in a row, over 30 million North American viewers tune into NBC every Thursday night to catch up with the lives of their favourite friends making Friends the number one primetime series. ... I radio hit, giving Friends a jump start to their ratings. ... NBC Studios has maintained an astounding 46% lead in viewers for Friends over CBS's Survivor at 8:00. Official Friends Awards Friends" successfulness is the main reason why it and its cast have accumulated so many awards over their ten years running. ... But Friends doesn't give out this kind of money without ...
Quakers, or the Society of Friends, is a religion that emerged in the mid 1600's in England. ... They believe you shouldn't be servants of God, should just be friends with God. ... Pennsylvania was established by a member of the Society of Friends, William Penn (1644-1718), in 1682. William Penn, who was born into an Anglican family, joined the religious Society of Friends at the age of 224. ... The Society of friends was simply put, a religious group that greatly helped shape the Pennsylvania colony....
Friends In life one may come across many people. ... People may say the word friends is to broad. ... Second, there are former friends. ... Many experiences have occurred between two best friends or even a group of best friends. ... Friends come in many ways, but in the opinion of many the come as acquaintances in school, the friends people will lose as they grow older, and best friends who may stray, but never too far away. ...
Of course, we have best friends. ... Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say." ... Our false friends are different from our tolerated friends. ... Our false friends just want the popularity, so they will become friends with whomever. ...
Friends "You will never be a teenager again, so why not make the most of it?" ... One way to make the most of your teenage years is to make as many friends as you can. ... Friends will sharpen you mentally by keeping you alert. ... Friends can also sharpen us socially. ... God places many friends into your life for many different reasons; I believe that each one of my friends in my life are hand picked. ...
