Project 3: TV Time

About the Show

Friends is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004.

The show is set in Manhattan and revolves around a group of six friends in their 20s and 30s as they navigate through the ups and downs of life, love, career, and friendship.

About the Seasons and Episodes

Friends spans across 10 seasons, with each season containing between 17-25 episodes (multi-part episodes are combined). There are 227 episodes in total.

About the Characters

Main characters:

• Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston): The fashionable, charismatic barista
• Monica Geller (Courteney Cox): The energetic, neat-freak chef
• Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow): The eccentric and free-spirited masseuse
• Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc): The actor with a love of food
• Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry): The sarcastic, comedic office worker
• Ross Geller (David Schwimmer): The goofy, lovable paleontologist

Prominent side characters:

• Janice Litman-Goralnik (Maggie Wheeler): Chandler's on-again, off-again girlfriend
• Gunther (James Michael Tyler): The manager of Central Perk
• Richard Burke (Tom Selleck): An older love interest of Monica's and a family friend of the Geller's
• Mike Hannigan (Paul Rudd): Phoebe's love interest and eventual husband
• Emily Waltham (Helen Baxendale): Ross's second wife from England