27 years ago today, ‘Friends’ premiered on NBC.

[Moscow]

The sitcom ran for 10 seasons and received endless acclaim, scoring a total of 62 Emmy nominations and winning Outstanding Comedy Series. It is considered one of the best shows of all time.

[Adriannn]

Waiting for all those who think are so cool for not liking FRIENDS 

Yeah, some of it might be problematic today, but its iconic status cannot be denied. 
 

It is only two years younger than me, so I didn’t watch it during its run. Instead, I finished the 10 seasons during July 2013 

[Jordan Miller]

I'm sorry, 27?!

[popactivity]

Most iconic TV show ever. 

Created by a 'fat' woman and a gay man in case the social justice warriors are coming. 

 

[Princess Britney 007]

One of my favourite for sure. **** the snowflakes. 

[Mar B.]

i used to watch friends everyday religiously while having lunch after school, good memories 

[britney_rocks]

The show is iconic. And the haters will deal. 
 

[Moscow]

7 minutes ago, britney_rocks said:

The show is iconic. And the haters will deal. 
 

People hate this show? It's very loved in my country.

[Stannedforever]

26 minutes ago, Prachi said:

People hate this show? It's very loved in my country.

There is vocal minority calling the show problematic and I've seen even some people wanting to censor/remove episodes. I mean it does have same problems as every other tv-show until like 2005; "fragile masculinity" (as in borderline homophobic jokes), lack of diversity (virtually everyone are white), almost predatory flirting (joey), fat shaming (young monica) etc etc. While I personally do find some of the jokes very dated and some of them really unfunny or offensive, I always try to remember that this show was made from a different time and it reflects different values than that we celebrate nowadays. 

[Moscow]

3 minutes ago, Stannedforever said:

There is vocal minority calling the show problematic and I've seen even some people wanting to censor/remove episodes. I mean it does have same problems as every other tv-show until like 2005; "fragile masculinity" (as in borderline homophobic jokes), lack of diversity (virtually everyone are white), almost predatory flirting (joey), fat shaming (young monica) etc etc. While I personally do find some of the jokes very dated and some of them really unfunny or offensive, but I do always try to remember that this show was made from a different time and it reflects different values than that we celebrate nowadays. 

well, I actually never thought of it like that Bollywood (India) has done these kinda things in movies and shows since the day I started watching television Friends is actually modern lol. 

[stanLOONA]

I can't stand the earlier seasons like 1-3 tbh, they feel so weird to me. But I love the later ones. I even liked Rachel at some point lmao

[stanLOONA]

4 hours ago, britney_rocks said:

The show is iconic. And the haters will deal. 
 

I love Phoebe  (her love journey was so pretty, David was done dirty, but Mike, omg)

[Adriannn]

On 9/22/2021 at 4:31 PM, stanLOONA said:

I love Phoebe

She was my favorite 🤩