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Friends
''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show revolves around six friends in their 20s and early 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Kauffman, and Crane. Kauffman and Crane began developing ''Friends'' under the working title ''Insomnia Cafe'' between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, including title changes to ''Six of One'' and ''Friends Like Us'', the series was finally named ''Friends''. Filming took place at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Perry
Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was an American and Canadian actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom ''Friends'' (1994–2004). Perry also appeared on ''Ally McBeal'' (2002) and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in ''The West Wing'' (2003) and ''The Ron Clark Story'' (2006). He played a leading role in the NBC series ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' (2006–2007), and also became known for his leading film roles in ''Fools Rush In (1997 film), Fools Rush In'' (1997), ''Almost Heroes'' (1998), ''Three to Tango'' (1999), ''The Whole Nine Yards (film), The Whole Nine Yards'' (2000), ''Serving Sara'' (2002), ''The Whole Ten Yards'' (2004), and ''17 Again (film), 17 Again'' (2009). Perry was co-creator, co-writer, executive producer, and star of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Mr. Sunshine (2011 TV series), Mr. Sunshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Friends Episodes
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 Studios for NBC. The series began with the pilot episode, which was broadcast on September 22, 1994; the series finished its ten-season run with the series finale on May 6, 2004, with 236 episodes. On average, the episodes 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, Burbank in front of a live studio audience, except the fourth season finale, "The One with Ross's Wedding", that was filmed on location in London in front of a British stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courteney Cox
Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She rose to international prominence by playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise '' Scream'' (1996–present). Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, nominations for two Emmy Awards a Golden Globe Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cox had a recurring role in the NBC sitcom '' Family Ties'' (1987–1989), and starred in the FX drama series ''Dirt'' (2007–2008), the ABC/ TBS sitcom ''Cougar Town'' (2009–2015), and the Starz horror comedy series '' Shining Vale'' (2022–2023). Her film credits include the action fantasy ''Masters of the Universe'' (1987), the comedy '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' (1994), the animated comedy '' Barnyard'' (2006), the fantasy comedy '' Bedtime Stories'' (2008), and the independent drama '' Mothers and Daughters'' (2016). Cox owned the production company Coquette Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom ''Friends'' from 1994 to 2004, which earned her Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award, Screen Actors Guild awards. Aniston has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses, as of 2023. The daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow, she began working as an actress at an early age with an uncredited role in the 1988 film ''Mac and Me''. Her first major film role came in the 1993 horror comedy ''Leprechaun (film), Leprechaun''. She has since starred in a string of successful comedy films such as ''Office Space'' (1999), ''Bruce Almighty'' (2003), ''The Break-Up'' (2006), ''Marley & Me (film), Marley & Me'' (2008), ''Just Go with It'' (2011), ''Horrible Bosses'' (2011), ''We're the Millers'' (2013), ''Dumplin' (film), Dumplin''' (2018), and ''Murder Mystery (film), Murder Mystery'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director, and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom '' Friends'', for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. While still acting in ''Friends'', his first leading film role was in '' The Pallbearer'' (1996), followed by roles in '' Kissing a Fool;'' '' Six Days, Seven Nights;'' '' Apt Pupil'' (all 1998); and '' Picking Up the Pieces'' (2000). He was then cast in the miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' (2001) as Herbert Sobel. Schwimmer began his acting career performing in school plays at Immanuel College Prep, Bushey England and then Beverly Hills High School. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. He later moved back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Be There For You (The Rembrandts Song)
"I'll Be There for You" is a song by American pop rock duo the Rembrandts. The song was written by David Crane, Marta Kauffman and Allee Willis as the main theme song to the NBC sitcom ''Friends'', which was broadcast from 1994 to 2004. American rock band R.E.M. was originally asked to allow their song " Shiny Happy People" to be used for the ''Friends'' theme, but they turned the opportunity down. "I'll Be There for You" was subsequently written and Warner Bros. Television selected the only available band on Warner Bros. Records to record it: the Rembrandts. In 1995, after a Nashville radio station brought the song to mainstream popularity, Rembrandts members Danny Wilde and Phil Sōlem expanded the theme song with two new verses and included this version on their third studio album, '' L.P.'' (1995). The extended version of the song was serviced to US radio on May 23, 1995, and was issued in the United Kingdom on August 7, 1995, as the first single from ''L.P.'' Followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Valerie Kudrow ( ; born July 30, 1963) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom ''Friends'', which aired from 1994 to 2004. The series earned her Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, Satellite, American Comedy Awards, American Comedy and TV Guide Award, TV Guide awards. Phoebe has since been named one of the greatest television characters of all time and is considered to be Kudrow's breakout role, spawning her successful film career. Kudrow initially appeared in a 1989 episode of the hit sitcom ''Cheers'' playing a character named Emily. She also starred in several episodes of the show ''Mad About You'' (1993) as Ursula, before auditioning and earning the role of Phoebe on ''Friends''; her character on ''Mad About You'' was written into the ''Friends'' storyline as Phoebe's twin. In the late 1990s, Kudrow starred in the cult film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey (TV Series)
''Joey'' is an American sitcom created by Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan. It is a spin-off sequel to ''Friends'', with Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani. It premiered on NBC on September 9, 2004. Midway through the second season, the show was placed on hiatus but returned on March 7, 2006. Only one more episode aired before the show was pulled. NBC canceled the series due to low ratings in May 2006. Overview After the events of ''Friends'', Joey Tribbiani, who has struck out on his own and moved to Hollywood, hoping to truly make it as an actor. After reuniting with his high-strung sister, Gina, a hairdresser, Joey moves in with his genius twenty-year-old nephew Michael, who is a rocket scientist. He begins a tentative romance with his superintendent, Alexis Garrett, and becomes close friends with fellow aspiring actor Zach Miller. Cast and characters * Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Steven LeBlanc (; born July 25, 1967) is an American actor. He garnered global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' and in its spin-off series, '' Joey''. For his work on ''Friends'', LeBlanc received three nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also starred as a fictionalized version of himself in ''Episodes'' (2011–2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received four additional Emmy Award nominations. He co-hosted ''Top Gear'' from 2016 to 2019. From 2016 to 2020, he played patriarch Adam Burns in the CBS sitcom '' Man with a Plan. Early life Matthew Steven LeBlanc was born at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts. His mother, Patricia (), was an office manager; his father, Paul LeBlanc, was a mechanic and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He has a brother Justin LeBlanc. His father is of French-Canadian descent and his mother is of Italian ancestry, the daughter of immigrants from Arce, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Kauffman
Marta Fran Kauffman (born September 21, 1956) is an American television writer and producer. She is best known for co-creating the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' with her longtime friend, David Crane; Crane and Kauffman similarly were in a friend group with four other people. Crane and Kauffman were also executive producers of the show, along with Kevin S. Bright; and produced '' Veronica's Closet'' and '' Jesse''. From 2005 to 2006 she was an executive producer on '' Related''. Both writers were the creators of the HBO series '' Dream On''. Without Crane, she co-created the Netflix series '' Grace and Frankie''. Early life and education Born in the Philadelphia suburbs, Kauffman was raised in a conservative Jewish household.Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Curtis (TV Producer)
Michael Curtis is a television producer and writer known for ''Friends'' and Disney Channel's ''Phil of the Future'' and ''Jonas''. Early life A Navy brat from year zero, Michael John Curtis was born at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. He lived in various locations around the United States including Charleston, South Carolina, Dam Neck Naval Base (Training Support Center Hampton Roads), Virginia, and overseas in Wollongong, Australia. Curtis attended White Point Elementary School in San Pedro, California (where he was awarded "Most Books Read") for 5th grade. and Fallbrook Union High School in Fallbrook, California. Career He was a writer and executive producer of ''Friends'' during seasons 2 to 5 and also executive producer (with Roger S. H. Schulman) of Disney Channel's ''Phil of the Future'' (season 2, but ''not'' season 1). In 2008–2009 he worked with the Jonas Brothers and the Disney Channel as executive producer and co-creator of the series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Crane (producer)
David Crane (born August 13, 1957) is an American writer and producer. He is best known as one of the co-creators of the television sitcoms ''Friends'' and ''Episodes''. Early life Crane was born into a Jewish family in West New York, New Jersey, the son of Joan Crane and veteran Philadelphia television personality Gene Crane. He attended Harriton High School in Pennsylvania and graduated from there in 1975. He is a 1979 graduate of Brandeis University. Career He and his husband, Jeffrey Klarik (creator of '' Half & Half'', co-producer '' Mad About You''), created the 2006 ensemble sitcom '' The Class''. In 2011, Crane and Klarik created the sitcom ''Episodes'' for the BBC. Airing first in the US on Showtime on Sunday January 9, 2011 and then on BBC Two on Monday January 10, 2011, it features ''Friends'' star Matt LeBlanc and '' Green Wings Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (; born 12 July 1966) is a British actress. She is known for both dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
