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(Thursday, September 22, 1994, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Friends, an American television sitcom that revolves around six friends in their 20s and early 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City, premiered tonight on NBC.

The series stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer.

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Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, the show ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings; it ultimately reached the number-one spot in its eighth season.

The series finale aired on May 6, 2004, and was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fifth-most-watched series finale in television history and the most-watched television episode of the 2000s.