Friends

1994

Ten seasons ran from 1994 to 2004, following six friends in their twenties in Manhattan through jobs, apartments, and each other. David Crane and Marta Kauffman built it around an ensemble of equals rather than a lead, which is why the pairings kept shifting and the cast negotiated as a bloc. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer play Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross. It remains one of the most watched pieces of television in the world decades after it ended.