Friends is turning 25. Here's why we can't stop watching it

By Wesley Morris
New York Times·
13 mins to read
Friends is turning 25. Here's why we can't stop watching it
Friends is turning 25. Here's why we can't stop watching it

With one of the best casts in TV history, Friends makes excellent comedy look easy.

Once upon a time, we made do with less television. Three broadcast networks dominated everything. (Channels weren't flipped so much as triangulated.) We had a local public station and whatever oldies a UHF signal could

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