Friends
American television sitcom
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| September 2024 | The entire series was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray in celebration of the show's 30th anniversary. |
| 2021 | Richard Curtis, Mr. Bean writer, accused Friends writers of stealing a comedy joke involving Joey getting a turkey stuck on his head from a 1992 Mr. Bean episode. |
| May 27 2021 | Friends: The Reunion special was released on HBO Max. |
| May 13 2021 | Official teaser trailer released, announcing 'Friends: The Reunion' (also known as 'The One Where They Get Back Together'). |
| 2020 | According to the episode writer, Julie is still in a relationship with Russ, Ross's doppelgänger. |
| November 2020 | Matthew Perry tweeted that the reunion was set to start filming in March 2021. |
| March 18 2020 | Original reunion special filming dates (March 23-24) were postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 21 2020 | HBO confirmed the unscripted reunion special, tentatively named 'The One Where They Got Back Together', to be released in May with the original series episodes. |
| January 1 2020 | Friends was removed from Netflix US and became exclusively available on HBO Max, which launched in May 2020. |
| 2019 | The Mad About You series returns with new episodes, effectively erasing the previous future timeline where Ursula becomes Governor. |
| 2019 | Lauren Tom confirmed that the characters Russ and Julie remain together, providing a post-series update about their relationship status. |
| November 12 2019 | The Hollywood Reporter announced that Warner Bros TV was developing a Friends reunion special for HBO Max, featuring the entire original cast and creators. |
| August 2019 | Lego launched a Central Perk Lego set to commemorate the show's 25th anniversary. |
| July 2019 | Warner Bros. announced that Friends would be removed from Netflix in the US and would instead be available on HBO Max starting in 2020. |
| 2018 | Received the Television Critics Association (TCA) Heritage Award. |
| 2018 | Friends received the Television Critics Association Heritage Award. |
| 2016 | A Central Perk replica was opened in Outram, Singapore, becoming the only officially licensed replica outside the United States with Warner Bros. intellectual property rights. |
| May 31 2016 | The Huffington Post publishes an article by Todd Van Luling revealing that Jon Haugen was the actor who played Ugly Naked Guy, solving a long-standing mystery about the character's identity. |
| January 1 2015 | All episodes of Friends became available on Netflix, introducing the show to a new generation of viewers and increasing UK reruns ratings by over 10% annually. |
| April 30 2013 | Friends Season 2 was released on Blu-ray for Region A, presenting episodes in their original NBC broadcast versions without the additional deleted scenes found in the DVD release. |
| November 13 2012 | Warner Home Video released a complete series collection on Blu-ray. |
| March 2012 | Warner Bros. began distributing high definition versions of Friends episodes to local broadcast stations, starting with the pilot episode, and restoring the original 35 mm film to a 16:9 widescreen format. |
| January 2011 | High definition versions of Friends began airing in New Zealand on TV2. |
| March 2010 | Business owner Du Xin opened a Friends-themed coffee shop named Central Perk in Beijing. |
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