<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> warnervideo.com/friends15/ </Td> </Tr> <P> Friends (stylized as F R I E N D S) is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting 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 20 - 30 something friends living in Manhattan . The series was produced by Bright / Kauffman / Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television . The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane . </P> <P> Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the 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 a title change to Six of One and Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Friends . </P>

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