Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green.

So my best friend just called me and asked me if I'd heard the news about Friends and did I think it was true? I told him I didn't know what he was talking about.

Apparently, there's a rumor that the show might be returning to NBC for some special episodes next year.

"Scriptwriters have already started penning lines for the four double episodes, which are due to air next year.

Aniston, who has filmed a string of movies since the final Friends episode, was the last to agree to the new deal.

An NBC insider says, 'She's the one who had been holding out. But she's now agreed to reprise Rachel (Green).

'Bringing them back is a dream come true. Ratings will go through the roof.' "

As someone who had an unnatural attachment to this show, I'm met with a mix of excitement, fear, and disbelief. While I'd love to see Courteney (she was always my favorite) and Co back on the air, the disaster of Joey and the fact that the show wrapped itself up pretty tidily two years ago makes me wonder how well this could actually pan out.







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Updated On: 1/23/06 at 02:14 PM

As much as I loved this show, and believe me - I nearly had a nervous breakdown when it ended... I'm not sure this is a good idea. It makes me nervous.

Bad, bad idea. Leave good enough alone. And if the last few seasons were any hint, good was already gone by the end.

NBC is just desperately trying to get some ratings points.

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I thought seasons nine and ten were atrocious when they originally aired, but when I revisited them on dvd (I wasn't going to let their atrociousness prevent me from completing my dvd collection), I found they were actually pretty good. Not nearly as good as the show's zenith, which to me was the third through the sixth seasons, but not nearly as bad as most of the crap on tv.

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I watched Friends fairly regularly. The show has exhausted itself. The last season was poorly written. There's really not too many more situations that the Friends can be put into. The whole point of the show was that they were fun loving singles in NYC. Married people with children in NYC just doesn't play as well.

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I'd be so happy!! But... I can't imagine they would be very good, since the last season was... well, a wreck.

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Ah, hell, I was about to say the same thing, bway. I was about to totally come clean and admit that I was bouncing off the walls thinking it might be true. I gave ten years of my life to that show, and I don't think I'll ever love a tv show like I loved that one.

I changed the thread title, too.

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Updated On: 1/23/06 at 02:25 PM

Dammit Kringas, now I have to watch Jimmy Dean.

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Maybe they'll bring back Janice. I always thought she deserved her own show.

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Kringas, only one other television program could come back in any form and cause me more excitement and the lead of that series has declared she'd never do it. After all, films like Scooby Doo 3 have GOT to be made for public consumption.
You are welcome to come visit NYC and we'll sit up and giggle like schoolgirls everytime Ross overemphasizes his diction, when Monica says, "I know!", and when Chandler says something that starts with, "could I BE..."

Thats like trying to bring back Home Improvement....which might not be bad because I miss Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Tim Allen has only been doing Christmas movies for the past 5 years...

But still, I loved Friends but it should still remain on the done for good list.

Shut UP, Popcultureboy! SHUT your gorgeous, brassy trap!

I'll admit I still cringe any time it's a Marcel episode, but as I've always said, "Even a bad episdoe of Friends is better than no episode at all."

That's a little Kringasism for all of you.

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