The One Where 'Friends' Get Old: Cast From the Famous Sitcom 25 Years Later

A story about friendship, love, relationships, and people who became a family in New York turned into the most successful television project of the 1990s.

The celebrated sitcom began on 22 September 1994 and ran for 236 episodes, ending in 2004. The sitcom’s first episode was watched by 22 million people, while the average number of viewers of the first season was 24 million. The final episode of the tenth and last season was viewed by more than 52 million people, which at the time was the fourth-highest viewership in the history of television.

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer all became some of the highest-paid actors and actresses in TV history.

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The cast of the television show "Friends" appeared at the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on 22 September 2002. From left: Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, and Courteney Cox. The show was nominated for the Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

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Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram, posting a photo of a reunion of the Friends sitcom cast.

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Actresses Courteney Cox, left, and Jennifer Aniston from the television series "Friends" at the 9th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on 9 March 2003. Aniston guest-starred in the season finale of Cox's new FX Networks show "Dirt", the network said.

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Actresses Courteney Cox, left, and Jennifer Aniston addressed the audience during the 46th AFI Life Achievement Award gala ceremony honouring actor/director George Clooney at the Dolby Theatre on 7 June 2018, in Los Angeles.

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Jennifer Aniston at WE Day California at The Forum on Thursday, 19 April 2018, in Inglewood, California.

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Courteney Cox attended Chanel and NRDC Host Dinner to Celebrate Our Majestic Oceans on 2 June 2018, in Malibu, California.

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"Friends" cast member Courteney Cox, left, gives fellow cast member Matthew Perry a kiss backstage as Lisa Kudrow looks on after the actors won the award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series at the 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, on 24 February 1996, in Santa Monica, California.

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Actor Matthew Perry participated in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series "The Kennedys After Camelot" at AOL Studios on 30 March 2017, in New York.

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(L-R) Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, and Lisa Kudrow from the television series "Friends" hold their People's Choice Award for Favourite Television Comedy Series backstage at the 27th Annual People's Choice Awards on 7 January 2001 in Pasadena, California.

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Lisa Kudrow at Audi Celebrates the 71st Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theatre on 14 September 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

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Actors Matt LeBlanc (L) with a broken arm and David Schwimmer (R), the stars of "Friends", arrived for the 48th Annual Emmy Awards on 8 September 1996 in Pasadena, California.

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Actor Matt LeBlanc attended the 2017 PaleyLive LA Summer Season Premiere Screening and Conversation for Showtime's "Episodes" at the Paley Centre for Media on 16 August 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Jennifer Aniston (L) and David Schwimmer from the television series "Friends" at the 27th Annual People's Choice Awards on 7 January 2001 in Pasadena. Aniston was nominated for the Favourite Female Television Performer category at the awards.

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David Schwimmer spoke during “David Schwimmer: In Conversation” at the Vulture Festival at Milk Studios on 21 May 2016 in New York City.

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The cast of the television comedy "Friends" (From L-R): Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, and David Schwimmer pose with their award at the 26th People's Choice Awards in Pasadena, California on 9 January 2000. The show won the Favourite Television Comedy Series Award.

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(L-R) Courteney Cox, winner of the “Artists Inspiration Award”, Jennifer Aniston, and Lisa Kudrow attended the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's 4th Annual Patron of the Artists Awards at the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts on 7 November 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.