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Friends Weekdays 6:00 PM & 7:00 PM  Monica, on dating:Is it me? Is it like a beacon that only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear?  Rachel, on independence:I look at you in your crappy apartments with no doormen and used furniture, working just to make rent and I think...that is so great!  Joey, on women:What are you talkin' about? "One woman??" That's like sayin' there's only one flavor of ice cream. Let me tell you, there's lots of flavors out there...rocky road and cookie dough and bing cherry vanilla. Grab a spoon!  Ross, on life after divorce:"Grab a spoon." Do you know how long it's been since I grabbed a spoon? Do the words, "Billy, don't be a hero" mean anything to you?  Chandler, on his job:I know sitting in front of this computer is killing my brains and my sperm, but I get to make long distance calls, so what the hell.  Phoebe, on another planet:Oooo. I just pulled out four eyelashes. That can't be good. 
One of television's top-ranked series, and winner of several Emmy and Golden Globe award nominations, "Friends" is a smart, sophisticated comedy that looks into the hearts and minds of a group of friends living in New York. It's a show about love and sex and careers and a time in life when everything is possible. It's about searching for commitment and security...and a fear of commitment and security. And, most of all, it's a show about friendship -- for when you're young and single in the city, your friends are your family. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer star in Friends.Friends...they're the people you turn to for advice on your casualty-strewn dating life...they're the people you can "pig out" with while watching "Gilligan's Island"...they're people who see you for who you really are, no who you hope your Friday night date will think you are...but most importantly, they're the people with whom you can share the laughs and frustrations that come with being young, single and trying to find your place in life. If it weren't for her friends, Monica (Courteney Cox) might have given up on dating a long time ago. A veteran of romance, she tells them: "If I have to eat another caesar salad, I'm going to kill myself." But, cynical as she is, her deep-down optimism keeps her fighting the fight. And although she is the most defended of the friends, she has a real maternal, caretaking side (not that she would ever admit it) that makes her the center of the group. As a professionally trained chef, attempting to gain the respect of her co-workers, she has had to work for everything she has -- unlike Rachel, her best friend from high school who never had to make a cup of coffee until she was 25. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Monica's roommate, is also having problems with her career, but with a slight difference -- until recently, she has had no career. Pampered for 25 years, Rachel left her fiance, Barry, at the alter after realizing that she was more in love with the presents they would be getting than she was with him. Supported by her friends, she has embarked on a life of independence but was equipped to do nothing (a B.A. in art history with a minor dance will only get you so far). She has survived a threat of poverty with strength and courage and, of course, her father's credit cards. Although her relationship with Ross might be over, she has persevered at Bloomingdale's where she is a personal shopper, a job she appreciates when her customers are cute young men. A 30-year-old paleontologist, Ross (David Schwimmer) has had a hard time facing life since his breakup with Rachel, and since his wife left him and announced that she was a lesbian. Intelligent, highly emotional and romantic, he misses married life and is worried that there might have been only one woman in the world for him. Now, he still carries the disappointment that his ex-wife and her lover are raising the child he fathered without him. Living across the hall from Monica are her friends Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc). Chandler is a wry observer of everyone's life -- especially his own. Romantically detached and professionally unmotivated, he survives due to his sense of humor...and occasional snacks. Unlike his roommate, Joes resists joining the rat race to pursue his dream of becoming an actor (actually, he wants to be Al Pacino). To date, one of the few highlights of his professional career was being cast as his idol's (Al Pacino's) butt double. Unfortunately, he was fired from the role for bringing too much to the part. Handsome, smug and macho, Joey loves women, New York, women and most of all, Joey loves Joey. Rounding out Monica's circle of friends is her former roommate, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). A sweet, flaky New Age waif, Phoebe served as a surrogate mother for her brother and his wife. Romantically, she sees the good in everyone...which is a nice way of saying she can be kind of indiscriminate. One week she might be in love with a guy stalking her twin sister. The next week, a world renowned scientist. And the next, a 53-year-old butcher. She breaks up with him not because he's nearly 30 years her senior, but because he smells like chicken and she doesn't eat anything with a face. As Monica and her friends are realizing, the search for happy, fulfilling lives seems to turn up a lot more questions than answers. And while in the end, they'll have to look within to decide who and what they want to be, they can look out for each other as they experience the ups and downs, the anxieties and absurdities of becoming true adults. Friends is executive produced by Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, David Crane, Adam Chase, Greg Malins and Michael Curtis.   PRIME PICKS AMERICAN IDOL Tonight at 8:00 PM The 12 finalists perform songs by the Rolling Stones  |
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