Was Friends a great sitcom?

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I agree with him about his thoughts of the TV show "Friends". As for the "OC" I really can not say, I never watched it.

I can honestly say that I never watched a single episode of "Friends", same with "The OC"

I've never watched, nor wanted to watch, "The OC" and I'd watch "Friends" every now and then, but as for this guy's argument that it's not great because really only women watch it on a regular basis I'm not sure that argument flies. Only a handful, if that, of my female friends watch "The Simpsons" on a regular basis and who's going to say that it isn't one of the greatest shows ever?

i don't know where this guy gets the idea that friends was only watched by women cuz i know and knew of quite a few guys who watched the show including myself. it's humor seemed aimed at people my age as well as the whole process of getting out on your own and having a regular group of friends to hang out with was something i really started to connect with as i got a bit older. its humor ranged from intelligent, dry humor to raunchy cool guy jokes. plus getting to see jennifer aniston, courtney cox and lisa kudrow(sometimes double lisa kudrow), was an influence since i started watching the show when i was 13. i honestly don't get how all these "critics" can trash the show especially when the majority of them admit to never watching it. i mean just because i only saw a few episodes of seinfield and they weren't that funny to me, i'm not gonna say the show sucked cuz i didn't see enough of it to get a good reading on it. only so much i can stand about people complaining about every single thing though. IMO friends is definitely up there in the top 5-10 sitcoms with mash, cheers and simpsons.

I've never watched, nor wanted to watch, "The OC" and I'd watch "Friends" every now and then, but as for this guy's argument that it's not great because really only women watch it on a regular basis I'm not sure that argument flies. Only a handful, if that, of my female friends watch "The Simpsons" on a regular basis and who's going to say that it isn't one of the greatest shows ever?

yeah, the oc just seemed like an even more oversexed, rich snob show than 90210. plus it would be kinda disturbing watching a show primarily about teenagers getting drunk and hooking up.

I watched Friends every single week since I got into the show about four years ago. Its far and away the best *citcom* of my lifetime, with the exeption of maybe Seinfeld. I really liked the show.

I could never really get into Friends. Not because it was necessarily bad, it just wasn't good enough to keep me coming back. Seemed a bit mushy for me, that's just my opinion on it. Everyone likes different things.

How many of us were watching CSI when the last episode was on?

I could never really get into Friends. Not because it was necessarily bad, it just wasn't good enough to keep me coming back. Seemed a bit mushy for me, that's just my opinion on it. Everyone likes different things.

How many of us were watching CSI when the last episode was on?

i recorded csi, lol. i saw the preview of the coaster crash and was like, holy crap. it was a tough choice of which one to record but i've been watching friends for 10 years so i had to see it end.

on a side note, with a 3rd csi show starting in the fall(csi new york), are any other fans of the show worried they are going a bit into overkill and r gonna run out of good episodes?

I would rather nail my hand to a table than watch Friends. However, my wife watches it religiously and I have noted one thing: if these were my friends I would surley have thrown my self into a furnace some time ago. They are the MOST annoying people I can imagine ( and I have a "friend" who can belch the preamble to the constitution). :mad:

I wasn't a big fan of Friends, but I can't deny it was a very popular show and had a hell of a run for the past 10 years. It will go down as one of the most popular sitcoms ever.