C4, E4 to stop airing Friends

[MarkWaldorf]

:bawling:

Channel 4 has ended its deal with Warner Bros for the rights to air US comedy Friends.

The broadcaster has shown the series, which starred Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courtney Cox and Matt Le Blanc, for 15 years. The station's contract with Warners ends in 2011.

Comedy Central has picked up the rights to the NBC series, according to Broadcast.

Friends ran for ten series between 1994 and 2004, with the final episode drawing 8.6 million viewers in the UK. It has remained a daily staple on both Channel 4 and E4, with average viewing figures of around 400,000.

Head of Channel 4 acquisitions Gill Hay said: "After 15 years, ten hit series and 236 terrific episodes it's time to say goodbye to old Friends and welcome new ones, in the form of more comedy, drama and entertainment from the US and UK.

"We are incredibly proud to have been the home of Friends for so long, but at a point when the channel is undergoing a period of creative renewal it felt like the right time to part company."

Friends is the latest big show to finish airing on Channel 4, following the axing of Big Brother, Wife Swap and How Clean Is Your House?. The station has claimed that the decisions will allow them to "refresh the schedule".

- DS

[King Gizzard]

:bawling::bawling:

when nothings on its always the show to turn to....and it never gets old :bawling::bawling::bawling:

[Ramsay]

:bawling:

[InOne]

It was everywhere, but wonder what they will replace it with :S

[arista]

They are Repeats so it is about time.
As E4 is like a Yank station due to that Dull show .



Blinkbox site has them.

[Shaun]

:bawling:

[King Gizzard]

thankfully we have the boxset anyway


its silly though cause we dont watch the boxset just the tv ones lol


more effort to get the dvds out..

[arista]

:bawling:


Shaun
it is over , they ended it years ago.


It is so False , anyway.

[ILoveTRW]

Thank **** for that

i hate friends

[Shaun]

I just ordered the first series on DVD, haha.

[bbfan1991]

I like Friends but about time really:cheer:, it got really annoying.

[MarkWaldorf]

shaun you may as well just order the box set LOL its only like 50 pounds.

[Shaun]

oh yeah only £50 i'll just raid the back of the sofa.

**** off. this was £2.99 :p

[Beastie]

I will have to buy the boxset now lol.

[Gemmer-x]

w-w-w--whaaaaat!? no way -sob-

[\PJ/]

shame :(

[xDramatick]

Good! I've never found it funny :/

[Jack_]

Heard this on Radio 1 just a while ago, was very shocked. It's like it's home, and you know it's there if you ever want it, just like Big Brother and C4.

[Scarlett.]

O_O

[\PJ/]

I was thinking when will it end the other day actually.

[Beastie]

The boxset is £40 on hmv.com.

[Scarlett.]

;_;

[Shaun]

Good! I've never found it funny :/

Oh and Daren 'Homo Mess' Pritchard's opinion overrides others. **** tyra/

[*mazedsalv**]

I have all the episodes so im fine with it, IMO they took too much E4 time.

[Patrick]

Big Brother Live FTW!

[Beastie]

Big Brother Live FTW!

This.

[Beastie]

Big Brother Live FTW!

However too late.. because friends is not coming off our screens until 2011 when BB would have already finished. Ahh well.

[MarkWaldorf]

Big Brother Live FTW!

contract ends in 2011. :tongue:

[arista]

I have all the episodes so im fine with it, IMO they took too much E4 time.



Yes it made E4 a Dead Ch,
the same way the Bloated BBC3 show endless Dr.Who repeats.


No way to have a Channel.

[M X]

no no no no no no no no i watch it every day!!!! fuuuuuuuuuck :(

[Raph]

noo =(
friends and big brother are by far the best show of the channel! =(

[Patrick]

Lol Mark and TheBeast, I was just about to post that too when I read the full artical :(
Oh well, on the bright side C4 is going to fail big time now.

Look at all the shows that are and will leave soon, Paul O Grady, Ugly Betty, How clean is your house, Big Brother and now Friends.

BB and Friends have been really big on those Channels, if C4 really think there new **** shows that will replace BB/Friends etc will actually be popular, then there very stupid.

No one will care, once BB is gone, Once Friends is gone.. No one has a need to watch C4 or E4, and there for no one will see adverts for their new retarded shows like Notting Hill.


Thats why I cant wait for BB12 to be on another channel and get fantastic ratings while C4 are so unpopular with the audience now.

Whats next for them to axe?
8/10 Cats? They axe that and im complaining.

[Barbie]

friends was good for when nothing else was on

what are they refeshing the channel with?

i've liked the theme of indian winter and stuff but if thats what they plan to use to fill these old programmes then i dont want to watch that constantly

[Raph]

lol mark and thebeast, i was just about to post that too when i read the full artical :(
oh well, on the bright side c4 is going to fail big time now.

Look at all the shows that are and will leave soon, paul o grady, ugly betty, how clean is your house, big brother and now friends.

Bb and friends have been really big on those channels, if c4 really think there new **** shows that will replace bb/friends etc will actually be popular, then there very stupid.

No one will care, once bb is gone, once friends is gone.. No one has a need to watch c4 or e4, and there for no one will see adverts for their new retarded shows like notting hill.

Thats why i cant wait for bb12 to be on another channel and get fantastic ratings while c4 are so unpopular with the audience now.

Whats next for them to axe?
8/10 cats? They axe that and im complaining.

this.


:)

[Smithy]

:shocked:
does this mean i have to go and buy the DVDs :(

[Callum]

Sad but I have the whole boxset anyway so I'll be able to watch them all. Will be odd though seeing no Friends on E4, it's always on.

[Beastie]

They could put some old sitcom to replace it. I always wanted to watch that "Party at five" show starring Neve Cambell. (Sidney from Scream)

[Patrick]

:shocked:
does this mean i have to go and buy the DVDs :(

Uh No.

You just watch it on the wicked Comedy Central, I watch CC every night anyway for SP. Its better than E4.

[Smithy]

Sad but I have the whole boxset anyway so I'll be able to watch them all. Will be odd though seeing no Friends on E4, it's always on.

Its only £40 for the hole 10 seasons so i myt aswel buy it anyway

[Patrick]

They could put some old sitcom to replace it. I always wanted to watch that "Party at five" show starring Neve Cambell. (Sidney from Scream)

If they want new fresh shows they wouldnt put on an old show.

[Braden]

I personally hate Friends so I am glad that it actully gone for good !

[Smithy]

I personally hate Friends so I am glad that it actully gone for good !

:shocked:
:nono:
Friends is hilarious

[Beastie]

If they want new fresh shows they wouldnt put on an old show.

A fresh one will be good but oldie ones which I have missed would be good too.

[Beastie]

its only £40 for the hole 10 seasons so i myt aswel buy it anyway

hmv ;)

[InOne]

The should show more of 'The Big Bang Theory'

[Smithy]

Uh No.

You just watch it on the wicked Comedy Central, I watch CC every night anyway for SP. Its better than E4.

:shrug:
Its never on on CC

[Patrick]

:shrug:
Its never on on CC

My God.

Yes but they CC are buying it.

[Ramsay]

How I Met Your Mother > Friends

[Princess]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :( I always fecking watched it :( Sucky.

[Firewire]

Aw :(

I have the boxset, so it's ok.

[Shaun]

The should show more of 'The Big Bang Theory'

bleh. it got gimmicky after one series.

[andybigbro]

Noooo :(

[biglover]

They are Repeats so it is about time.
As E4 is like a Yank station due to that Dull show .



Blinkbox site has them.

Well Yanks make the better shows, the british shows are ****! Skins, Misfits and Shameless...all so depressing and CRAP!

[Patrick]

Well Yanks make the better shows, the british shows are ****! Skins, Misfits and Shameless...all so depressing and CRAP!

Funny how Americans copy most of our shows so WTF are you talking about.

I cant even list the ammount of shows the Americans have took from us or are about to take from us.
So clearly the british shows are miles better if people want them.
You just like watching bollocks.

[Jack_]

Well Yanks make the better shows, the british shows are ****! Skins, Misfits and Shameless...all so depressing and CRAP!

Skins depressing and crap? My God.

[Firewire]

Funny how Americans copy most of our shows so WTF are you talking about.

I cant even list the ammount of shows the Americans have took from us or are about to take from us.
So clearly the british shows are miles better if people want them.
You just like watching bollocks.

One show that the American's have copied?

The British copy a **** load of stuff too btw.

[Jessica.]

:bawling:

[GhettoSuperstar]

I gave my Friends box-sets away years ago... Can't stand it anymore! Put on Will & Grace instead, far better, far more clever and hilarious sitcom.

[Beastie]

Chill out everyone.

[InOne]

bleh. it got gimmicky after one series.

Yes but Penny makes up for it :tongue:

[Princess]

One show that the American's have copied?

The British copy a **** load of stuff too btw.

The Office.

[InOne]

Well Yanks make the better shows, the british shows are ****! Skins, Misfits and Shameless...all so depressing and CRAP!

Do you need a hug?

[GypsyGoth]

I'm glad, they repeated it too much. It stopped being funny.

[MrGaryy]

Shocked tbh. But I'm interested to see how they fill the slots. thats a lot of hours that need filling.

[LemonJam]

'bout time tbh.

[Shaun]

One show that the American's have copied?

The British copy a **** load of stuff too btw.

The Office, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, the 'Idol' franchise, soon the X Factor, Queer As Folk, America's Got Talent, Supernanny, Top Gear, Who Wants to be a Millionaire... want any more?

[Beastie]

bb?

[Patrick]

One show that the American's have copied?



The Real Hustle.
Little Britain.
Britains Got Talent.
Im A Celebrity.
X Factor.

I could go on for ages basically but im trying to finish up my TiBB Postings for today and get off to bed.

If you want more just type into google a name of a Show followed by 'USA' and your obviously gona see that the UK did a better version before and then the Americans saw it was popular and stole it.

[Shaun]

bb?

technically we all stole that from the Dutch :p

[Beastie]

technically we all stole that from the Dutch :p

Oh yeah. lol.

[Patrick]

technically we all stole that from the Dutch :p

True. lol

[InOne]

Friends is ridiculously overrated anyway, everyone knows it!!!

[Arneldo]

Life will never be the same again.


I hope they show more Will & Grace instead :D

[IheartBB]

R.I.P E4. Without Friends or Big Brother what is the point of this channel? Anything watchable always ends up on channel 4 anyway.

They seem to be riding the success of Glee at the moment, without realising that this show will go down the exact same route as their other big American shows in the next year or so.

[zotler.]

They seem to be riding the success of Glee at the moment, without realising that this show will go down the exact same route as their other big American shows in the next year or so.
What's the problem with that? They'll pick up something else, it's no biggie. I'm sure they know it.