Friends, television comedy

My favorite series is “Friends”, an American television comedy, lasting ten seasons.  The show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. 

Rachel Green played by actress Jennifer Aniston, flees her wedding day and finds childhood friend Monica Geller, played by Courteney Cox,  a New York City chef. They become roommates, and Rachel joins Monica's group of single people in their mid-20s, The group consists of  struggling actor Joey Tribbiani,  played by Matt LeBlanc. Chandler Bing, played by Matthew Perry, is  a  business professional.  Phoebe Buffay played by Lisa Kudrow, is a masseuse and musician.  Ross Geller, played by David Schwimmer, is a newly divorced palaeontologist  Monica's older brother. Rachel becomes a waitress at Manhattan coffee house Central Perk; when not there, the group is usually at Monica and Rachel's nearby West Village apartment, or Joey and Chandler's across the hall.

Episodes depict the friends' comedic and romantic adventures and career issues, such as Joey auditioning for roles or Rachel seeking jobs in the fashion industry. The six characters each have many dates and serious relationships, It shows friendship at a time that they are single in the city where your friends are your family.

I like this series because it is a comedy involving young people living together and sharing expenses and  memorable periods of their lives with friends, who had become "new, surrogate family members."