Why did Friends end after 10 seasons?

Largely because the Friends cast was growing up
Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman
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told Entertainment Weekly, “Everybody was growing up. This is part of why the show had to end. This was no longer that time in your life when your friends are your family. You're starting your own family.”
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Why are there only 17 episodes in season 10 of Friends?

Jennifer Aniston's movie schedule cheated fans out of six episodes. The 10th season was originally supposed to run 24 episodes, but had to be cut down to 18 to accompany several movies Jennifer Aniston was shooting.
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Why are there only 10 seasons of Friends?

Fellow creator David Crane put this down to "the actors' contract negotiations", and said that when they decided that season 10 really would be the last it was because they couldn't "keep stopping and starting and rethinking everything".
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Was Friends ever Cancelled?

The show was cancelled midway through the second season due to low ratings. A framed picture of Joey and Chandler can be seen on Joey's refrigerator and Friends characters were mentioned on the spin-off but, they never appeared in person.
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Why was Emma not in the last episode of Friends?

Emma was supposed to move to Paris with Rachel

In the last episode, Rachel boarded her plane while Emma stayed with Rachel's mother Sandra, ready to follow a while later.
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Why did Chandler leave in season 9?

Even though Chandler ended up quitting his job by the season's tenth episode, it notably limited actor Matthew Perry's screen time. Aside from being a fresh storyline, the decision for Chandler to transfer to Tulsa was highly speculated to be connected to the actor's personal struggles.
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How did Chandler say Ross died?

When Ross annoys him and Joey, Chandler writes "Ross has sex with dinosaurs" on Ross' page. Ross creates a page for Chandler where he claims that Chandler is indeed very gay. This leads to Chandler posting that Ross is dead (hit by a blimp).
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Did Chandler and Monica dated in real life?

As all Chandler fans will know, the character had a massive crush on Baywatch star, Yasmine Bleeth. But while the actress never actually appeared on the show in person, Perry did end up dating her for a short period of time in 1996, following his split from Julia Roberts.
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Why did Joey spin-off fail?

Due in part to being in competition with American Idol, Joey was the lowest-rated prime time program of the week for NBC. The network pulled the series after the first Tuesday broadcast, and its cancellation was announced on May 15, 2006.
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Who got paid the most in Friends?

1 Jennifer Aniston: First Episode - $22,500 / Last Episode - $1 Million.
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Will Friends season 11 come?

News that the show would not be renewed for an eleventh instalment devastated fans around the world, but it seems it's not only fans who wish they could turn back time. When the cast were asked in an interview with People what piece of advice they'd give their younger self, Perry said: "Do an eleventh season."
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Why did Jennifer Aniston want to leave Friends?

Jennifer Aniston has revealed she had to walk off the set of the Friends reunion multiple times because of the bad vibes it brought back. The actor said the emotion of going back to the place she was in when Friends filmed was too much at times.
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Is Monica pregnant in season 10?

Toward the end of filming season 10, Cox was pregnant with her first child, her daughter Coco, who was born just a few weeks after the final episode of "Friends" aired on NBC. Since Monica was not expecting on the show, Cox's pregnancy was strategically hidden with baggy shirts and props.
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Why is Friends ending so sad?

Ultimately, the Friends finale is sad because it's about change. It reminds us that nothing ever stays the same. It's especially poignant because Friends is a show about how it feels to be young: Full of angst and anticipation, but also carefree and confident that everything will somehow work out.
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Did Friends cast get paid for reunion?

When the reunion was finally announced to the public in February 2020, it was reported that the stars were negotiated a paycheck of $2.5 million each to revisit the show and their characters. HBO Max's unscripted special, titled Friends: The Reunion, was filmed on the original 24 soundstage on the Warner Bros.
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Did any of the Friends cast not get along?

They worked together nearly every single day for an entire decade while shooting Friends. And while some actors can't stand their closest coworkers, this sextet always seemed to get along. Their real-life relationships hardly imitate their on-screen relationships.
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Does Joey ever make it as an actor?

Season 6. Joey is given a job in the episode "The One With The Joke", and then he becomes a waiter at Central Perk. After this, he becomes the lead actor in a show called "Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. "
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Who married Joey?

In the end, Joey was the only one from the main group in Friends that didn't get married, but he did end up in a committed relationship with Alex.
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Is Friends a spin-off of Mad About You?

It began in Mad About You's third season, and Friends' first — originally part of a programming stunt that saw various NBC characters making crossovers into each other's shows… and also a way to poke fun at the fact that Lisa Kudrow now had roles on two different shows in NBC's Thursday-night lineup.
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Did any of the Friends cast sleep together in real life?

Matthew Perry reveals all. So who got it on, hey? Matthew Perry has been grilled about the rumours that the Friends cast had sexual relations with one another. The 47-year-old appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Sunday 21st May and the actor was adamant that no one got it on off air.
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Is Ross married in real life?

As of right now, Schwimmer is single. The Ross Geller actor was previously married to artist Zoe Buckman from 2010 to 2017. The two share a daughter together named Cleo Buckman Schwimmer.
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Who really got married in Friends?

Lisa is the only cast member of Friends to get married during the show's run and is still with her spouse. She wed French advertising exec Michael in 1995 and the couple celebrated their 26th anniversary on May 27, 2021.
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Why did Chandler gain weight?

"Friends" fans will remember Matthew Perry's weight fluctuations during his years as the lovably sarcastic Chandler Bing on the hit NBC sitcom. They were the physical manifestations of his addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs, the 43-year-old actor told ABC News in a new interview.
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What season of Friends was Chandler on drugs?

So none of those ... somewhere between Season 3 and 6." "A little bit of the time, I was a little out of it, yeah," he added. Perry has struggled with addiction to substances including alcohol and Vicodin, doing multiple stints in rehab, most recently in 2001.
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What is Thursday according to Joey?

Joey: Thursday! Look, if you need help remembering just think of it like this: the third day. All right, Monday, one-day, Tuesday, two-day, Wednesday, when? huh? what day?
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