What Really Happened That Night: The Scandalous Premiere-Day Crisis That Almost Destroyed Friends
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What if I told you that one of television’s most beloved sitcoms almost never made it past the starting gate? On September 22, 1994, the pilot of Friends — originally titled “The Pilot” and later “The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate” — aired on NBC, ranking a respectable 15th for the week with nearly 22 million viewers.
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