Just how Friendly can a network get? Ask NBC. They'll be shelling out $10 million per episode for a 10th season of its "Must See TV" hit "Friends" -- making it the most expensive primetime show in TV history.
The return of JENNIFER ANISTON, MATTHEW PERRY, LISA KUDROW, MATT LeBLANC, COURTENEY COX and DAVID SCHWIMMER gives the network a one-year reprieve to try and find a hit comedy to fill that slot. Previous Thursday night hit sitcoms have included "The Bill Cosby Show," "Cheers" and "Seinfeld."
According to the Daily Variety Web site, the negotiations will not result in a pay hike for the six stars, who are currently earning in the very nice neighborhood of $1 million an episode.
Last July, executive producer MARTA KAUFFMAN told reporters, "We would have to know right now if we were going to continue. It can't be a last-minute decision."
But JEFF ZUCKER, president, NBC Entertainment, responded that he wasn't 100 percent sure it was the series' last season, and advised fans not to "put the nails in the coffin yet."
When Aniston, who won a Best Actress Emmy for last season, and a few of the other "Friends" mentioned that they were sad the show was ending and wouldn't mind continuing, the network jumped at the chance to prolong the still-popular series.
Negotiations began. In addition to biting the financial bullet, the one concession made by the network was its willingness to accept 18 new episodes instead of the normal slate of 22.
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