{"id":6065,"date":"2015-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/08\/12\/comedy-central-uk-to-remain-home-for-friends-episodes\/"},"modified":"2015-08-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T00:00:00","slug":"comedy-central-uk-to-remain-home-for-friends-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/08\/12\/comedy-central-uk-to-remain-home-for-friends-episodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy Central UK to Remain Home for Friends Episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: Comedy Central UK has renewed its deal with Warner Bros. International Television for the exclusive rights to air the entire <em>Friends <\/em>library.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe two signed an additional four-year contract for the show, which first launched on Comedy Central UK in 2011. <em>Friends <\/em>regularly attracts some 5.9 million viewers each month for the channel.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tComedy Central is gearing up to host FriendsFest, a week-long event taking place September 16 to 20 in London. The Boiler House on Brick Lane is being transformed into the ultimate <em>Friends <\/em>experience, including a recreation of the set of Monica&#039;s apartment, a slew of original props and memorabilia, and the chance to sit on the iconic orange couch featured in the show. In the run-up to the event, Comedy Central UK is broadcasting all 236 episodes of <em>Friends <\/em>in order weekdays starting August 24.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJill Offman, the managing director of Comedy Central UK and senior VP of Comedy International, said: &ldquo;<em>Friends<\/em> has become synonymous with Comedy Central in the minds of fans and so I&rsquo;m thrilled we can continue to deliver them their favorite show. We are also investing in the brand off-air and can&rsquo;t wait to host FriendsFest, a week-long interactive experience in central London this September.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJeffrey Schlesinger, the president of Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution, added: &ldquo;For 20 years <em>Friends<\/em> has been one of the most popular and enduring shows in the U.K. This great show continues to run contrary to all the usual trends for long-running sitcoms by not only maintaining a loyal audience but attracting new fans, some of whom were not even alive when it was originally telecast. The performance and renewal on Comedy Central reinforces that <em>Friends<\/em> continues to be a culturally relevant program making it one of the few reliable hit shows that crosses generational lines and still attracts a large and diverse audience on linear television.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Comedy Central UK has renewed its deal with Warner Bros. International Television for the exclusive rights to air the entire Friends library. The two signed an additional four-year contract for the show, which first launched on Comedy Central UK in 2011. Friends regularly attracts some 5.9 million viewers each month for the channel. Comedy &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Comedy Central UK to Remain Home for Friends Episodes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Comedy Central UK to Remain Home for Friends Episodes . LONDON, August 12: Comedy Central UK has renewed its deal with Warner Bros. International Television for the exclusive rights to air the entire Friends library.. 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