F.R.I.E.N.D.S has not only been a series but also an emotion to its entire fanbase. The series aired on NBC back in 1994 and ran till 2004. The sitcom consisted of a total of 10 season having 236 episodes. The sitcom has been a comfort place for the global fanbase, and throughout all the years, the loyal ones haven’t yet got over the soft aura the series creates. The series is about six friends figuring out their lives.
Whether their job is broken, their love life is DOA, or even life is stuck in the second gear, they remained there for each other, and for their fans too. The sitcom not only entertains but also heals. And thus, when Netflix India announced that it would stop streaming the sitcom, the fans were left heartbroken. However, the overwhelming demand for the series even led Netflix to bring it back on the small screens on and from March 31, 2026. Amid fans being extremely happy and excited, let’s have a look at the massive salary package the cast, i.e. 6 actors, got throughout the 10 seasons of the series.
F.R.I.E.N.D.S is back on Netflix: How much did the cast get paid for the show?
In the first season of the sitcom, the F.R.I.E.N.D.S cast reportedly earned USD 22.5K for each episode in season 1. For season 2, it was revealed that the six stars were paid between USD 20K to USD 40K (per episode), and as reported and David Schwimmer who played ‘Ross Geller’ and Jennifer Aniston who was seen as ‘Rachel Green’ were paid a bit more than the other 4 stars, Courteney Cox, seen as ‘Monica Geller’, Lisa Kudrow as ‘Phoebe Buffay’, Matt LeBlanc as ‘Joey Tribbiani’, and Matthew Perry as ‘Chandler Bing’.
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