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National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 21–27)". Los Angeles Times. September 30, 1998. Archived from the original on May 14, 2023 . Retrieved April 25, 2021– via Newspapers.com. The first season was shot on Stage 5 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. [69] NBC executives had worried that the coffee house setting was too hip and asked for the series to be set in a diner, but eventually consented to the coffee house concept. [49] The opening title sequence was filmed in a fountain at the Warner Bros. Ranch at 4:00am, while it was particularly cold for a Burbank morning. [70] At the beginning of the second season, production moved to the larger Stage24, which was renamed The "Friends" Stage after the series finale. [71] a b Madison III, Ira (October 31, 2014). "You Won't Believe What America's Favorite "Friends" Episodes Are". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Radloff, Jessica. "The Creators of Friends Reveal Brand-New Secrets About the Show". Glamour. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018 . Retrieved December 3, 2018.Lyons, Margaret (April 13, 2011). "Happy Endings: Wait, Which Friends Clone Is That Again?". Nymag.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011 . Retrieved August 4, 2012. Silvestre, Irish Mae (July 13, 2022). "Could we BE more excited? The Friends Experience is finally in Toronto (PHOTOS)". Archived from the original on July 13, 2022.

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