Friend's 9th Season

[Breezy]

Hey!  It's true.  There will be a 9th Season.  Posts confirming this will follow this post!

[Breezy]

E! already has a teletype that scrolls on the bottom of the television screen that says that there will be a 9th Season.

Here's what Eonline's (E!'s website) news says:

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...: NBC signing a deal Monday with Warner Bros. Television to bring back Friends for a ninth (and probably final) season. The six stars will get $1 million per episode, up from the $750,000 they previously received.  

(Pasted directly from eonline's site:  www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,9513,00.html?tnews, Dated February 12, 2002)

(Oh and their link in the above paragraph is already posted in our topic a million.  And yeah, they also confirm what we have said all along about the Rachel's "dying" thing.  But, we knew that it wasn't true.  So, glad that they put that on their news too.  So, thanks E!)

[Breezy]

From People Magazine's Website (People.com):

February 12, 2002

'Friends' Stay Friendly -- And Rich

STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN


The cast of NBC's "Friends" has signed for a ninth and final year, according to news reports. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer all will be paid $1 million per episode for next season's shows, New York's WNBC News reported, noting that with 24 episodes per season, it is easy to do the math. The deal, according to The New York Times, was concluded on Monday, with the principals being the actors and their representatives on one side, and NBC and Warner Bros. TV, which produces the top-rated Thursday night sitcom, on the other. (Warner TV, like PEOPLE, is part of AOL Time Warner.) This season, each actor received $750,000 per episode. The Times reports that the one-year renewal for the comedy show will exceed the half-hour price that the network paid for the hour-long smash drama "ER" four years ago. Still, NBC Entertainment president Jeff Zucker told The Times on Monday, "This is a great day." In addition to the salary, the six show regulars will all continue to receive a portion of the show's syndication profits, a percentage they gained during their last contract negotiations, in 2000.

(Thanks People Mag, for posting this...Edited by Breezy, complete article can be found at:  people.aol.com/people/news/now/0,10958,202253,00.html)

[Breezy]

Last, but, not least...Here's NBC's News Release from their NBC Entertainment Website:

'FRIENDS' WILL BE THERE FOR US … FOR A FINALE SEASON
Published: February 11, 2002

“Friends,” the most popular television show in America, will return next year for its ninth and final season.


BURBANK, Calif. -- Feb. 11, 2002 -- Warner Bros. Television, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and the stars of the number-one rated “Friends” have agreed to return next season to the NBC Television Network, it was announced today in a joint statement issued by the cast, NBC West Coast President Scott Sassa, NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker, Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, David Crane and Warner Bros. Television President Peter Roth.

“We are enormously pleased and excited to be returning for a ninth season,” said Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. “We could not ignore the outpouring of public support for the show and we are looking forward to creating one more season with the best writers, producers, directors and production people in television.”

“The show is at a creative and ratings pinnacle and that is thanks to the dedication and caring of our cast, our writers, our directors and the hundreds of people it takes each week to put together a top-quality popular series,” said the series creators and executive producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. “We will devote the entire 24 episodes of the final season to wrap up storylines and send our characters off into the world. We are all very excited about being able to do that and very grateful to the many who will make it possible.”



(Edited by Breezy.)
Complete article may be found at this link:

www.nbcmv.com/pw2/entertainment/dnr.v25.cgi?cmd=detail&query_id=56095&subsec=prog&international=

[Michelle]

What great news, i'm so happy, i wonder what's going to happen in the 9th series then. if the writers are sending characters off into the world.

[PRUEzinha]

Great to hear that!!

Changing subject a little: have u guys heard that Rachel may die on Friends? i mean... a friend of mine told me these days... sorry if this has already been posted somewhere before.

[Breezy]

Hey! Yeah!  It means that I'll be here for at least another season.  You'll have to put up with me!

And Pru - check our Season 8 section.  Everything about the "Rachel" dying is over in that section.

[Nabetse Green]

These are indeed good news!!! ;D This way we'll be able to see Rachel's baby!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D