Friends season 8 (original) (raw)

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Season of television series

Season of television series

Friends
Season 8
Friends season 8 DVD cover
Starring Jennifer Aniston Courteney Cox Lisa Kudrow Matt LeBlanc Matthew Perry David Schwimmer
No. of episodes 24
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27) –May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16)
Season chronology
← PreviousSeason 7 Next →Season 9
List of episodes

The eighth season of Friends, an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, premiered on NBC on September 27, 2001. Friends was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing on May 16, 2002. This season had an average of 24.5 million viewers, and was the most watched TV show of the 2001–02 television season.[1]

Collider wrote that it was the show's best season, and called its highlight "The One with the Rumor".[2]

Cast and characters

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Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green Courteney Cox-Arquette as Monica Geller Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing David Schwimmer as Ross Geller Elliott Gould as Jack Geller Christina Pickles as Judy Geller Bonnie Somerville as Mona Sean Penn as Eric James Michael Tyler as Gunther Maggie Wheeler as Janice Litman-Goralnik Morgan Fairchild as Nora Bing Eddie Cahill as Tag Jones Marlo Thomas as Sandra Green Ron Leibman as Dr. Leonard Green June Gable as Estelle Leonard Brad Pitt as Will Colbert Trudie Styler as herself Johnny Messner as Kash Rena Sofer as Katie Maurice Godin as Sid Eddie McClintock as Clifford 'Cliff' Burnett Sam McMurray as Doug Geoff Pierson as Mr. Franklin Arden Myrin as Brenda Fred Stoller as Stu Harry Van Gorkum as Don James LeGros as Jim Cole Sprouse as Ben Emily Osment as Lelani Mayolanofavich Steve Ireland as Mr. Zelner

United States ratings

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Season 8 averaged 24.5 million viewers and finished, for the first time, as the most watched show of the 2001–02 television season.[1]

The eight season was officially released on DVD in region 1 on November 9, 2004, as a 4-disc DVD Box Set. The release includes the extended versions of every episode, 3 audio commentaries, a video guide to season eight's guest stars, a gag reel, a trivia challenge, and easter eggs about the next season.

The 2004 region 2 DVD version of the season, include the deleted scenes from the episode "The One Where Rachel Tells Ross" as part of the special features, those scenes were cut from the episode following the September 11 attacks and where not shown to the public until the release of this DVD. The Blu-ray releases of the Complete Series include the "Original Producer's Cut" version of the episode presented on Standard Definition as part of the Exclusive Bonus Features of the set; the original script for the episode was also included.

Friends: The Complete Eight Season
Set Details Special Features
23 episodes (1 double-length episode) 4-disc set English (Dolby 5.0 Surround) English, French & Spanish subtitles Audio Commentaries 563 minutes (DVD) 527 minutes (Blu-ray) Over 40 minutes of Never-Before-Seen footage included on every episode (DVD Only) Producers Commentary on 3 episodes: "The One where Rachel Tells Ross", "The One with the Videotape" and "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby" Friends of Friends: Video Guestbook Gag Reel Joey's Game Show Challenge (DVD Only) [b] Gunther Spills the Beans About Next Season: Season 9 Easter Eggs The Original Producer's Cut for "The One Where Rachel Tells Ross" (Blu-ray Only) The Original Script for "The One Where Rachel Tells Ross" (Blu-ray Only)
Release Dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
November 9, 2004 October 25, 2004 October 4, 2006

  1. ^ These episodes originally aired as a single double-length episode but are sometimes split into two episodes for syndication, reruns and DVD presentation.

  2. ^ Not available on the 2019 re-release of the DVD's

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