HOW DID “FRIENDS” IMPACT MODERN CULTURE?

Nearly twenty years ago, the US network NBC broadcast the very first episode of a series which would go on to change your social life forever. Much like the pull of gravity, the influence of Friends is so all-pervasive that we often take it for granted. Now that it’s possible for a twenty-something to have been born in an era without the definitive twenty-something sitcom, it’s time to reflect. It was an odd time for comedy on television. “Friends” was among the first shows to depict young people who were very much on their own, without significant parental interaction.