Who actually watches this show?
This show was never funny. Why was it so popular?
shareI've never really actively watched Friends. It's just always been on. And it was on the air for so long that it's probably too far away from me. I have the DVDs from my late grandmother that I could pop in and watch anytime (my household isn't noisy/crazy/disruptive) if I cared to.
Like Seinfeld and several other 90s sitcoms, I would have been too young to appreciate the show while it was on the air. I mostly only watched Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite and kids shows. But with my upbringing and my family's "taste," I would have had to discover these kinds of shows on my own. I had never even heard of Seinfeld until it went into syndication on my local Fox station. It wasn't until the later 90s that I started watching more adult-oriented shows such as 3rd Rock from the Sun and Frasier reruns. My family is largely Christian/Republican (to whatever degree), so their tastes would never have gravitated toward Seinfeld. I don't know if Grandma watched Friends during its original run or only after. Most of the sitcoms she liked were on CBS (Raymond, King of Queens, Mike & Molly, Mom type multicams).
I like Seinfeld, but I just never really cared to actually check out Friends. And speak of the devil, it just came on my local station. Ross's wedding.