It’s the one where Channel 4 swooped back in.
The UK free-to-air broadcaster has landed rights to the iconic American comedy series and will air all 10 seasons from Januay 2027 on the Channel 4 VoD player and E4.
NBC‘s Friends reached an entire generation of Brits when it aired on Channel 4 linear then E4 through the 90s and noughties. Channel 4 was the show’s original UK broadcast home when it kicked off in the mid-1990s and Friends then moved to E4 when the digital channel launched in 2001, one of a number of U.S.
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