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Friends: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added a Top Questions section. Oct 26, 2026
Invalidated site: CORE - The Personal is Professional on TV I'll Be There For You: Friends and the Fantasy of Alternative Families (PDF). Jul 01, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - The one about Friends still being most popular. Mar 28, 2026
Add new Web site: Television Encyclopedia - "Friends". Feb 06, 2026
Add new Web site: Online Research at Cardiff - Friends Reconsidered: Cultural Politics, Intergenerationality, and Afterlive (PDF). Apr 15, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - The Personal is Professional on TV I'll Be There For You: Friends and the Fantasy of Alternative Families (PDF). Feb 06, 2025
Add new Web site: Education Resources Information Center - A Critical Look at the Discourse of Popular Television: The Case of Friends. Dec 11, 2024
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Friends. May 07, 2024
Added cross-references. Oct 31, 2023
Added cross-references. Aug 31, 2023
Add new Web site: Television Academy Interviews - "Friends". May 15, 2023
Add new Web site: WarnerBros.com - TV - Friends. Aug 24, 2022
Added the TV special Friends: The Reunion. May 27, 2021
Add new Web site: Academia - A Critical Look at the Discourse of Popular Television: The Case of Friends. Nov 06, 2015
Added photograph. Jan 07, 2013
New article added. Nov 18, 2008
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