Friends Cast's Massive Residuals: 20 Years & Counting

0:00It's April 29th. From Hollywood to your headphones, this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey, with the story. Lisa Kudro just dropped some wild info on the massive residuals she and her friend's castmates still pull in. Over 20 years since the show, wrapped. The sitcom ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004, and it's still paying out big time thanks to streaming deals. After Matthew Perry passed, Kudro re-watched the whole series for the first time without nitpicking her own performance. She called it incredible, praising Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox as amazing, David Swimmer and Matt LeBlanc for cracking her up, and Matthew as N, next level. The cast started at $22,500 per episode in season 1, but by the final two seasons, then negotiated as a team and hit 1 million bucks each per show. They also banked $2.5 million apiece for the 2021 HBO Max reunion special.

1:03Now Ginzie is hooked on streaming, loving characters like Phoebe, Rachel, Joey, Monica, Chandler and Ross for those timeless young adult vibes from a pre-smart phone era. Friends keeps proving it's staying power, blending laughs with real life in a way that hits every generation just right.