--- title: Friends Coming to Netflix in 2015 description: The iconic NBC comedy will be available for streaming on January 1 canonical: https://time.com/3510467/friends-nbc-netflix/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-15T16:21:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:28.452Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Friends Is Headed to Netflix og:description: The iconic NBC comedy will be available for streaming on January 1 og:url: https://time.com/3510467/friends-nbc-netflix/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137e0ab982a52f70/698760efe20a87cfd4a827ae/ap02050805135.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ANISTON SCHWIMMER og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Friends Is Headed to Netflix twitter:description: The iconic NBC comedy will be available for streaming on January 1 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137e0ab982a52f70/698760efe20a87cfd4a827ae/ap02050805135.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Friends_ Is Headed to Netflix > Sponsored content. 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Cox says it isn’t happening for now and might never happen._  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Oct 15, 2014 4:21 PM UTC  Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer on Friends Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer on FriendsAssociated Press/NBC—Warner Bros. Television  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Oct 15, 2014 4:21 PM UTC Continuing a seemingly ceaseless burst of _Friends_ nostalgia that’s been going since the tenth anniversary of the sitcom’s finale, Netflix announced that the entire series’s run will be available for streaming beginning January 1, 2015. > [](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/522411651501281280) It’s a major deal, given the popularity of the NBC sitcom to this day, not to mention the sheer volume of episodes involved. (Despite the fact that TBS always seems to be airing the same few episodes, there were 236 installments of the show.) _Friends_ is widely available on syndicated television, but given the wide variations in tone season to season, the opportunity to choose whether to watch a low-drama episode where the gang hangs out or one from the height of the Rachel-Ross-Joey love triangle is a significant boon to _Friends_ devotees. Netflix’s original offerings have tended to prompt so-called binge viewing due to their sheer volume of incident. _House of Cards_ and _Orange Is the New Black_ both rely on cliff-hangers and twisty plots that compel viewers to watch the next episode. But given the excitement around _Friends_ hitting the streaming service, it’s not hard to imagine the exact opposite sort of television being just as binge-able. _Friends_ is at its best when little of consequence is happening, in the long stretches of episodes where they’re all bickering over apartments or cleaning philosophies. It’s extremely comfortable and comforting TV — the sort that will lend itself perfectly to hours of consecutive watching this winter. _Read next:_ [_The Best Halloween Movies Streaming Right Now_](http://time.com/3502751/best-halloween-movies/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3510467/friends-nbc-netflix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3510467/friends-nbc-netflix/"},"headline":"Friends Is Headed to Netflix","datePublished":"2014-10-15T16:21:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:28.452Z","description":"The iconic NBC comedy will be available for streaming on January 1","url":"https://time.com/3510467/friends-nbc-netflix/","keywords":["Television","Netflix","Friends"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137e0ab982a52f70/698760efe20a87cfd4a827ae/ap02050805135.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137e0ab982a52f70/698760efe20a87cfd4a827ae/ap02050805135.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ANISTON SCHWIMMER","caption":"ANISTON SCHWIMMER","creditText":"Associated Press/NBC—Warner Bros. 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