--- title: Jennifer Aniston on What a Modern 'Friends' Would Look Like description: The actress reflects on how today's technology might change everything about the classic sit-com she starred in. canonical: https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-10T18:56:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T08:19:07.000Z og:title: Jennifer Aniston on What a Modern 'Friends' Would Look Like og:description: The actress reflects on how technology might change the iconic sit-com og:url: https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9442bd8ad5dc4df/6988c2a2656a3fb0d3bcf8a7/friends-musical-off-broadway-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: friends musical off broadway new york og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Aniston on What a Modern 'Friends' Would Look Like twitter:description: The actress reflects on how technology might change the iconic sit-com twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9442bd8ad5dc4df/6988c2a2656a3fb0d3bcf8a7/friends-musical-off-broadway-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Aniston Has a Harsh Take on What a Modern-Day _Friends_ Would Look Like > Sponsored content. 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You won't believe how much money goes into some of your favorite shows._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:19 AM UTCPublished: May 10, 2017 6:56 PM UTC You won't believe how much money goes into some of your favorite shows.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:19 AM UTCPublished: May 10, 2017 6:56 PM UTC It’s been more than a dozen years since the beloved [cast of _Friends_](http://time.com/3399544/friends-20-years-anniversary-cast/) spent their days hanging around New York City apartments and cafés, getting into (and out of) trouble together. In a podcast interview with [Arianna Huffington](http://time.com/4737448/arianna-huffington-sleep-advice/) for [_Thrive Global Podcast With iHeartRadio_](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-thrive-global-podcast/id1180759468?mt=2), star actor Jennifer Aniston reflected on how the motley crew of pals might interact if they were living in a modern-day Manhattan, complete with all its attendant technology. “Now you have a computer, a television, and a phone. There’s no room. We were jokingly saying that if _Friends_ was created today, you would have a coffee shop full of people that were just staring into iPhones,” Aniston told Huffington of her vision of how the show would be in contemporary times. “There would be no actual episodes or conversations.” _Friends_, which aired for ten seasons starting in 1994 and [still looms large in pop culture](http://time.com/3399544/friends-20-years-anniversary-cast/), mostly avoided navigating the pros and cons of modern communication technology in its plot lines. Instead, Ross, [Rachel](http://time.com/4589823/jennifer-aniston-vanessa-bayer-snl-rachel-friends/), Joey, Monica and the rest of the gang tended to find each other in-person, either at one of their apartment’s or in their go-to coffee shop. Aniston also commented on her avoidance of social media. “My husband’s on Instagram, and people that I know are on Instagram. I have anxiety watching them navigate through Instagram,” she admitted. “It’s kind of a little bit out of sight out of mind… but then you find yourself the only one that doesn’t have it and there’s no one to talk to, because everyone’s head is stuck in their phone.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/"},"headline":"Jennifer Aniston Has a Harsh Take on What a Modern-Day Friends Would Look Like","datePublished":"2017-05-10T18:56:15.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T08:19:07.000Z","description":"The actress reflects on how technology might change the iconic sit-com","url":"https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9442bd8ad5dc4df/6988c2a2656a3fb0d3bcf8a7/friends-musical-off-broadway-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9442bd8ad5dc4df/6988c2a2656a3fb0d3bcf8a7/friends-musical-off-broadway-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"friends musical off broadway new york","caption":"friends musical off broadway new york","creditText":"NBC—NBC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/","name":"Jennifer Aniston Has a Harsh Take on What a Modern-Day Friends Would Look Like"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Most Expensive TV Shows of All Time MONEY","description":"You won't believe how much money goes into some of your favorite shows.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7KM3VTHA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-07T16:07:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7KM3VTHA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4774267/jennifer-aniston-on-friends-today/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```