- The final episode was watched by 52.46 million viewers and is the fourth most watched television series finale in US history.
- “I’ll Be There For You” was co-written by Friends producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman, with The Remembrandts’ Phil Solem and Danny Wilde.
- Season Two is the only one that does not have a Thanksgiving episode.
- Courteney Cox was the only one in the cast who did not receive an Emmy nomination for her work on the show.
- Each cast member earned $ 22,500 per episode during the show’s first season. When the series ended, they were making $ 1 million per episode.
- In the first episodes, Monica and Rachel’s apartment number was 5. This was changed in later episodes to number 20 because the producers realized that number 5 would correspond to an apartment on a lower floor.
- The iconic orange Central Perk sofa was found by a set designer in the basement of Warner Bros. Studios.
- The frame around the peephole initially had a mirror. A team member accidentally broke it, but it still looked good, so they decided to leave it.
- In the early developmental episodes, the writers considered making Chandler gay.
- Ellen DeGeneres turned down the role of Phoebe.
