On This Day: September 22, 1994 — Friends Premieres on NBC
On September 22, 1994, NBC aired the pilot episode of Friends at 8:30 p.m., introducing six mostly unknown actors as Monica, Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe. The show had already been rejected under two earlier titles, nearly lost Jennifer Aniston to a canceled CBS sitcom, and used an R.E.M. song instead of its own…