FriendsGame Show Announced at Max, Featuring Challenges Inside the Sitcom's Most Iconic Locations

Mar. 15, 2025

(clockwise l-r) Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay.Photo:Jon Ragel/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Jon Ragel/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Could thisbeany more exciting?Friendsfans can now take their love for the show to the next level!

Max announced on Monday, Sept. 23 that they have green-lit a newFriendscompetition game show set at the New York City flagshipFriendsExperience.Fast Friendswill bring in fans to compete across the “18 nostalgia-filled rooms, activations, and recreated sets,” per a press release.

“Fast Friends, a new four-part game show, will take place in the celebrated series’ iconic sets in a fast-paced competition event,” it read. “From racing through Rachel and Monica’s apartment to darting across Joey and Chandler’s bachelor pad and grabbing a coffee at Central Perk, fans will re-live their favorite moments while being put to the test with trivia, puzzles, and games that will keep even the most die-hardFriendsfans on their toes. The quickest team will win the title of Ultimate Friends Fan.”

(l-r) Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the sitcom’s premiere, the streaming service will also be enhancing content on the app and adding bonus featurettes, includingFriends From The Start, where “the creative team discusses the development and casting of Friends while reflecting on the challenges that arose during the early year,”When Friends Become Family, which “delve[s] into the inspiration and development of some of the most iconic episodes and favorite moments fromFriends, andThe Legacy of Friends, where “the creative team discusses bringingFriendsto an end and reflects on the pop culture influence and lasting legacy of the series.”

Warner Bros. is also set to announce more locations to house TheFriendsExperience, which is currently in London and opening in Las Vegas, in addition to NYC.

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Friends,starringJennifer Aniston,Courteney Cox,Lisa Kudrow,Matt LeBlanc,Matthew PerryandDavid Schwimmer, first aired on Sept. 22, 1994, lasting for 10 seasons until 2004 on NBC. On Sept. 20, series creatorsMarta KauffmanandDavid Craneand executive producerKevin Brightappeared on theTodayshowtoreflect on the iconic series.

“I would imagine it’s kind of what it must feel like when your kid turns 30 and you’re like, ‘How didthathappen?’ ” Crane said.

(l to r): David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Cook, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani and Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay.Warner Bros. Television/Getty

Warner Bros. Television/Getty

The trio also opened up about the constant requests for a spinoff or revival, especially since many of its viewers weren’t even born yet when the show aired.

“We get that a lot,” Kauffman chimed in. “I get emails about it all the time. Everybody has a great idea, and the great idea is: their kids, grown up, doing aFriendsshow.”

“Oh, no. No, no, no,” Crane said of the possibility of a reboot.

The cast also recentlylost one of their own— Perry was founddead face down in his jacuzzion Oct. 29, 2023. A medical examiner determined the actor died of “acute effects of ketamine” — and the creators said his absence would leave viewers feeling like something was missing on a reboot.

“He’d been fighting the good fight for so long,” Bright said of the actor’s struggle with substance abuse, “and it really did feel like, from the [2021] reunion, that he had finally found some peace.”

“It’s a huge loss, and it does make the 30th a little fraught,” Kauffman added.

For now,Friendsfans will have to relive the joys of the show through TheFriendsExperiences and 30th anniversary bonus content.Friendscan also be streamed on Max.

source: people.com