Hollywood Flashback: 'Friends' Finally Won the Best Comedy Emmy in 2002
hollywoodreporter.com"We'd get to the point where they read the award and it always went the same way," recalls Friends co-creator David Crane of the Emmy Awards during the blockbuster NBC sitcom's first seven seasons. "They'd go, 'And the winner is Frr…' — and time slowed down — and then it always finished with '...asier!' And we would all start to stand and then settle back in our seats." So, when Friends was nominated again in 2002, no one expected much.
The Hollywood Reporter's coverage of the night described the show's track record as that of "a perennial Emmy bridesmaid." But much to everyone's surprise, the comedy finally was awarded the top honor that year — an extreme rarity for a show almost at the end of its run. (Barney Miller also pulled off a best.
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