Friends is an American television sitcom.Filming took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. All ten seasons of Friends ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings; it ultimately reached the number-one spot in its eighth season. The series finale aired on May 6, 2004, and was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fifth most-watched series finale in television history,and the most-watched television episode of the 2000s.Friends received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular television shows of all time.The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season. The show ranked no. 21 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time,and no. 7 on Empire magazine's The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.In 1997, the episode "The One with the Prom Video" was ranked no. 100 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time.In 2013, Friends ranked no. 24 on the Writers Guild of America's 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time,and no. 28 on TV Guide's 60 Best TV Series of All Time.To maintain the series's ensemble format, the main cast members decided to enter themselves in the same acting categories for awards.Beginning with the series's eighth season, the actors decided to submit themselves in the lead actor balloting, rather than in the supporting actor fields.The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards,winning six. Aniston and Kudrow are the only main cast members to win an Emmy, while Cox is the only actor not to be nominated. The series won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2002, receiving nominations in 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2003.The series also won an American Comedy Award,one GLAAD Media Award, one Golden Globe Award,three Logie Awards, six People's Choice Awards,one Satellite Award,and one Screen Actors Guild Award.