How long did "Friends" run?
"Friends" aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004, running for 10 seasons and 236 episodes.
Reference: CBS
"Friends" aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004, running for 10 seasons and 236 episodes.
"How I Met Your Mother" aired on CBS from 2005 to 2014, with nine seasons and 208 episodes.
About 52.5 million people in the US watched the "Friends" series finale in 2004, one of the most-watched TV episodes of the 2000s.