From 1994 until 2004, one of the all-time greats time ran on NBC. We were treated to 236 episodes over ten years and one of THE most successful and funny sitcoms of the 1990s. Over the course of 10 seasons, “Friends” averaged over 20 million viewers per episode. At the very beginning of season 1, the six protagonists made about $20,000 for every episode. During the last season, their fee was roughly one million Dollars per episode! At the time, they were the highest paid TV actors ever.