• January 15, 2003

Why did the Friends cast decide to return for a 10th season, despite rumors and their own statements about this year being the last? Because it’s fun, says one. “We are having a blast doing it, a really fun time. It’s sad to think about ending,” Matthew Perry told NBC’s syndicated Access Hollywood. Lisa Kudrow said the cast was the last to decide whether there would be a 10th season after the network, studio and producers decided to go ahead. “There was a lot of talk among the cast, how many [episodes] would be reasonable to do, how many we felt like doing. At this point, everybody is at such a different stage of their life that doing this show might not suit everybody’s life right now. We’re doing 18 episodes and that’s it,” she said.