Editorial: Profit-sharing and AI protection are the answers to the writers and actors strike
On May 6, 2004, 52.5 million people watched a group of young friends, or “Friends,” wrap up their professional and romantic adventures. “Friends” was a huge hit for NBC, and it lives on as new generations of fans hit its target demographic, but at the time, the finale was seen as a harbinger of the cable-induced drop in the audience for network television. The “M*A*S*H” finale in 1983 scored ...
On May 6, 2004, 52.5 million people watched a group of young friends, or “Friends,” wrap up their professional and romantic adventures.
“Friends” was a huge hit for NBC, and it lives on as new generations of fans hit its target demographic, but at the time, the finale was seen as a harbinger of the cable-induced drop in the audience for network television. The “M*A*S*H” finale in 1983 scored CBS 106 million viewers, “Cheers” on NBC in 1993 attracted a whopping 80.4 million and “Seinfeld’s” swan song on NBC in 1998 was watched by more than 76 million.
