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Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc,
Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will be part of a star-studded
tribute to the 75-year-old Burrows, NBC Entertainment Chairman
Bob Greenblatt told journalists at the Television Critics
Association.
The Feb. 21 special will also see the casts of other comedy
shows that Burrows has directed, which includes "Cheers,"
"Frasier" and "Will & Grace."
"I'm hoping that all six of them will be in the same room at the
same time, but I'm not sure of that," Greenblatt said of the
"Friends" cast. "I'm not sure if we can logistically pull that
off. But I think it's safe to say that all six of them will be
there."
The six performers, whose careers were launched by the show,
have rarely come together as a group since the show went off the
air. Aniston, Cox and Kudrow last appeared together in 2014 to
spoof their "Friends" characters in a sketch on late-night talk
show "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
"Friends," which premiered in 1994 and followed six adults in
their mid-20s trying to navigate work, life and love in
Manhattan, became one of NBC's most-watched shows and has
appeared on lists of the greatest TV shows in history.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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