see ya. >> the show itself was about a time in your life where you leave the home for the first time, your friends become your family. >> if nobody tags rachel, isn't the play still going? >> it's a time in everybody's life that we share in common. >> over 75 million americans, which was a third of the country, would come to watch our network on thursday. so "friends" was a monster hit in ways that it's hard to imagine today. there's no half-hour comedy that's ever been more successful throughout the world for 25 years. >> we were on a break! >> oh, my god. >> what about the impact that it's had on television? ♪ smelly cat smelly cat >> a phenomenon like "friends" can't really be replicated. that sense of everyone is