Editing Friends (section)

=== Awards ===
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Friends}}

To maintain the series' ensemble format, the main cast members decided to enter themselves in the same acting categories for awards.<ref name="community2003" /> Beginning with the eighth season, the actors decided to submit themselves in the lead actor balloting, rather than in the supporting actor fields.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lowry, Brian |date=July 19, 2002 |title=Its Coffin Overflows |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/cl-et-newemmys19jul19,0,7220504.story |url-status=dead |access-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122034847/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/topic/cl-et-newemmys19jul19%2C0%2C7220504.story |archive-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> The series was nominated for 62 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s,<ref>[http://www.emmys.com/shows/friends Friends] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010090803/http://www.emmys.com/shows/Friends |date=October 10, 2011 }} ''emmys.com''. Retrieved June 1, 2014.</ref> winning six.

Aniston and Kudrow are the only main cast members to win an Emmy, while Cox is the only actor not to be nominated. The series won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series]] at the [[54th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 2002, receiving nominations in [[47th Primetime Emmy Awards|1995]], [[48th Primetime Emmy Awards|1996]], [[51st Primetime Emmy Awards|1999]], [[52nd Primetime Emmy Awards|2000]], and [[55th Primetime Emmy Awards|2003]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advanced Primetime Awards Search |url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121204901/http://www.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php |archive-date=January 21, 2009 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]}} Type "Friends" in the "Program" field, select "1993" and "2008" in "Year range" field, and select "NBC" in "Network" field.</ref> The series also won an [[American Comedy Awards|American Comedy Award]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keck, William |date=June 2, 2005 |title=Kudrow back in the fold |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-06-02-kudrow_x.htm |url-status=live |access-date=January 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124162829/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-06-02-kudrow_x.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2009}}</ref> one [[GLAAD Media Award]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2005 |title=15 years of recognition |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4133520/15-years-of-recognition-Special.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122051128/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4133520/15-years-of-recognition-Special.html |archive-date=January 22, 2009 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=TelevisionWeek}}</ref> one [[Golden Globe Award]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=HPFA&nbsp;- Jennifer Aniston |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29209 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121055257/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29209 |archive-date=January 21, 2009 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Golden Globe Award]]}}</ref> three [[Logie Award]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2003 |title=Fed: Logie Award winners |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-73851066.html |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216080213/http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=Fed+Logie+Award+winners&searchType=Article&currentPage=0&orderBy= |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Australian Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2004 |title=Fed: Full list of Logies winners |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-93575833.html |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216074334/http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=Fed+Full+list+of+Logies+winners&searchType=Article&currentPage=0&orderBy= |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Australian Associated Press]]}}</ref> six [[People's Choice Awards]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Entertainment Awards Database |pages=2–3 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=category&query=Favorite+Television+Comedy+Series&x=0&y=0 |url-status=live |access-date=January 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903235242/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=category&query=Favorite+Television+Comedy+Series&x=0&y=0 |archive-date=September 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 6, 1995 |title=Tim Allen Wins Twice at Awards |work=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E258D9CBCB83&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=January 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125073924/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E258D9CBCB83&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |archive-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref> one [[Satellite Award]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 5th Annual Satellite Awards |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2001.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218060819/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2001.shtml |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Satellite Award]]s}} Select the "Television" field.</ref> and one [[2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards#Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Screen Actors Guild Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 24, 1996 |title=The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2nd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525002959/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2nd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=May 25, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2013 |publisher=Screen Actors Guild Awards}}</ref>