Channel 4 saying goodbye to Friends in the UK

I heard some sad news a couple of days ago with the announcement of Channel 4 here in the UK that they will stop airing Friends on Channel 4 and C4's digital channel E4, the show that brought us Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Joey and Chandler, and the ever changing hairstyles. Even though the series ended almost six years ago, the series has been re-run seven days a week on E4, airing double episodes every night. 

I'm saddened as I am an avid fan of Friends right since the very beginning and watch it religiously, right through until the end. Somehow, it never gets old to me. I can sit there every night and still laugh out loud as if it's the first time I'm watching it. It will still air until autumn 2011, so I've still got over a year to enjoy my beloved 'Friends'. It's still sad to know that it will be ending though.

The official statement from C4 is: "After 15 years, 10 hit series and 236 terrific episodes it's time to say goodbye to old Friends and welcome new ones, in the form of more comedy, drama and entertainment from the US and UK.

"We are incredibly proud to have been the home of Friends for so long, but at a point when the channel is undergoing a period of creative renewal it felt like the right time to part company."

Got to get someone to buy the whole box set for me.