The Hollywood Reporter

‘Friends’ Creators Recall Defending Monica’s Storyline in Pilot After NBC Executive’s Opposition

The co-creators of Friends revealed that they had to fight for Monica Geller’s storyline in the first episode, which featured her sleeping with someone on a first date. Nearly 30 years after the beloved show premiered, David Crane and Marta Kauffman recently told The Times UK that an NBC executive wanted to change Monica’s (Courteney Cox) plot …