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'Friends' cast reuniting for two-hour NBC special honoring director James Burrows


UPDATED FEBRUARY 5, 2019 10:16 AM EST

Where is Janice Litman Goralnik when you need her because "OH MY GOD." Everyone’sfavorite set of Friends is finally reunitingon TV.

NBC confirmed that the entire cast of the beloved '90s sitcom Friendswill reunite next month on their old network. While members of the Central Perkcrew have reunited for spoofs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the Ellen DeGeneres Show in the past, all of thefriends —Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and MatthewPerry — will take part in the two-hour television special honoring veteransitcom director James Burrows.

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James, who reached a milestone in his directing career lastNovember with his 1,000th TV episode, directed 15 episodes ofFriends back in the day.

While the cast is teaming up for the tributespecial, it is unsure whether all six friends will share the screen at the sametime. NBC’s Robert Greenblatt told reporters at the 2016 TCA Winter Press Tour that he is "hoping that allsix of them will be in the same room at the same time, but I'm not sure we canlogistically pull that off."

Jennifer Aniston recently told E! that she’d be up for a reunion with her old cast if they played seniorcitizens. She said, "Why not wait 'til we're really, really old and then put usup there? That would be more interesting."

Last year, Courteney Cox, who played Monica Geller on thepopular show, admitted that off-screen, “We’venot really had a Friends reunion. We’ve gotten about 80 percent there butthere’s always one person that flakes at the end.” Sadly at the time she didnot seem optimistic about an actual onscreen reunion happening either. She told Yahoo, “DearLord, let it go people! We’re not doing it. It’s just not gonna happen.”

Well, never say never! Thehighly-anticipated reunion is scheduled to tape later this month and will airSunday, February 21 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.