Ahead of the 90s beloved sitcom ‘Friends’ 20th anniversary next month, the show has wounded its much-anticipated celebration with news as the most streamed show in the U.K. on paid-for SVOD services for the second time in a row, put together by British Media regulator Ofcom.
Premiered in 1994 and ended in 2004, Friends now accounts for 2 percent of total U.K. streams. Amazon’s motoring show ‘The Grand Tour’ comes second on the list, followed by Netflix’s ‘You’, ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’, at third, fourth and fifth respectively.
The Ofcom report also shows that streaming services are taking hold over the interest of British citizens. Almost half of U.K. households are signed on to either a Netflix, Amazon, Now TV or Disney Life platform, raising its figure from 11.2 million (39 percent) in 2018 to 13.3 million (47 percent) in 2019.
Netflix on the record board also holds the most subscribers at a million count of 11.5 million, as of the end of the first quarter of 2019. Amazon Prime comes second with nearly 6.0 million subscribers, Now TV with 1.6 million and DisneyLife with 0.6 million subscribers.
Also, as part of the show’s 25-year celebration, Lego has released a toy inspired collection carved in an image replica form of the six friends seated on the iconic orange couch in front of the recognizable fountain of the show’s theme song.
