you have until July 1st to watch this cult series before it leaves the platform

Competition is fierce between the different video streaming platforms, between the main players which are Netflix, Amazon Prime or Disney+. The first is the most popular, but its managers are necessarily aware that they must know how to renew themselves so that their subscribers are not tempted to look elsewhere. This is why new releases abound every month, like the highly anticipated season 3 of The Bridgerton Chronicle (Part 2), available on Netflix starting June 13. Following Kubra must arrive on June 6, the day during which Emmanuel Macron must speak on the news of 20 hours on TF1 And France 2while New Amsterdam is already devoured by the fastest.

At the same time, several films are preparing to appear during the month of June, such as Lolita in spite of myself by Mark Waters who is celebrating his 20th birthday (June 4), or even the saga Dad or Mom 1 And 2 by Martin Bourboulon, and dated 2015 and 2016. Then others disappear, for lack of spectators… or rights, which could tend to create a certain frustration. This is the case of the series Friends who is about to disappear from the Netflix platform on June 30.

The Friends series migrates to another platform

Subscriber to the service, you will have until July 1 to rewatch – or discover the ten seasons of this cult series, the first episode of which was broadcast in 1994. 30 years later, the lines of Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox) or Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) still resonate in the ears of an entire generation. The success was such, particularly across the Atlantic, that the project by Marta Kauffman and David Crane lasted 20 years, from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004, for a total of 236 episodes. The final episode was also watched on NBC by more than 50 million Americans… That’s saying something! Unfortunately, Friends will leave Netflix to migrate to Max.

The new service combining HBO Max And Discovery+ seeks to attract new subscribers and therefore takes out its claws. Which isn’t actually that surprising when you think about it, since HBO Max owns the rights to the series Friendswhich had also broadcast a special episode in 2021 with the main actors gathered for what was presented as Reunion. In France, it was on the Salto platform that the images were broadcast the same day. Several personalities had joined the cast of this episode based on the nostalgia of the group of friends, including Cara Delevingne, the group BTS, Justin Bieber who has just announced that he will soon be a father, or the singer Lady Gaga.

The investigation into the death of Matthew Perry relaunched

The news comes even as American justice has just revealed that the investigation was taking a new turn in the case of the death of one of the emblematic actors of Friends – Matthew Perry – which occurred in October 2023, and which plunged the team into total fear. He was found drowned in the jacuzzi of his home in Los Angeles. The analyzes revealed that the actor known for his role as Chandler Bing and then aged 54 had made it possible to conclude that a “accident” associated with “acute effects” of the administration of ketamine, this powerful anesthetic that he took as part of a therapy followed to help him overcome depression.

But, on May 21, theAssociated Press revealed that the Los Angeles police were still wondering how Matthew Perry could have been found with such a large quantity of ketamine in his blood, much higher than that of his last official infusion, a week before his death. The investigation must therefore make it possible to determine how Matthew Perry obtained this fatal dose of ketamine.

Journalist

If writing is a pleasure, being read is even more so. Passionate about pop culture, Jonathan sets the pace in the right tone to always keep you well informed. Attracted by …