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TIL in 2000, when the cast of “Friends” wouldn’t come down from their $1,050,000/episode salary demands, NBC produced promos saying “You’ve loved them for seven years, see how it all ends with the series finale of Friends this Thursday”. The cast agreed to lower salaries.

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