Warner Home Video Brings The Emmy-Winning TV Show “Friends” To DVD And VHS For The First Time

(November 14, 2000 – Burbank, CA) – You can never have too many Friends … so Warner Home Video (WHV) is bringing six of America’s best friends to home video, just in time for the holidays. The 10 best episodes from the first five seasons of the consistently top-rated, Emmy-winning television series “Friends” will be available on December 19, marking the first time any of the “Friends episodes” have been available on VHS or DVD. Digitally remastered and offered as singles plus as a two-volume gift set, “The Best of Friends” will include expanded versions of each episode with exclusive, never-before-seen footage plus The Rembrandt’s sensational music video “I’ll Be There for You,” the best-selling theme from “Friends.” Volume Number Two will also contain featurettes shot during the two-part ‘London’ episode. The two-volume gift sets are priced at $24.98 SRP ($19.95 MAP) for the VHS set and $34.98 SRP ($29.95 MAP) for DVD. The VHS single volumes are $14.95 SRP ($9.95 MAP) and the DVD single volumes are $19.98 SRP ($14.95 MAP). With operations in 78 international territories – more than the video division of any other studio – Warner Home Video commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video’s film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment Company, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Video.# # #