The One With All The Facts About ‘Friends’ That Will Even Surprise The People Who’ve Binged Every Episode

They Were The First Cast To Negotiate Salaries As A Group

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The six main cast members began earning $22,000 an episode in 1994, but by 1997 they all had different salaries. They threatened to boycott NBC unless they all got equal pay, and would walk offstage together if they saw network executives trying to convince a single person to take a raise.

By the final season, they each made $1 million an episode.