Friends or Will and Grace?
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Channel 4 are currently showing Will and Grace at 7 o'clock each morning which I'm enjoying watching while getting ready for work. But if judging both series in their entirety I would say Friends wins it for me. Will and Grace started to rely on too many guest stars from Season 5 and apart from the first episodes of Season 6, I didn't really find any of the later episodes from then to Season 8 very funny although there were some stand out funny moments. Season 7-8 of Friends I didn't like. And Friends had some really stupid and unbelievable story ideas (Joey speaking French for example.) But as a whole I like it better.
However Season 2-4 of Will and Grace was so much funnier and better than anything Friends ever did.
What are your opinions and which do you like more and why?
However Season 2-4 of Will and Grace was so much funnier and better than anything Friends ever did.
What are your opinions and which do you like more and why?
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That being said, Frasier is easily better than both.
Will and grace is lol every episode but theres no depth. Karen is funnier than any charectar ever in friends though. As a standalone half hour, it wins.
Friends is a classic but there are a lot of duff episodes. The writing is clever and it draws you in to loving your faves. Personally i couldnt stand Ross but he mustve been liked by some people but the Ross episodes I couldnt stand.
Of course Jen, Courtney and Lisa made it for me, I much preferred the girls over the guys.
They are both classics. I also preferred the ending of W&G over Friends. Friends ended up way to corny.
They were too shallow, dim and vacuous to be likeable.
Friends were people that we watched grow and changed and they were will acted characters too. And they had great casting with Ross and Monica's parents too. I also loved the Monica and Chandler pairing.
Friends then W&G, but they're so close for me. Both amazing shows.
I think Will and Grace is better, but it has been a while since I sat through Friends from the beginning and that might sway things!
BIB: I agree 100%. Friends was fantastic in it's time, but years on, it's not as great as it was made out to be. Stuff like How I Met Your Mother is much better than it. But I'd still vote Friends over W&G.
Easy choice, Will and Grace, by a mile. Have to agree about Jack and Karen were amazing. I actually preferred to them to Will and Grace, and Will being my least liked characters out of the main four. Have to admit that it did start to go down hill towards the end, but feel like the last season did get better the previous few. And the first live episode (the premiere of the season eight) was great. The second however, too 'slap stick' for my liking, it was lacking almost any quilaity. Flat as flat can be. On the whole, W&G wins easily for me.
Season's 1-4 of W&G were easily the best and there was quite a change from Season 5 onwards. It became far too serious at times along with too many new characters and a guest star in practically every episode. The last episode(s) were particularly grim.
Friends wasn't as 'laugh out loud' funny but the characters made it much more inviting to watch. Friends had a lot of dud episodes particularly in the later seasons.
On topic, I prefer Will and Grace to Friends, but Frasier and How I met Your Mother trounces both!
Will and Grace, while not my cup of tea, is a decent to good show, not really even close to the league of comedies such as Friends IMO. Friends was a comedy that is historic, set the bar, introduced more important characters and ultimately you could say it was more relatable too. Friends had a massive impact, which you cant really say about Will and Grace.