Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman regrets not promoting diversity on show

Friends actor Sherri Shepherd has claimed that she wasn’t invited back to the show after she made a joke about its lack of diversity.The comedian, who is best known for starring in 30 Rock and How I Met Your Mother, played museum tour guide Rhonda in the episode ‘The One With Phoebe’s Uterus’.TV host and media personality Jawn Murray, a friend of Shepherd’s, told ABC News: “Sherri was one of the few black faces that was on Friends.“Her, Aisha Tyler and Gabrielle Union.

the streaming platform HBO Max in May, had production pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic. But now the highly anticipated show, which ran for 10 seasons, is getting back on schedule.“We are hoping to be able to shoot in August, if all is well and there is no early second wave and the studio is open,” Marta Kauffman, who created the hit sitcom along with David Crane tells the Wrap.

, Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman reveals that those working behind-the-scenes on the much-anticipated reunion are hoping to shoot the special later this summer.The reunion special, which will feature Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, was initially slated to premiere with HBO Max's launch on May 27, but was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.«We are hoping to be able to shoot in August, if all is well and there is no early

Friends cocreator Marta Kauffman gave an update to the highly-anticipated reunion special, which was originally set to be released in May when HBO Max debuted.

It's been more than a year since Avengers: Endgame was finally unveiled for fans to consume, cheer and cry over. For once in his life, Steve Rogers decided to be selfish and find his own happy ending as he travelled between dimensions, returned the Infinity Stones to its original place and got married to the love of his life, Peggy Carter, in an alternative timeline.

Too little, too late? Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman recently apologized for the lack of diversity on the long-running sitcom, explaining at the virtual 2020 ATX TV Festival, "I wish I knew then what I know today...We've always encouraged people of diversity in our company, but I didn't do enough." However, as E! hosts Morgan Stewart, Nina Parker and Scott Tweedie discussed on the latest Daily Pop, the acknowledgment seems to be, as Stewart put it, "a little too late." Parker was in agreement

Friends creator Marta Kauffman got emotional during a recent ATX TV…from the Couch panel with female showrunners when she got a question about what she wished she’d known when she started her television career.

The co-creator of hit TV comedy Friends said she “didn’t do enough” to encourage diversity on the show.

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The co-creator of “Friends,” Marta Kauffman, got emotional while lamenting not doing enough for diversity in a recent panel discussion. Kauffman, who co-created the hit 90s sitcom as well as the Netflix original series “Grace and Frankie,” spoke with a handful of other showrunners at an ATX TV...from the Couch panel when she began to tear up when asked what she wishes she’d known earlier in her career.

Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman struggled to hold back her tears as she admitted she “didn’t do enough” to promote diversity within the television industry.

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Friends, the 25-year-old sitcom that seems just as popular today as it was during its original run from 1994-2004, is still making headlines as viewers look back at the show and many of its dated aspects. The series, which is now streaming on HBO Max, has been criticized for its lack of diversity.

. During day three of ATX TV's virtual festival, the sitcom's co-creator expressed regret over not diversifying the series, which ran from 1994 to 2004 and starred  Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer.«I wish I knew then what I know today,» she said, before apologizing for getting emotional. «Sorry. I just wish I knew then what I know now.

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“Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman got emotional as she admitted to not being diverse enough on her shows during an appearance at the virtual 2020 ATX Festival.