'Friends' took over the world -- and the show's superfans aren't ready to say goodbye

For 17 long years, television's six closest "Friends" and their die-hard fans around the world were on a break.That ended Thursday, when the sitcom's six cast members returned for a one-off special -- a reunion millions of viewers had been feverishly demanding ever since the group turned off the lights and strolled out of their preposterously spacious Manhattan apartment for the last time

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