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'That '70s Show' - With seemingly endless time to just hang out and stir up trouble, the Circle, comprised of teens growing up in Point Place, Wisconsin, each bring their own piece of teenagedom to the table: sarcasm, naivety, entitlement, flirtation, heart. They'd make fun of you, but they'd also make sure no one else did.

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'New Girl' - This show gives a hilarious and heartwarming (and extremely quotable) look at friends who double as roommates, or rather roommates who blossom into close friends. These characters' individual weirdness perfectly complement each other's weirdness in a way that real life could only imagine.

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'The Golden Girls' -

We've all imagined growing old with our best friends, and this show offers a beautiful and hilarious glimpse at how four very different women share and invigorate each other's lives even in old age.

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'Seinfeld' -

The friendships of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his small but devoted circle of buddies (consisting of Elaine, George, and Kramer) was an ode to the mundane moments of friendships, celebrating the beauty of recounting tales to your friends over diner coffee and getting mixed up in each other's flubs.

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'Insecure' -

The rollercoaster friendship between Issa and Molly quickly becomes more interesting than their romantic relationships, and with their friends Kelli and Tiffany they make up a fierce four who are all at drastically different points in their lives but can still all do drugs at Coachella together.

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'How I Met Your Mother' -

The way these old friends balance each other out and know each other so well is something most people can only dream of. They have endless memories and continue to make them with their crazy antics, plus they always bring out the best in each other.

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'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' - The "Gang" is made up of hilariously terrible friends who together run Paddy's Pub and constantly get themselves into the strangest predicaments. They're an example of the level of immaturity that is sacred amongst close friends.

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'Stranger Things' - A friend group that makes you equally nostalgic for the '80s nerd culture of Dungeons & Dragons and makes your heart beat rapidly while they bravely try to stop Vecna, the kids from 'Stranger Things' would be a risky but fiercely loyal bunch to join.

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'The Bold Type' -

Three friends working at a major fashion magazine is already a promising premise, but besides their juicy personal lives the friends show how important it is to lean on each other while they struggle to find their own voices.

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'The Good Place' -

Team Cockroach are some of the worst people in the entire universe who are initially meant to torture each other but who become unexpected friends and team up to actually fix the broken binary system of the afterlife. They weather constant tests of their morality, but find the common good between them.

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'Community' -

This community college study group, known as the Greendale Seven, turns into the weirdest group of friends with people of all ages, backgrounds, and quirks. It shows how the most unexpected of friendships can be the most entertaining.

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'Derry Girls' -

Even grown men admire the friendship between these teenage girls in '90s Northern Ireland—Martin Scorsese among them!—as they move from teasing each other to fiercely protecting one another.

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'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' -

The Mystery Inc. gang travels around in their groovy van and uses teamwork to solve mysteries. Not to mention the best friend group have a Great Dane!

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'Girlfriends' -

Over 170 episodes, we got to see four young, strong women navigate relationships, careers, life changes, as well as quarrels with each other, which resulted in a perfectly preserved vignette of the true bond of friendship.

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'Boy Meets World' -

Though romance certainly became the center of this show at many points, the heart always remained in Corey Matthews' friendships. After all, he, Topanga, Shawn, and Eric all start as friends in elementary school and we watch them grow up all the way through college.

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'The Big Bang Theory' - Certainly one of the most highly-educated friend groups to ever appear on TV, this group of quirky nerds and their waitress neighbor also showed viewers a lot of heart.

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'Gossip Girl' -

Maybe it's just for the luxurious parties, expensive clothes, casual trips across the pond, or maybe it's because they're all endlessly entertaining, but the friend group in 'Gossip Girl' was enviable even despite the terrible things they all did to one another. It's the price to pay to be part of the elite 'it' friends!

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'The League' -

The middle-aged members of a hyper-competitive fantasy football league are for the friend groups that love to torture each other out of love. They're for the friends who love making ridiculous bets and reminding each other of dirty inside jokes.

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'Please Like Me' -

A gay 20-something, his very recent ex-girlfriend, and his roommate make up this Australian show's heart. Their friendship through romantic tumbles and family drama remains equally teasing and loyal, and you'll find yourself laughing through tears constantly.

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'Friends' - Perhaps the most obvious entry on this list is the beloved group from 'Friends,' as the 20-somethings figure out their lives in NYC and grow together across 10 seasons. Also, friends who live in the same apartment building? A dream!

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'Cheers' -

This group of vastly different friends proved that the friends you make either as a patron or a staff member at a bar can really be meaningful and long-lasting!

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'Freaks and Geeks' -

Though we only got one season of this now cult-favorite series, it showed the two friend groups of siblings Lindsay and Sam who were in different grades in high school. It's a hilarious and heartwarming reflection on what it's like to make friends—which can be just as awkward and humiliating and rewarding at any point in life.

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'Parks and Recreation' -

This show is the best example of colleagues who become your closest friends, and can make you feel better about not having many friends outside of work since Leslie and Ann's friendship puts all our friendships to shame. We all need a friend as relentlessly supportive as Leslie!

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'Happy Endings' -

We all experience what a breakup in a friendship group can do, but this show provides a lighthearted and entertaining take on it. The group of six friends figure out how to adjust with each other after the couple that brought them together breaks up.

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'The O.C.' - For the more drama-inclined, the friends in 'The O.C.' lived glamorous and complicated lives in Newport Beach, California, but no matter what happened they kept coming back to each other.

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'Crashing' -

Before 'Fleabag,' Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and starred in this unique show about six people who live in an abandoned hospital as its property guardians and throw crazy parties, embarrass themselves, develop feelings for each other, and cause trouble.

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'Girls' -

For the 20-something women trying to figure out their big plans in the big city together, this show gave a refreshingly raw look at young adulthood and the friendships that help guide you along the way.

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'Sex and the City' - There were hardly any female friend groups in the '90s and 2000s who didn't want to be like Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte. They had radically different personalities but were bonded together through career difficulties, romantic obstacles, and other fashionable escapades.

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'Broad City' -

This friend group is really just centered around Abbi and Ilana, who pull others into their orbit constantly with their zero-boundary, ride-or-die bond. They're the friends who video call each other while they're on the toilet and who would do the most unspeakable things for each other.

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