Will the finale end similarly to "Friends"?

[bfm]

1 minute ago, April said:

That was exactly my point though. Comedies do age pretty quickly cause humour and what is acceptable changes so fast and TBBT will be (and I guess depending on who you ask already is) suffering the same fate.

I agree on that, but that doesn't mean they won't have new fans.

[April]

Just now, bfm said:

I agree on that, but that doesn't mean they won't have new fans.

I never said they won't have new friends.

[bfm]

3 minutes ago, April said:

I never said they won't have new friends.

I think having new fans like Friends does should be considered "faring well".

Edited August 28, 2018 by bfm

[April]

3 hours ago, bfm said:

I think having new fans like Friends does should be considered "faring well".

That also wasn't my argument. I was talking about how well the writing holds up with today's sensibilities and we've already agreed that it shows its age and the humour wouldn't work if it were a new show. People (re)discovering the show because they have dozens of hours to kill on Netflix doesn't change that.

[bfm]

53 minutes ago, April said:

That also wasn't my argument. I was talking about how well the writing holds up with today's sensibilities and we've already agreed that it shows its age and the humour wouldn't work if it were a new show. People (re)discovering the show because they have dozens of hours to kill on Netflix doesn't change that.

Then sorry for misunderstanding, you wrote about how TBBT will fare and then about Friends aging poorly so I took it as a contrast. Although I think getting new, younger fans does show that there are enough elements that still work.

[3ku11]

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8 hours ago, April said:

That also wasn't my argument. I was talking about how well the writing holds up with today's sensibilities and we've already agreed that it shows its age and the humour wouldn't work if it were a new show. People (Are)discovering the show because they have dozens of hours to kill on Netflix doesn't change that.

Well Friends this month officially beat Top Gear. As the most viewed, subscription based TV Show on Netflix in the entire UK. So I would say it is a bit more than a few ppl having time to kill. It has clearly expanded its audience. As for show aging. Culturally it has. But I still find the situations and jokes are still so relatable. Which is prob the shows appeal in 2018, its universal. 

As for TBBT and similarities to Friends. Maybe via Penny giving birth. But I Dont think it well be all that similar. 

Edited August 29, 2018 by 3ku11

[chucky]

9 hours ago, 3ku11 said:

As for TBBT and similarities to Friends. Maybe via Penny giving birth. But I Dont think it well be all that similar. 

I have to agree there're similar in some ways, but totally different for the most part,

[Die Zimtzicke]

On 8/28/2018 at 5:01 PM, April said:

I was talking about how well the writing holds up with today's sensibilities and we've already agreed that it shows its age and the humour wouldn't work if it were a new show.

I partially agree. Shows can show their age and still be somewhat amusing. New fans are turning in for shows like The Monkees, the Munsters, the Addams Family  The Brady Bunch and a lot of those other old shows every day but doesn't mean they are still timely. I was astounded a few years back when I found my youngest daughter and her high school friends watching the Partridge Family. They were just flipping around and found it and were amused by it.