Friends (1994)

Without a time machine, it's impossible to convey just how big Friends was back in the 90s. But maybe I don't need one because even now it's hard to think of a show that people return to as much as this beloved sitcom, watching it endlessly on repeat even as they go about their day. It's the kind of series where you can just say one phrase like "We were on a break!" and the whole world will instantly what you're on about. Friends is the ultimate comfort show, a star-maker like no other that will always be there for us when our job's a joke, we're broke, or even when our love life's D.O.A.