Wasn't old enough to watch it first-run, but have probably watched damn near every episode thanks to Nick at Nite....before Nick at Nite turned to COMPLETE AND UTTER CRAP!!! It's a great show, a classic...one of the best sitcoms ever. And so is Friends. I'm not gonna try and say which is better because it's all subjective anyways. I'll just say that I like Friends a tad bit more, most likely because I was able to watch it first-run and that probably allowed me to become more attached to the characters. That and I just had enough of the bar in Cheers...they needed to change the setting.