Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Kauffman da Crane sun fara haɓaka Abokai a ƙarƙashin taken Insomnia Cafe tsakanin Nuwamba da Disamba 1993. Sun gabatar da ra'ayin ga Bright, kuma tare suka gabatar da shafuka bakwai na wasan kwaikwayon ga NBC. Bayan sake rubutawa da sauye-sauye da yawa, gami da sauye-sauyen taken zuwa shida na ɗaya da Abokai Kamar Mu, a ƙarshe an kira jerin Abokai. An yi fim ɗin wasan kwaikwayon a Warner Bros. Studios a Burbank, California. Dukkanin yanayi goma na Abokai sun kasance a cikin manyan goma na kallon talabijin na ƙarshe; a ƙarshe ya kai matsayin lamba ɗaya a kakar wasa ta takwas. An nuna wasan karshe na jerin a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 2004, kuma kusan masu kallo miliyan 52.5 na Amurka sun kalli shi, wanda ya sanya shi zama na biyar mafi yawan kallon wasan karshe a tarihin talabijin, kuma mafi yawan kallon talabijin na shekarun 2000. Abokai sun sami yabo a duk lokacin da yake gudana, ya zama daya daga cikin shahararrun shirye-shiryen talabijin na kowane lokaci. An zabi jerin don 62 Primetime Emmy Awards, wanda ya lashe kyautar Kyautar Kyauta a 2002 don kakar wasa ta takwas. Nunin ya kasance a matsayi na 21 a kan TV Guide's 50 Mafi Girma TV Shows na Duk Lokaci, da kuma lamba 7 a kan mujallar Empire's 50 Mafi Girma TV Shows na Duk Lokaci. A cikin 1997, labarin "The One with the Prom Video" ya kasance a matsayi na 100 a kan TV Guide's 100 Mafi Girma Episodes na Duk Lokaci. A shekara ta 2013, Abokai sun kasance a matsayi na 24 a kan jerin jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na 101 mafi kyawun jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na Amurka, da kuma na 28 a kan jerin shirye-shiryen TV na 60 mafi kyawun jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne su biyun suka fara aiki tare?
Shekarar 1993