The cast of hit show "Friends" have been given a record breaking $2 million each to make a reunion special that takes place o­ne year after the programme's finale. The cast of hit show "Friends" have been given a record breaking $2 million each to make a reunion special that takes place o­ne year after the programme's finale.Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer all agreed to make the single 90-minute special, which will be filmed right after shooting finishes o­n the last ever episode of the Manhattan-based comedy. A spokesperson for television network NBC says, "We knew it would be tough to get the Friends stars together again o­nce they'd gone their separate ways.""So we put an offer o­n the table to persuade them to film the reunion right away."In the special o­ne-off viewers will see the New York sixsome come together for Thanksgiving dinner, which will be screened in conjunction with the holiday in America during November 2004.

The story is countered by TV Guide with the following argument: RUMOR PATROL: A Friends rep is denying a report that NBC has agreed to pay Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer $2 million apiece to shoot a 90-minute reunion special to air in November 2004. The rumored get-together was supposedly going to be taped right after production wrapped later this month o­n the hitcom's final episode and show the gang getting together for Thanksgiving dinner