# Friends (2012 TV series)

Friends (Polish: Przyjaciółki is a Polish TV-drama which premiered on 6 September 2012 on Polsat.

## Plot

The series follow the story of four friends who met in high school. Their paths then diverged. They meet again years later at a class meeting and realise that they need each other like they never did before. The action happens in Warsaw.

## Production

The pilot episode was filmed in April 2012. Then it was watched by a group of people similar to the profile of the typical Polsat's viewer. The study found that people are willing to come back to it after an advertising break. A positive test result was reflected in the 13 episodes that filmed from July to September 2012.

## Casts

* Małgorzata Socha as Inga Gruszewska
* Joanna Liszowska as Partycja Kochan
* Anita Sokołowska as Zuzanna Markiewicz
* Magdalena Stużyńska as Anna Strzelecka
* Bartłomiej Kasprzykowski as Paweł, Anna's husband
* Marcin Rogacewicz as Michał, Patrycja's boyfriend
* Adam Krawczyk as Andrzej, Inga's husband
* Agnieszka Sienkiewicz as Dorota, Andrzej's paramour
* Lesław Żurek as Wojtek
* Mariusz Zaniewski as Piotr
* Michał Rolnicki as Rafał
* Pola Figurska/Alicja Wieniawa-Narkiewicz/Maja Szopa as Hania, Inga's and Andrzej's daughter
* Antoni Borowski as Staś, Anna's and Paweł's son
* Kajetan Borowski as Franek, Anna's and Paweł's son
* Nicole Bogdanowicz as Julka, Anna's and Paweł's daughter
* Zofia Cybul as Marysia, Inga's daughter
* Mateusz Janicki as Maks, Inga's husband
* Paweł Małaszyński as Artur Morawski, Patrycja's neighbour
* Laura Breszka as Marta
* Mateusz Damięcki as Błażej

## Ratings

Friends premiered on Polsat on Thursday, 6 September 2012 at 10 pm and attracted the audience of 2.604 million. It reached the share of 25.22% in group "16–49" and 25.05% among all viewers. It was the most watched program in its timeslot.
List of ratings by series :
| Series | Episodes | Timeslot | Series premiere | Series finale | TV season | Viewers (in millions) | Average share (16-49) |
| 1 | 13 | Thursday 10 pm | 6 September 2012 | 29 November 2012 | Fall 2012 | 2 395 984 | 22,72% |
| 2 | 13 | Thursday 9 pm | 28 February 2013 | 23 May 2013 | Spring 2013 | 2 586 742 | 19,82% |
| 3 | 13 | Thursday 9 pm | 6 March 2014 | 29 May 2014 | Spring 2014 | 2 004 531 | 14,70% |
| 4 | 11 | Thursday 9 pm | 11 September 2014 | 20 November 2014 | Fall 2014 | 2 056 695 | 13,73% |
| 5 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 5 March 2015 | 21 May 2015 | Spring 2015 | 2 181 597 | 14,19% |
| 6 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 3 September 2015 | 26 November 2015 | Fall 2015 | 2 020 881 | 12,67% |
| 7 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 3 March 2016 | 19 May 2016 | Spring 2016 | 1 989 944 | 13,80% |
| 8 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 1 September 2016 | 17 November 2016 | Fall 2016 | 1 959 775 | |
| 9 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 2 March 2017 | 18 May 2017 | Spring 2017 | 1 792 162 | |
| 10 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 7 September 2017 | 23 November 2017 | Fall 2017 | 1 946 658 | |
| 11 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 1 March 2018 | 17 May 2018 | Spring 2018 | 1 792 469 | |
| 12 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 6 September 2018 | 22 November 2018 | Fall 2018 | 1 795 557 | |
| 13 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 28 February 2019 | 23 May 2019 | Spring 2019 | 1 677 362 | |
| 14 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 5 September 2019 | 21 November 2019 | Fall 2019 | 1 594 399 | |
| 15 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 5 March 2020 | 21 May 2020 | Spring 2020 | 1 435 871 | |
| 16 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 3 September 2020 | 26 November 2020 | Fall 2020 | 1 279 988 | |
| 17 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 4 March 2021 | 20 May 2021 | Spring 2021 | 1 230 806 | |
| 18 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 2 September 2021 | 25 November 2021 | Fall 2021 | 1 085 844 | |
| 19 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 3 March 2022 | 19 May 2022 | Spring 2022 | 938 562 | |
| 20 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 1 September 2022 | 24 November 2022 | Fall 2022 | 876 133 | |
| 21 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 2 March 2023 | 18 May 2023 | Spring 2023 | 781 816 | |
| 22 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 7 September 2023 | 23 November 2023 | Fall 2023 | 752 622 | |
| 23 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 29 February 2024 | 23 May 2024 | Spring 2024 | | |
| 24 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 12 September 2024 | 28 November 2024 | Fall 2024 | | |
| 25 | 12 | Thursday 9 pm | 6 March 2025 | 29 May 2025 | Spring 2025 | | |