Jerry Seinfeld says Friends only happened because NBC wanted another Seinfeld, this time with more attractive stars.“Here’s my theory on Friends.”“My show came on — ’89, ’90. Friends came on a few years later.”“I think NBC was watching my show and went, ‘Hey, this is working pretty well. Why don’t we try the same thing with good looking people?’ And that was a pretty good idea. I think that kind of worked.”