Both Lisa Kudrow and Noah Wyle are seasoned TV veterans with hit shows currently streaming on HBO Max. Season 2 of Wyle’s award-winning medical drama The Pitt is approaching its finale, while Kudrow’s mockumentary The Comeback premiered its long-awaited Season 3 last week on the 2026 TV schedule. Long before The Comeback and The Pitt, the two knew each other as young actors at NBC, and I can’t get over the story of how the Friends star used to flirt with Wyle, and the ER actor was completely clueless.
In 1994, NBC hit the ratings jackpot with the additions of Friends and ER to the Thursday night schedule. The hit NBC shows filmed next to each other on the Warner Bros. lot, and the casts used to mingle, with Wyle and co-star George Clooney heading over to watch Friends tape after wrapping episodes of ER. Apparently, the proximity also meant Lisa Kudrow could flirt with the man who played Dr. John Carter, but Wyle told Magic Radio he was totally oblivious to it at the time:
