Seinfeld- Jerry and Elaine are exes and breify get back together at the end of season one
Friends- lots of romantic entaglements but mainly Chandler/Monica, Ross/Rachel, and Joey/Rachel
How I Met Your Mother - two of the main characters are a steady couple, the other three are a love triangle
Big Bang Theory- by the end, it’s three couples and one single guy
Any shows like these where the main characters never date each other or hook up with each other?
Only Murders in the Building
Good one, I hadn’t thought of that
That’s only if you only consider the 3 main characters. They each have relationships with recurring characters.
The discussion is whether there is a show where the main group of friends have no romantic entanglements WITHIN THE GROUP. So yes, Only Murders in the Building qualifies unless the main three date or hook up with eachother
30 Rock. None of the core group ever get together. There’s a little bit of sexual tension between jack and lemon but it’s always clear that it will never go anywhere
Has there ever been a mixed-gender group of adult friends where there are no romantic entaglements within the group?
Maybe a group of aces?
Facts lmao
Golden girls comes to mind. And maybe arrested development? but that’s more family than a group of friends.
I can’t comment on Arrested Development cause I’ve never seen it, but Golden Girls are all women not a mixed-gender group
Damn it. I think I subconsciously ruled out of the mix gendered and ended up at golden girls just trying to think of a sitcom that didn’t feature romantic interests in the group.
I’m a dummy, carry on.
Did you forget about Golden Girl pilot where they had a gay housekeeper? Mixed gender bam!!!
I don’t consider him a main character unless he was a series regular for at least one season
Power Rangers?
The original Power Rangers were teenagers. And I thought Jason and Kimberly were a couple but I don’t know, the only season I really watched was RPM, which has a romance between Dillon and Summer
3rd Rock from the Sun? Been a while since I rewatched that, though. Kinda not “friends” but “co-workers”.
Hadn’t thought of that one. It’s a bit hard to decide if they should be considered coworkers or a family. I guess it technically counts cause they’re a gender mixed group not actually related by blood. One of them is a kid but is actually the oldest. Although I’m not sure the aliens really had gender in the way humans do
The IT Crowd i think, i don’t remember in group romance in that show, maybe light flirty comedic moments but not more.
Douglas Reynholm tried to roofie Jen
being human kinda. the werewolf ends up dating someone who moves in so that kinda messes it up but the original trio never has relations I think.
Scooby-Doo? No, they’re supposed to be teens.
Fred and Daphne are a couple I’m pretty sure
And sometimes Velma and Shaggy.
I read that as Velma and Scooby. Oops.
Humans are horny and attracted to proximity.
Probably not, because romantic entanglements make for better TV.
The advengers.
More like co-workers instead of friends but MAS*H.
The thing is that love is an pretty common theme, and a great way to build a conflict, meaning a story.
Even RPG nerd end up having some romance arc in their story, because suddenly it explains the murder, battle and other drama making us roll the dices (and in 90% it’s suggested rather than explicit)
I want to say Resident Alien. The core 3 adult friends don’t have any romantic relations as far as I remember. Although there is one love triangle involving one of the main and side characters I guess. But the majority of the show is about real beautiful mixed-gender friendships IMO.
