Our creation is not plagiarism, but more a homage to the American sitcom.

我们的创作并非剽窃，而更像是对美国情景喜剧的一种致敬。

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Friends, a famous American sitcom series, is warmly received by many people in China.

《老友记》作为近年来在中国最受好评的美剧之一，在中国拥有众多粉丝。

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The "Golden Girls" is a popular American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985.

注：《黄金女郎》是美国国家广播公司(NBC)于1985年9月14日推出的热门情景剧。

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Friends is an American sitcom about six friends struggling to survive on their own in Manhattan.

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But the American sitcom is also one of Channel 4's biggest hits, bringing audiences of up to five million across the country.

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NBC's adaptation is successful because it takes the central message from the BBC creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's work, the well-used notion that life is really about the unexpected significance we find in everyday human interactions, and absorbs it into the modern American sitcom.

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