Sorry, all you die-hard "Must See TV" fans. NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker plainly considers himself the No. 1 Friends fan. Asked if he hopes this isn't really the sitcom's final season, the exec jokes to TV Guide Online: "I need a lot of Friends. I don't have many Friends — I need as many Friends as possible!

"Look, we'd love to have Friends stay for as long as they want to," he adds. "Ultimately, it's their decision. It's a cast decision and if the cast wants to stay, I'm sure we could work something out." (Translation: The Peacock has deep pockets, kids.)

"We're certainly approaching this as 'This is our last season' and sort of planning our stories accordingly," producer David Crane told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. on Monday. That means this season will have to resolve the Ross/Rachel/Joey triangle. When we last saw them, Ross was off to propose to Rachel — who'd just given birth and then accepted Joey's accidental proposal with Ross's ring!

"One of the things that really surprised us last season," said producer Marta Kauffman, "was how truly divided our audience was about who they wanted Rachel to be with. Even my kids were divided!" Adds Crane: "When Joey was really pining for Rachel, you felt for him. It's created an interesting dynamic. Yes, you walk a fine line... Ross and Rachel just had a baby. But it made for an interesting cliffhanger and hopefully an interesting beginning... "

How could Joey come between baby Emma's parents and still be the good ol' Joe we know and love? "It's tricky," Crane admits, "and that's what we've been wrestling with as we've been figuring out the beginning of this season. To say more than that would sort of actually tell you what we're doing — and we'd rather everyone watches it on TV."