{"id":457100,"date":"2026-02-06T06:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457100\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T06:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:50:07","slug":"lisa-kudrow-pleads-with-new-warner-bros-owner-to-not-change-a-thing-after-filming-friends-the-comeback-on-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/457100\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Kudrow Pleads With New Warner Bros. Owner To Not \u201cChange A Thing\u201d After Filming \u2018Friends\u2019, \u2018The Comeback\u2019 On Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With the imminent sale of Warner Bros., Lisa Kudrow recently took a stroll down Memory Lane\u2014located on the Burbank studio lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the Emmy winner reminisced about filming Friends on the WB lot, she urged the new owners to keep the historic lot \u201cpreserved as is,\u201d getting emotional about recently filming the third and final season of HBO\u2019s The Comeback there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More from Deadline<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to tell if Warner Bros. is just special to me, or if it\u2019s special to the whole city or industry. I think it is,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ryTfxGredyw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Architectural Digest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Architectural Digest<\/a>. \u201cEverything changes ownership all the time and you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kudrow added, \u201cI think most people really hope whatever happens next is that this studio lot is preserved as is. It works. I mean, we just shot here. Whoever buys it, you don\u2019t need to change anything. It works, it works great. So, congratulations whoever\u2019s next. Please don\u2019t change a thing. Please, please don\u2019t remove Jack Warner\u2019s roses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Romy &amp; Michele star\u2019s heartfelt plea came amid the Netflix-Warner Bros merger\u2019s Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing, as the streamer is <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/netflix-warner-deal-top-uk-163143261.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201chighly confident\u201d it will close the $83B deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201chighly confident\u201d it will close the $83B deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, new Paramount Skydance owner David Ellison is continuing his <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/paramount-david-ellison-netflix-warner-open-letter-1236709783\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:mission to derail the deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">mission to derail the deal<\/a>, attempting to snatch up WB for his own growing studio empire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Best of Deadline<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.deadline.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline&#039;s Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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