Speaking of Must See TV

This article popped up today and got me thinking: Would FRIENDS have been as big a success if this had happened? Here's the link (Can't get it to link correctly. Sorry): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/09/friends-jennifer-aniston-replaced-as-rachel_n_3733395.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl16%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D356149