Pakistan, Feb. 9 -- Call it the one where the Emmys honour Matthew Perry's legacy. Nearly three months after the Friends actor died from the acute effects of ketamine, the 2023 Emmy Awards remembered him with a touching tribute by playing the show's theme song "I'll Be There for You" during the in memoriam segment. The photo montage concluded with an image of Perry.

However, his Friends cast members-Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer-were not involved in the special segment on the Jan. 15 broadcast. As Emmys executive producer Jeannae Rouzan-Clay told The Hollywood Reporter Jan. 16, "It's still very fresh for them."

Fellow executive producer Jesse Collins noted that the team had discussed brin...