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Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston

by Samantha Harman |
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Wait, what's this – could our eyes be deceiving us? Two Jennifer Anistons?

Friends co-star Courtney Cox posted the hilarious photo on her Instagram page by way of celebration for Jennifer's 51st birthday, with the caption, "No matter how hard you might try... there’s only one Jennifer Aniston. Happy birthday my dear friend I love you!"

Err, obsessed.

The post which received over 2.5m likes and 18k comments, was a hit with Jennifer who replied, "😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️😘😘."

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Friends

We all know and love it as Friends, but the TV show could have been called something very different...

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Six of One

Six Of One just doesn't have the same ring to it! Here are the cast Jennifer Aniston, Matt Le Blanc, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow,

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Only Fools and Horses

We know it as Only Fools and Horses with Del Boy's infamous Reliant Regal Supervan.

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Readies or Big Brother

But it was originally due to be called Readies or Big Brother. Good job they went with Only Fools and Horses, then!

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The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory could have been called something a lot less catchy...

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Lenny, Penny and Kenny

Yep - Sheldon was very nearly called Kenny!

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Saturday Night Live

US variety show Saturday Night Live is well known around the world - here's Star Wars actor Adam Driver introducing the show.

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NBC's Saturday Night

Not quite the same, is it? Here's Ariana Grande's ex-fiancé Pete Davidson, who works on the show as a comedian.

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Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana, was a musical comedy starring Miley Cyrus in the lead role and was named after the main character, but it could have been very different.

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Alexis Texas

The lead character was originally going to be called Alexis Texas... Which means that the show would also have been called Alexis Texas!

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Lost

The gripping TV show Lost, starring Terry O'Quinn as John Locke (pictured), kept people guessing the ending for years.

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Nowhere

Lost could have been called Nowhere!

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New Girl

Known as New Girl, the TV show starring Zooey Deschanel as kooky teacher Jess Day could have been called something else entirely.

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Chicks and D---s

While New Girl was the name they finally settled on, it had a much ruder working title - and Zooey Deschanel refused to sign onto the project whilst that was the name.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Supernatural TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer was a hit in the late 90s and early 00s. It was named after the lead character Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar.

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Slayers

It was originally going to be called Slayers.

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The Good Wife

Known as The Good Wife, the TV series starred Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart (pictured), as a top litigator and senior partner of a Chicago law firm.

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Leave the B-----d

The series, which also starred Sex and the City's Chris Noth (pictured), was originally going to be called Leave the B-----d.

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NCIS

NCIS finished its 14th season earlier this year - this moment is from the gripping season finale.

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NavyNCIS

Starring Duane Henry, Emily Wickersham, and Wilmer Valderrama (above) NCIS was originally going to be called NavyNCIS.

Jen celebrated her birthday in style this week, arriving by chauffeur to the Sunset Tower Hotel in LA (our invite must have got lost in the post).

And, there's a pretty hot photoshoot adorning her Instagram page celebrating her glorious 51 years on the planet – as always she looks smoking.

Friends Cast
Friends cast: David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matt le Blanc ©Getty

It's an exciting time for the cast of Friends right now, Matthew perry joined Instagram last week fuelling speculation a Friends reunion is definitely on the cards.

Side note: He now has 4.9m followers and has posted four times...

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Better than nothing, right?

Furthermore, chat show host supremo Ellen Degeneres is rumoured to be the host of said special.

We can't help but dream of what the one-off episode would've been like though...

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We imagine maybe Phoebe's living in a commune somewhere spreading love and light, while Joey fathered ten kids and likes to eat huge bowls of pasta in Queens with his gorgeous wife (and girlfriends...)

I guess we'll never know. sigh

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