The One About Matthew Perry, a new Netflix docuseries about the Friends star, arrives on Netflix on Tuesday, October 27, according to OuterRoom’s TV guide for the week of October 26 to November 1 and iTalkTelly’s what-to-watch guide. The series is part of a week that also includes Celebrity Race Across the World, VisionQuest and Dexter: Resurrection season two.
That Matthew Perry Netflix docuseries matters because Perry, who played Chandler Bing on Friends, remains one of television’s most beloved comic actors, and his story, from sitcom stardom to personal struggles and his bestselling memoir, has been widely discussed since his death in 2023. A docuseries allows that story to be told through archive, interviews and context, rather than through headlines alone.
What The Docuseries Covers
The series is expected to trace Perry’s career from his early roles to Friends, which ran from 1994 to 2004 and made him a global star, and then to his later work, his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, and his advocacy for addiction recovery, according to series listings summarised in weekly guides. The title itself plays on Friends’ famous episode-naming convention, with every episode titled The One With or The One About.
Netflix has not released a full episode count in the guides, but the series is positioned as a documentary event, similar to other recent Netflix docuseries about beloved television figures. Its October 27 date places it midweek, between Sunday night dramas and Friday’s Dexter launch, giving it a clear window for attention.
The docuseries also arrives at a time when Friends remains a streaming staple, with new generations discovering the show on Netflix and other services. For those viewers, Perry’s story is not nostalgia but a way into understanding how a sitcom became a cultural phenomenon.
Why A Docuseries, Not A Drama
A docuseries, rather than a dramatised biopic, allows Perry’s own words, from interviews and his memoir, to carry the story. That approach has worked for other Netflix documentaries about performers, where archive footage and testimony feel more honest than casting an impersonator.
For Friends fans, the series offers a chance to revisit Chandler’s best moments with new context. For viewers who know Perry only from Friends reruns, it offers a fuller picture of an actor whose comedy masked serious personal challenges, and who spoke openly about them in his later years.
The One About Matthew Perry arrives on Netflix on October 27. It is, for many viewers, the week’s most emotional television event.
