Official ‘Friends’ YouTube Channel Posts Two Episodes of ‘Joey’ Spinoff Series

variety.com:

Jack Dunn The official “Friends” YouTube channel Tuesday posted the first two episodes of “Joey,” a spinoff series centering around Matt LeBlanc‘s wisecracking womanizer Joey Tribbiani.

This is the first time “Joey” has been made available since its 2004 debut. Starring LeBlanc alongside Drea de Matteo, Paulo Costanzo, Jennifer Coolidge and Andrea Anders, the series follows the titular Joey as he “leaves New York for Hollywood in order to take his acting career to the next level” and reunites with “his high-strung sister Gina (Matteo) and “Michael (Costanzo), his 20-year-old genius nephew,” per the official logline. “Joey” ran for 46 episodes across two seasons from 2004-2006.

Created by Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri, the show’s pilot pulled in an impressive 18.6 million viewers. However, the buzz didn’t last long, and viewership declined significantly through the remainder of Season 1 and Season 2.

During its first season, NBC initially slated “Joey” in its Thursday night programming slot, which the show inherited from “Friends.” In 2006, however, the show was moved to Tuesday nights before being pulled off the air altogether.