“Joey,” the short-lived spinoff to “Pals,” has lastly launched all of its episodes after being pulled off the air mid-season by NBC in 2006.
The comedy, which starred Matt LeBlanc as his beloved “Pals” character Joey Tribbiani, has been launched in its entirety on YouTube — 5 months after the official “Pals” account first started importing full episodes to the channel.
The LeBlanc-led collection aired for 2 seasons on NBC between 2004 and 2006. And, whereas the sitcom initially debuted to robust rankings — nabbing over 18 million viewers for its pilot — after taking on the Thursday night time slot from “Pals,” the viewership ultimately took a dip. At first, NBC moved “Joey” Season 2 to a Tuesday time slot, however finally acquired yanked (notably, eight episodes early) by the community.
Nevertheless, “Joey” did air its whole second season internationally. So, these unaired eight episodes are actually an thrilling replace for U.S.-based followers.
Along with LeBlanc, “Joey” starred “The Sopranos” alum Drea de Matteo and “Street Journey” star Paulo Costanzo as the previous’s on-screen sister and nephew. The comedy adopted LeBlanc’s titular character as he strikes to Los Angeles for his profession, however finally reunites together with his West Coast-based household within the course of.
Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. and Ben Falcone additionally rounded out the “Joey” forged.
The present was created by Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan, each of whom labored as writers and producers on “Pals,” which ran for 10 seasons earlier than concluding in 2004.
“Pals” — which additionally starred Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer and the late Matthew Perry — is offered to stream in its entirety on HBO Max.
