Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends.

Overview

Rumours of Joey, a spin-off show from Friends and produced by Bright-San Productions , Silver & Gold Productions and Warner Bros. Television, began to surface towards the end of the final season of Friends. First aired on 9 September 2004 on American television network NBC, Joey continues the story of popular character Joey Tribbiani, moving to Los Angeles in an attempt to boost his acting career. Joey, with Matt LeBlanc reprising the role, meets up with his sister Gina, and her son Michael, who help him acclimatize to the differences between New York and LA.

Main cast members

• Joey Tribbiani – Matt LeBlanc
• Gina Tribbiani – Drea de Matteo
• Michael Tribbiani – Paulo Costanzo
• Alex Garrett – Andrea Anders
• Bobbie Morganstern , Joey's agent – Jennifer Coolidge

Recurring characters

• Glen, Joey's assistant – Richard Ruccolo
• Howard J. Peckerman, Joey's neighbor – Ben Falcone
• Katie Harper, Joey's daughter in his new show "Deep Powder" – Danneel Harris
• Lauren Beck, the obsessive-compulsive executive producer of "Deep Powder" – Lucy Liu
• Seth Tobin, Michael's rival at Caltech – Simon Helberg
• Eric Garrett, Alex's (ex)husband

List of Guest Stars

The show has already had the following celebrities as guest stars:

• Lucy Liu [1.12-14] -- as Lauren Beck
• Danny Nucci [1.9] -- as Ron
• Kelly Preston [1.8-9] -- as Donna Di Gregorio
• Christina Ricci [1.19] -- as Mary Teresa Tribbiani
• Brent Spiner [1.14] -- as Himself
• Peter Stormare [1.7] -- as Viktor
• Mädchen Amick [1.20-22] -- as Sarah

Development of the show

Cast and filmed in the series pilot as married next-door neighbour Allison, actress Ashley Scott was released when test audiences responded poorly to her character. The role was renamed as Alex, recast with Andrea Anders, and her scenes in the pilot reshot in July 2004. The episode aired in September 2004 was this reshot version.

Episode list

See List of Joey episodes.

Trivia

• The pilot episode was released in screener form for test audiences and members of the entertainment industry to preview the show and drum up business. The screener was subsequently leaked onto the Internet, and thus has received a much wider critical review process than initially conceived.
• The theme song for the show is Sunny Hours by Long Beach Dub Allstars.
• The fifth and the thirteenth episodes were directed by David Schwimmer (who played Ross Geller on Friends).
• The sixteenth episode, aired on February 3rd, makes reference to Johnny Carson, who died on January 23rd, 2005.

Broadcasters

First-run

• NBC (United States)
• Five (United Kingdom)
• Global (Canada)
• TV 2 (Norway)
• Warner Channel (Latin America)
• MTV3 (Finland)
• RTÉ (Republic of Ireland)
• Nine Network (Australia)
• TV2 (New Zealand)
• Stöð 2 (Iceland)
• Veronica (The Netherlands)
• Kanal 5 (Sweden)

Reruns/syndication

• None announced as of March 2005 though the first episode was once reran on NBC, in the place of a new episode.

External links

• Official Joey site
• TVTome Entry for Joey (including an episode guide)
• JoeyTV.net – fansite