{"id":297311,"date":"2025-11-20T15:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/297311\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:33:12","slug":"canceled-friends-spinoff-releases-unaired-episodes-after-almost-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/297311\/","title":{"rendered":"Canceled Friends Spinoff Releases Unaired Episodes After Almost 20 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cJoey,\u201d the short-lived spinoff to \u201cFriends,\u201d has finally released all of its episodes after being pulled off the air mid-season by NBC in 2006.<\/p>\n

The comedy, which starred Matt LeBlanc as his beloved \u201cFriends\u201d character Joey Tribbiani, has been released in its entirety on YouTube \u2014 five months after the official \u201cFriends\u201d account<\/a> first began uploading full episodes to the channel.<\/p>\n

The LeBlanc-led series aired for two seasons on NBC between 2004 and 2006. And, while the sitcom initially debuted to strong ratings \u2014 nabbing over 18 million viewers for its pilot \u2014 after taking over the Thursday evening time slot from \u201cFriends,\u201d the viewership eventually took a dip. At first, NBC moved \u201cJoey\u201d Season 2 to a Tuesday time slot, but ultimately got yanked (notably, eight episodes early) by the network.<\/p>\n

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However, \u201cJoey\u201d did air its entire second season internationally. So, these unaired eight episodes are really an exciting update for U.S.-based fans.<\/p>\n

In addition to LeBlanc, \u201cJoey\u201d starred \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d alum Drea de Matteo and \u201cRoad Trip\u201d star Paulo Costanzo as the former\u2019s on-screen sister and nephew. The comedy followed LeBlanc\u2019s titular character as he moves to Los Angeles for his career, but ultimately reunites with his West Coast-based family in the process.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Miguel A. N\u00fa\u00f1ez Jr. and Ben Falcone also rounded out the \u201cJoey\u201d cast.<\/p>\n

The show was created by Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan, both of whom worked as writers and producers on \u201cFriends,\u201d which ran for 10 seasons before concluding in 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cFriends\u201d \u2014 which also starred Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer and the late Matthew Perry \u2014 is available to stream in its entirety on HBO Max.<\/p>\n

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