Joey is an
American sitcom, which starred
Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as
Joey Tribbiani from the sitcom
Friends. It premiered on the
NBC television network, on
September 9,
2004, in the former time slot of its parent series, Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. Midway through the second season, the show was placed on a
hiatus by NBC but returned on
March 7,
2006, in a new timeslot of Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. One episode, "Joey and the Snowball Fight", was shown on a Tuesday at 8:30 p.m, but was pulled by NBC when it was overshadowed in ratings by
American Idol.
NBC cancelled the series in May 2006 and did not broadcast the remaining episodes.
Repeats are currently broadcast in
India on
WB TV, in
Norway on
TV2, in
Sweden on
Kanal 5, in
Denmark on
TV 2 Zulu, in
Portugal and
Bulgaria on
Fox Life, in the
Netherlands on
Veronica, in
Japan on Super Drama, in
Taiwan on AXN and in the
United Kingdom on
Fiver.
Main characters
- Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani, a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on Days of our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray. Joey is a womaniser with many girlfriends throughout the series, in keeping with his character on Friends.
- Paulo Costanzo as Joey's nephew Michael Tribbiani who idolizes his Uncle Joey's ability to date many women, and who himself is sheltered and nervous around girls. He is self-conscious that he has been so sheltered and that his mother Gina breast fed him until he was seven. Early in the second season it is revealed that Michael suffers from Asperger syndrome. He is a huge Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Wars fan. He is extremely intelligent, an aerospace engineer, attends Caltech and specializes in applied thermodynamics, works with his rival Seth frequently on engineering projects, and is an obvious direct opposite from his more street-wise mother and uncle. He turns to Joey as a big brother and substitute father figure, even after his biological father Jimmy re-enters mother Gina's love life. Michael plays a smaller role in the second season.
