‘Friends’ spinoff ‘Joey’ releases final eight unaired episodes

Friends fans can finally watch the finale of the “Joey” miniseries.

The final eight episodes of the 2004 NBC comedy series, which starred Matt LeBlanc as the wisecracking Joey Tribbiani, were never broadcast in the United States after the show was canceled in 2006 during its second season. But now, these eight installments are available to watch on YouTube “Friends”. The channel, along with 38 other channels, makes up the complete series.

Outside of LeBlanc, other cast members included Drea Di Matteo, Paolo Costanzo, Jennifer Coolidge, and Andrea Anders. The series followed Joey as he “leaves New York for Hollywood in order to take his acting career to the next level.” While in Los Angeles, he reunites with his “uptight sister Gina (Matteo)” and “Michael (Costanzo), his genius 20-year-old nephew,” according to an official description.

The pilot was created by “Friends” producers Shana Goldberg Meehan and Scott Selvey, and debuted to an impressive 18.6 million viewers. However, the hype quickly diminished over the remainder of Season 1 and Season 2.

After “Joey” ended, Kevin S. Bright, executive producer and director of “Friends,” shares his thoughts on why the show failed to find an audience. He said the age In 2006, “Joey on ‘Friends’ was a womanizer but we enjoyed his exploits. He was a solid friend, a guy you knew you could count on. Joey was dismantled into a guy who couldn’t get a job, couldn’t ask a girl out. He became a pathetic, depressing character. I felt like he was moving in the wrong direction, but I wasn’t heard.”