Why Joey Got Cancelled?

It premiered on NBC on September 9, 2004. Midway through the second season, the show was placed on a hiatus but returned on March 7, 2006. Only one episode aired before the show was pulled when it was overshadowed in ratings by American Idol. NBC canceled the series due to low ratings on August 23, 2006.
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Why did they make a Joey spinoff?

Their second option was a Monica and Chandler TV series, but Bright explained that, while Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry were “grateful for doing the show, they didn't want to play those parts anymore”. Matt LeBlanc, however, loved Joey and was up for continuing playing him, so he got his own spinoff series.
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Was Joey series a flop?

Joey hit TV screens months after Friends' finale episode aired in 2004. And now LeBlanc, who played Joey Tribbiani in Friend, has admitted the pressure was intense to deliver a show worthy of its predecessor and they sadly failed. 'It was doomed from the start.
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What happened to Joey off of Friends?

After the final season of Friends, Joey becomes the main character of Joey, a spin-off/sequel series, where he moves to L.A. to polish his acting career.
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Why Joey didn't get a happy ending?

Originally Answered: Why was there no proper ending for Joey in F.R.I.E.N.D.S? Because creators had decided to make a spin-off,an entire show about his character. So how can they get his story going if they give him a proper ending in FRIENDS.
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Why The VERY WEIRD Friends Spin-Off Failed



Is Joey single at the end of Friends?

But she doesn't feel the same way about him and she ends up with Ross (David Schwimmer). The show ends with Joey staying single and Phoebe gets married to Mike Hannigan (Paul Rudd). Most fans still seemed to be happy for the characters. But there are some who might still wonder why Joey and Phoebe never happened.
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Why did the Friends show end?

Largely because the Friends cast was growing up

Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman told Entertainment Weekly, “Everybody was growing up. This is part of why the show had to end. This was no longer that time in your life when your friends are your family. You're starting your own family.”
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Did any Friends cast appear Joey?

Probably they were busy with other individual films and projects and the producers of “Joey” put a low budget so it was difficult to attract the almighty friends cast who left season 9& 10 earning $1m per episode. They literally can't afford friends cast as cameo.
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Does Joey get married in Joey?

Joey was the only one single at the end of Friends, and he later met a special someone in his spin-off series – but he didn't get married. Joey Tribbiani was the one character in Friends who never had a committed relationship, and even though he was single when the series ended, he eventually found the right partner.
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Who became the most successful actor from Friends?

Jennifer Aniston arguably went on to become the most famous member of the Friends troupe. Her role as Rachel Green kick-started off her acting career, and she's since appeared in blockbuster hits like 2004's Along Came Polly, the 2008 tearjerker Marley and Me, and Horrible Bosses back in 2011.
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Is Joey as good as Friends?

"Joey" is better than I thought it would be but still not a great show like "Friends." The main problem is that they took the show's dumbest character, Joey, and have turned him into the lead of a major sitcom.
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Where can I watch the Friends spinoff Joey?

HBO Max, It's Time to Make Joey Available for Friends Completists to Stream.
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Who got their own spin off in Friends?

The story of Joey started three years prior, in July 2003, before the final season of Friends started airing. That's when Jeff Zucker, then the president of NBC Entertainment, announced that Joey Tribbiani, Matt LeBlanc's fan-favorite Friends character, would be getting his own spinoff.
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Was Friends a spin off of Mad About You?

It began in Mad About You's third season, and Friends' first — originally part of a programming stunt that saw various NBC characters making crossovers into each other's shows… and also a way to poke fun at the fact that Lisa Kudrow now had roles on two different shows in NBC's Thursday-night lineup.
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Who had the most lines in Friends?

The outcome: none other than David Schwimmer's character, Ross Geller. Across the ten seasons, Ross spoke about 9,000 lines, roughly the same number as Jennifer Aniston's character, Rachel Green.
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Who was the oldest Friends character?

Phoebe is the oldest of the bunch, making her 29 at the beginning of the series.
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Does Netflix have Joey?

Rent Joey: Season 1 (2004) on DVD and Blu-ray - DVD Netflix.
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Why is Friends ending so sad?

Ultimately, the Friends finale is sad because it's about change. It reminds us that nothing ever stays the same. It's especially poignant because Friends is a show about how it feels to be young: Full of angst and anticipation, but also carefree and confident that everything will somehow work out.
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Who decided to end Friends?

Fellow creator David Crane put this down to "the actors' contract negotiations", and said that when they decided that season 10 really would be the last it was because they couldn't "keep stopping and starting and rethinking everything".
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Will There Be Friends season 11?

News that the show would not be renewed for an eleventh instalment devastated fans around the world, but it seems it's not only fans who wish they could turn back time. When the cast were asked in an interview with People what piece of advice they'd give their younger self, Perry said: "Do an eleventh season."
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Who got married on Friends in real life?

Unlike some of her Friends co-stars, Lisa Kudrow has been in a committed relationship since the '90s. She married businessman Michel Stern in 1995 and the two share a son together named Julian Murray Stern, who is an actor.
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Is Phoebe in love with Joey?

There was also that weird period when Rachel and Joey tried to make a go of it. However, Phoebe and Joey never got romantically involved, as Phoebe found love in Mike (Paul Rudd), while Joey is, well, just Joey. Speaking to Metro.co.uk, Crane has explained why the pair were never meant to be.
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