Joey (TV series) Joey (TV series) Joey is an American sitcom and a spin-off of "Friends" starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani. 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
Joey (TV series) on hiatus in March 2006. NBC officially canceled the series in May 2006 citing low ratings. Based on average total viewers per episode of "Joey" on NBC: "Joey" won the People's Choice Award of Favorite New Television Comedy and Matt LeBlanc won Favorite Male Television Star. LeBlanc was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. After the series' cancellation in 2006, Matt LeBlanc took a four-year break from acting before returning in the BBC/Showtime sitcom "Episodes". The series was a success for LeBlanc, earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best