39
Friends Spinoff Joey Releases 8 'New' Episodes Online — Nearly 20 Years Later (www.tvline.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/television@piefed.social
9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

8 finished episodes sitting in the can was really odd for the time. I would expect that production would be about 4 finished episodes ahead for a weekly show, and that is generous. But 8? I wonder if they finished the episodes after cancelation back then or if they did it recently.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It barely had any plot so you could stitch a lot out of cut footage.

    It was mid AF but I loved everyone on the cast.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Not having seen it and only really watching Friends a few years ago because it’s my wife’s comfort show, the writing was the main problem? Or was Joey not enough of a character to be the solo focus of the series?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Everything on Joey felt so arbitrary--"let's give Joey a love interest!" "Let's give Joey a new black friend!" I don't know who were the writers on that show, but it was a huge step down from Friends.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Created by Scott Silveri (Creator/Showrunner: Get On, Speechless) and his wife Shana Goldberg-Meehan, both long-time Friends writers.

    Others included Robert Carlock (Showrunner: 30 Rock, Co-creator: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Creator: Mr Mayor), Matt Hubbard (Creator: Forever, Loot).

    And Friends writers: Vanessa McCarthy, Sherry Bilsing, Brian Buckner, Ellen Kreamer, Michael Borkow, Tracy Reilly, Doty Abrams.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent