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Friends Spinoff Joey Releases 8 'New' Episodes Online — Nearly 20 Years Later (www.tvline.com)
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[–] semisimian@startrek.website 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] The3represents@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 7 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.