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gridoon2018 Joey Tribbiani is my favorite character on "Friends", but here the writing is not of the same caliber, and he comes across less childlike and more of a jerk. Andrea Anders is cute, sweet and likable; Drea de Matteo is pretty funny and pretty sexy. The production values are decent for a sitcom, although the sets look more fake than those of "Friends". The first few episodes of season 2 give you the false impression that it's going to be better than season 1, but it soon settles into the same kind of mediocrity. Anders' character becomes more one-dimensional and overly dependent on Joey. As for Jimmy, who is introduced in the middle of the second season and becomes a regular until the end, another comment on this page nails it: it's like having Janice in every episode of "Friends". These loud characters are entertaining in small doses only. This show is a pale shadow of its predecessor, but most episodes are a relatively painless way to kill 20 minutes. **1/2 out of 4.

brotatiharryaragorn One thing needs to be remembered that a spin off can never be compared with the original show. Similarly, Joey could not be compared to Friends. When Friends was over, Joey came as a lifesaver. I don't understand why people hate it, the show wasn't half bad. The ensemble cast for Joey worked just as well as Friends'. And Matt LeBlanc looked as adorable as ever. Loved the entire cast as well. Having said that, the second season doesn't work as good as the first, but it could have been better. But the story line was pretty good and was heading towards a definite ending. Another episode and Joey could have had a finished with a satisfying end. Give this show a try. It does preserve the spirit of Friend to a large extent, if not completely.

satviksehgal Review about the show Joey.This is the first time I am writing a review for a sit-com. Guess most of it I owe it to Friends because Joey was my Favorite character on the show, Joey and Chandler together were hilarious and today when I look back and see almost all of them unemployed, A part of me dies inside. They did gave us a lot of memories especially Joey. I to this day think that the friends ended was almost perfect with just 1 flaw and that was Joey not having anyone in his life and Chandler and Monica moving into a countryside house and Ross and Rachel together(FINALLY), Pheobe already married to Mike.Now in all this whom did Joey had???The answer is simple and that is nobody. Some part of it was answered by the show Joey where in Joey moves to LA to pursue his acting career. Makes a good friend in Alex. (Super cute). And his extended family in Micheal (Too Boring) and his sister Gina (she is smoking hot).And yes there's that agent Bobby also but I don't find her part very important though.Joey as a show is good, Not Great ,It has its own moments of Joy and that feel good nostalgia but again It would be impractical for me to compare Joey with Friends. I'll try to be as impartial as I can be but some real disappointments that I have seen on the show are for 1 the set they use – An Awesome gallery(with a bath tub, very very cool, depicts the modern LA culture) but then Joey's apartment ,during the first 10 ten shows all I get to see is the living room and the open kitchen. This isn't cool. I am not comparing it to Friends now (where we got to see 2 living rooms, sometimes 3 with Ross apartment in the picture but moreover the bedrooms of Monica, Joey, Rachel, Chandler etc) but some other famous sit-coms like Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men and the recently concluded How I met Your Mother (also had glimpses of kitchen, Bar, Ted's bedroom, Barney's Apartment). All these shows display an entire house/apartment which makes the viewer believe that it is actually a day to day based sit-com and not a TV set with a couple of couches in a room and actors hanging out there . Another problem with Joey is that although Matt LeBlanc is at ease with his portrayal of Joey, All the others have a very little role to play in it ,have for eg Michael- He really needs to calm down from being the Geek he is, wasn't the whole point of him moving in Joey was to pick up girls and live his life independently . This is where the whole plot gets misguided. Now Alex ,her private life is hardly shown here , I mean not 1 scene about her life with her husband . Gina (super hot) and yes sparkling with her enthusiasm is one plus point on the show. The humor content hasn't been also up to the mark like after watching straight 10 episodes of season 1 ,I barely can recall 1 scene or 2 that had my heart laugh out, Now in Friends(Yes, I know I shouldn't compare the 2 but still) I remember the show when Joey had gone to an audition where he really had to rush to the washroom but the casting director/ actor din't let him go and joey gave the performance (LOL), Another instances involved where Joey and Chandler got the Chick and Duck, The one where Joey had his head stuck inside a Turkey and lots and lots of them. Even after writing so much criticism about the show I'd still continue to watch Joey Season 1 and will also download Season 2 of it.All this just for Matt Le Blanc. And last but definitely not the least I hope to see Joey say it to Alex- How You Doin'??Cheers

Jetset971 The history of the TV spin-off has been a curious one. For every successful spin-off you get an utter failure. For example, "All in the family" gave birth to "The Jeffersons" but also spawned the disastrous "Gloria". "Cheers" spun off "Frasier" but "M*A*S*H" vomited out "After M*A*S*H". Usually the reason for the spin-off's demise is that the few characters, or single character, transplanted is unable to sustain the formula that made the original show work. When Kelsey Grammar took his Frasier character to his own show, it worked because his character was strong enough to become the center and not depend on others for support. "Joey" was doomed because "Friends" was a total ensemble show that depended on the six actors playing off one another. Taking one character out to fend for himself utterly doomed this show's chances. I think the producers and ex specially Matt LeBlanc were completely unwilling to take a hard look at what they were trying to accomplish.