Eight never-broadcast episodes from NBC's 'Friends' spin-off, 'Joey,' surfaced on the official Friends YouTube channel, Deadline reported. The sitcom, 'Joey', created by former 'Friends' writers and producers Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan, launched in September 2004, four months after 'Friends' wrapped its ten-year run.
NBC placed the sitcom in the desirable Thursday time slot previously held by the original series. The pilot drew 18.6 million viewers; the first season averaged 10.2 million; and the second season fell to 7.1 million. The cast starred Matt LeBlanc as soap opera actor Joey Tribbiani, Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Ben Falcone, Drea de Matteo, and Paulo Costanzo.
NBC pulled the series from Thursdays in December 2005, tried relaunching it on Tuesdays in March 2006, and cancelled it in May that year. Eight completed second-season episodes never aired in the United States but were shown by networks outside the country. The Wrap noted that Warner Bros. chose to upload the episodes on a channel with ads rather than on a subscription service.
