Is "Joey" Just Being Moved to a New Night or...
12-13-05, 08:47 PM
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Is "Joey" Just Being Moved to a New Night or...
...is it being canceled altogether? The media information about "Joey" being out on Thursdays and "My Name is Earl" and "The Office" being in doesn't make this clear.
12-13-05, 10:16 PM
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It's not supposed to come back until after the Olympics (March). I guess by then they will have a better idea if there is a place in the schedule for it. (ie if that Four Kings show tanks.) Or they could plug it into a new night if their Thursday lineup performs better.
12-13-05, 10:21 PM
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I read somewhere(in EW, I think) that NBC wants to cancel the show, but it'll cost them too much money in penalties if they do. So they're likely to air the rest of this season at some point and then let it die.
12-14-05, 08:22 AM
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Eek...well, though it has it's moments, I gotta admit, it was a country mile from FRIENDS, so as much as I love the character, it won't be a great loss. I'd love to see guest appearances by the FRIENDS cast on the final episode, but that's likely a pipe dream...
12-14-05, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Doughboy
I read somewhere(in EW, I think) that NBC wants to cancel the show, but it'll cost them too much money in penalties if they do. So they're likely to air the rest of this season at some point and then let it die.
DVD Josh - a hiatus like this is somewhat typical (though no one often considers "repeats" a hiatus that IS essentially what is happening as the show has not stopped production like Arrested Development is rumored to be doing). Do you recall how Friends was like airing one or two new episodes during March-May in the last season?
There are only 24 episodes a season and by the end of December they will have aired 12 (half the season). A show with ratings like that certainly wont help NBC win anything in that cherry slot running repeats. More people would, however, try to catch up with reruns of Earl since it is getting good buzz and folks may not have watched it in the Tuesday slot.
12-14-05, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Doughboy
I read somewhere(in EW, I think) that NBC wants to cancel the show, but it'll cost them too much money in penalties if they do. So they're likely to air the rest of this season at some point and then let it die.
12-14-05, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by riley_dude
File this under the shouldnt have been made spinoff along with Flo, Florence from the Jeffersons and Joanie Loves Chachi.
12-14-05, 03:05 PM
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Oddly enough I liked Matt LeBlanc's chemistry the most with Miquel Nunez, they're funny together. As for a love interest, I liked Paula Cale's work with LeBlanc too, but of course they were "enemies."
12-14-05, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rfduncan
DVD Josh - a hiatus like this is somewhat typical (though no one often considers "repeats" a hiatus that IS essentially what is happening as the show has not stopped production like Arrested Development is rumored to be doing). Do you recall how Friends was like airing one or two new episodes during March-May in the last season?
12-14-05, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by THX7966
Friends wasn't technically on hiatus its last season. They only produced 16 (or was it 18) episodes that year... that accounts for so few new episodes during the time period you mention.
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they should have made "Joey" into a single camera show with no laugh track/audience.
granted that's probably not LeBlanc's strength but it would have at least given it something to differenciate itself from Friends
granted that's probably not LeBlanc's strength but it would have at least given it something to differenciate itself from Friends
12-15-05, 09:02 AM
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they should have made "Joey" into a single camera show with no laugh track/audience.
granted that's probably not LeBlanc's strength but it would have at least given it something to differenciate itself from Friends
granted that's probably not LeBlanc's strength but it would have at least given it something to differenciate itself from Friends