Just a reminder that Joey premiers tonight!

"...hands-down the best sitcom of the new season." - USA Today

Who'd they replace Ashley Scott with?

Andrea Anders

Chew's right. She doesn't show up on the NBC site as a regular, but does appear in the promo shot for tonight.

I'm interested in seeing what is different between this episode and the pilot I *ahem* found somewhere.

Can you lose it somewhere over in my direction?

I think the critics are being too generous with "Joey," esp. USAToday.

I wouldn't give it *** 1/2. More like ** 1/2.



It plays more like The Single Guy rather than Friends.

I'm boycotting this on general principle. Tired of having it shoved down my throat every time I turn to NBC.

When was the last time you did not see a network do this for a new show.

Either way I will watch it, it looks funny.

The thing I love is how Drea de Matteo can be the mother to Paulo Costanzo and be Matt LeBlanc's older sister. Ages:

Drea - 31
Paulo - 26 this month
Matt - 37

Suspension of belief is high, but I'll watch it anyway

Could you also find it my way as well??

The unaired pilot was hilarious, I hope the shows holds up well because I think it could be quite good.

In all fairness, Matt & Paulo look younger than their respective ages, and Drea easily looks 40. A nine pack a day habit will do that to you.

I don't have it on my computer anymore. But a bit of me does reremember seeing a torrent of people sharing it elsewhere on the 'net. But I'm afaid I can't be of more help.

I love this forum

Just watched it, and it is very close to the leaked pilot that has been on the web for a while, if not identical except for the casting change. Note: I am pretty sure that it is longer than 30 minutes, so you might want to tape for an extra 5 or 10 minutes to get it all.

joey was the only reason i ever laughed while watching friends with corrie..

and gotta say... he is still damn funny

some people may not like the show.. but he cracks me up and Ill watch it as long as it stays on the air

I thought this was very good for a pilot. The scene with Joey trying to keep up with the cameras was my favorite. Not as funny (yet) as Friends at its best, but certainly funnier than anything I saw on Friends LAST season. Solid start.

Just finished on the east coast....I liked it....there were a couple of parts I cringed at, but overall I'll be tuning in each week for now. The Joey character is just very charasmatic to me, I don't know why.

Drea's a MILF, too, btw.

I thought it was good.

Hopefully it can atleast stay at this level.

I do like Andrea Anders more than Ashley Scott in the role as the neighbor.

I enjoyed it and actually liked the new person playing Ashley's Scott's character more than Ashley Scott in the original pilot.

I am ready for next week.

sucked.

Wow, what a probing and well-thought out analysis.

I enjoyed it. I can see how some wouldn't, but the Joey character makes me laugh. I don't watch very many sit-coms any more because the ones I do like tend to get cancelled too early (The Tick, Andy Richter, NewsRadio, etc.) but I gave this one a chance and was pleasantly surprised.

I thought everybody was well cast and it had enough laughs to keep me happy. Hey, it is formulaic and it doesn't break any boundaries, but it's a bit like comfort food. It doesn't surprise, but it's comfortable and it's something you know. If the rest of the episodes are as good as this one, I think it will be around for quite a while. I really think the general, wider audience will lap this up like crazy too, and that never hurts.

No shit

What can I say, I am really good with words.
Or know when I didn't like something. We'll see next week.