Thats why Fraiser worked. He wasn't a central character so they could still develope him as they pleased. Joey was much more established to play the role of the stupid friend. Usually, shows are built around a person or 2 that have a lot of depth as characters and they have a moronic friend(s) to play nothing but that role. Shows built around the moron won't work as well.
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I think it will do great. Joey started out in the background on Friends and throughout the show he became the one character that grew the most..... I can't wait to see what they will do w/ a show w/ just him!!!!
Kramer didn't make it because he wasn't playing Kramer. People want to see more of the same character from the actor. The Seinfeld people went on to play different characters, so then they bombed. Joey is just like Frasier, they're taking him out of a long-running popular sitcom and moving him all the way to the other side of the USA. If it worked for Frasier, it might work for Joey.
However, as much as I want it to be good, it'll bomb. People's expectations will be too high.
Yeah. That's true. but I still think it will work if they dont try to make an exact copy of friends. I needs to be something fresh, and they need to bring in some new writers to make it seem different to friends. They should also really move him out of New York. Joey is an actor, so maybe they could set it in LA (in hollywood) and focus more on his acting career.
nbc is expecting a good turn out for this show. people are still nostalgic about friends and joey is the only friend left. all they need to do is make an interesting pilot, keep the series funny, release it soon and i think people might be inclined to watch it.
The first episodes will get a large amount of the Friends viewers (not all) and after that, there will be a decrease of some of them showing interest in the show. Have any of you seen the commercials? It doesn't look very good anyway.
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if i remember correctly michael richards spinoff was not about kramer it was a new character.. matt le blanc is still playing joey, and there will be periodic guest appearences by the other cast members, david schwimmer will also be doing some directing on the show (he also did some on friends) I think it can work, its nto gonna be huge like friends but it should do ok
i think this show is well basically friends. exceot hes a loser w.o friends. look sot be just as ..funny.. as friends but wont bring in all te friends lovers because most people wont wanna see them replaced
i haf watched the first 2 episodes.. the first 1 was sad.. but now tht i m used2it.. i really liked the second episode.. this show can surely go on for a full season
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