LeBlanc To Star In “Joey”
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Source: CNN.com
‘Friends’ star to be in spin-off
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Matt LeBlanc will be back on NBC next year, but he’ll have to make some new friends.
The network said on Thursday that LeBlanc, star of NBC’s top-rated comedy, “Friends,” has signed a deal to return in his own spin-off series — without his five TV cohorts — when the 10-year-old show ends its run on NBC next year.
The new half-hour program, to be called “Joey” and starring LeBlanc as his popular character Joey Tribbiani, is slated to premiere in the fall of 2004 in the 8 p.m. EST/PST Thursday time slot now occupied by “Friends.”
“Joey” will mark the first NBC comedy spin-off since “Cheers” gave birth to “Frasier” 11 years ago.
The announcement by NBC President Jeff Zucker caps months of speculation about a possible afterlife for one of prime-time TV’s most enduring hits and boosts the network’s chances of shoring up its potent Thursday night “Must-See-TV” lineup once “Friends” leaves the air.
Returning with LeBlanc for the new show, which will remain a Warner Bros. Television production, will be three members of the “Friends” creative team — executive producers Kevin Bright, Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan.
Financial terms of LeBlanc’s TV contract were not disclosed, but the new deal also calls for him to star in two feature films for Warner Bros. Pictures.
LeBlanc’s previous big-screen credits have included a feature adaptation of “Lost in Space” and small parts in both “Charlie’s Angels” movies, as Lucy Liu’s boyfriend.
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