Post-'Friends' Spinoff Seen for Matt Leblanc

[Khephra]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Is this the one where Joey gets his really big break? Maybe so.

Sources say talks are accelerating among NBC, Warner Bros. TV and Matt LeBlanc to cut a deal for a "Friends" spinoff sitcom revolving around LeBlanc's Joey Tribbiani character.

Sources stressed that no deals are in place for the spinoff, but it's understood that the principals have stepped up the negotiations in an effort to secure a commitment with LeBlanc in the near future.

Sources say that those players also have settled on veteran "Friends" writers and executive producers Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan to pen the pilot script should a deal be hammered out.

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http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=televisionNews&storyID=3122847

Can you say AfterMASH? I knew you could. It sure as heck isn't going to be Frasier.

[xchrom]

1. i never watch friends

but i like to look at matt leblanc.

[StevenLee]

2. the only friends cast member...

not to have a semi successful movie career....
him and that Schwimmer guy...

[underpants]

3. Whoa! Why? Who cares?

He can't carry his weight in that show why gove him his own?

Mathew Perry is that show and that ain't saying a lot.*

*Ever since they stopped icing down Courtney and Jennifer's nipples.

[tjdee]

4. He was in a million failed series before Friends!

Okay, maybe one or two.

Why on earth would they give him another series? Oh, the gravy train, that's right.

I predict it's cancelled in its first season. I also predict the women stick to movies (Jennifer Aniston WILL be a movie star, they will force her down our throats until she is!), Courtney Cox may do a Mary Tyler Moore series ala Faith Ford, the guys will try spinoffs/other series, that will all flop in their first or second seasons.

Those are my feverish Friends predictions. Indeed.

[arwalden]

5. Working Title: "Friendless"

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[RememberJohn]

6. If done right, it will work...

For all the moaning over Friends, it is one of the longest running shows on TV and one of the highest rated. All that counts.

Sure, some of you find it lousy TV.

So what? Don't watch it. Simple as that.