"Joey" faces cancellation

[jiji]

Got this from CNN.com and it links it to EW.com.

Here's the article:

Friendly Fire Matt LeBlanc's ''Joey'' faces cancellation. The future of the ''Friends'' spinoff does not look good by Lynette Rice

Even that signature Tribbiani optimism can't help Matt LeBlanc now. NBC appears to have yanked his alter ego's comedy, Joey, from the lineup once and for all after the comedy attracted its worst audience ever (4.1 million) on March 7. (It'll be replaced by — how's this for indignity? — Most Outrageous Moments clip shows.) Not that the network should have expected a better performance: After a disastrous run on Thursdays earlier this season, it moved Joey to a Tuesday-night death slot against American Idol. ''It got no promotion,'' says one source close to the show. ''Who even knew it was on Tuesday?''
Perhaps the bigger question is why NBC stuck with Joey in the first place, despite a mediocre first season (11 million viewers) and an icy reception from critics. Both LeBlanc and NBC declined to comment on-the-record for this story, but sources say canning the show before the end of the second season would have proved incredibly costly — with stiff penalties to be paid to Warner Bros. TV, plus $700,000 an episode to LeBlanc for two seasons worth of shows, regardless of how many were actually filmed. On top of that, NBC likely wanted to avoid a predictable chorus of I told you so's from an industry already pessimistic about spin-offs. (This is where you thank your lucky stars, Brad Garrett.)
Officially, NBC won't say the Friends' spin-off is canceled, as production on the the 22-episode order was set to end this week anyway. But the the network will likely burn off the eight unaired Joey episodes this summer — a death knell if we've ever heard one. An NBC insider sums it up thusly: ''It was a good, solid comedy that delivered good, solid results in a situation where all expectations and all comparisons called for a lot more than that.'

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1173338_3_0_,00.html

[Courteney_Jennifer_4ever]

aaww....if this is true, then pooor Matt I dont watch joey, but I feel sorry for him, I hope he finds something else

[mr.joeytribbiani]

oh my god... i´m so sad....

i loved the show.... and i feel really sorry for matt.....

[TheBobfather]

Noooooo that's so bad!! I love the show!!! Matt must be soo sad

[jiji]

I'm so upset! Even my husband loves this show! (And trust me he doesn't like to watch tv in general and the other day he actually said the last few episodes have been really good) I'm so depressed! They took away my FRIENDS and now they're taking away my Joey!!!

[Nika]

aw, poor matt!

[Nikki_G]

This is so sad - but what one earth do nbc expect moving it and putting it up against american idol?! Then giving it no promotion whatsoever. Just makes me angry.

[we were on a break]

that sucks cos i really love joey, poor matt

[Glen]

Kind of inevitable, unfortunately. I think the NBC insider summed it up nicely. There was nothing terribly wrong with Joey, it was just that people's expectations were through the roof.

At least they'll finish showing the rest of season two.

[BondageDuck]

This makes me cry. Like, seriously.