'Joey' Finds Many New Friends in TV Debut
687622
Actor Matt LeBlanc found millions  of new pals as his television show, "Joey," won strong  viewership for the NBC network, which hopes the spinoff will  help rebuild its Thursday night lineup after the departure of  longtime hit "Friends."
479498
Actor Matt LeBlanc found millions of new pals as his television show, "Joey," won strong viewership for the NBC network, which hopes the spinoff will help rebuild its Thursday night lineup after the departure of longtime hit "Friends."
235106
LOS ANGELES  - Former "Friends" star  Lisa Kudrow is mounting a "Comeback" at HBO.
467170
Friends star Lisa Kudrow is all set to star in the new HBO comedy, Comeback.
680530
LOS ANGELES  - Led by the premiere of  "Joey," NBC topped the Labor Day holiday week ended September  12.
90224
After a respectable debut, freshman talker "The Jane Pauley Show" has suffered a hefty slide in its ratings.
692103
Feeling the heat from reality shows, creators have borrowed elements such as big casts and multiple storylines.
522584
In her first series regular role since her Emmy-winning turn on CBS' "Murphy Brown," Candice Bergen has joined the cast of ABC's freshman drama "Boston Legal."
242507
LOS ANGELES  - "The Jane Pauley Show,"  starring the veteran newswoman in her daytime chatfest debut,  got off to a respectable start Monday.
374579
Based on its series premiere, Joey Tribbiani is missing a few viewers along with his "Friends." An estimated 18.6 million people watched the first episode of "Joey" Thursday, the spinoff of "Friends" that NBC was counting on to keep its Thursday night lineup strong, according to Nielsen Media Research.
433908
Joey wasn't quite Friends. The Apprentice   wasn't quite itself.
641773
During the week leading up to the opening of the new television season, "Dancing With the Stars" made a strong return, Katie Couric won again and Fox's "Happy Hour" appears anything but.
50308
For a town still fighting an impression of hopelessness, the arrival of a big-time network television show has been both welcome and somewhat anxiety inducing.
247098
Although no instant hits emerged, television networks were encouraged by the willingness of viewers to at least sample some new shows during the eagerly-awaited fall premiere week.
484302
ABC has greenlighted  "The More Things Change ...," a comedy pilot about four male  friends.
383265
The newest edition of CBS reality  hit "Survivor" got off to a mighty start against NBC comedy  "Joey," beating the "Friends" spinoff and "Will & Grace"  premiere in their first matchup, according to early TV ratings  on Friday.
499424
LOS ANGELES  - As the Big Four  broadcasters settled into their new Tuesday night lineups,  family sitcom "According to Jim" popped for ABC while hospital  comedy "Scrubs" showed some spunk for NBC.