Joey was an American sitcom, starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. It ran on the NBC television network, in the former time slot of its parent series, Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. One episode was shown on a Tuesday at 8:00 p.m, but was pulled by NBC when it was overshadowed in ratings by American Idol. NBC canceled the series, and did not show the remaining episodes.