Joey was always the best character on Friends. First of all he was a struggling actor and that meant you could put him in almost any outrageous situation, eg. backstage intrigue (especially since he also worked on a soap opera), a stalker parody (remember Brooke Shields in her absolute best comedy performance) and dealing with a lot of showbiz phonies.
The series "Joey" continues that trend but it's not that because he has moved to LA that we will see him hobnobbing with Bruce Willis or Will Smith. Instead, the character Joey has now matured (but just enough that he doesn't lose his lovable goofball quality). He now tries to mentor his nephew (a geeky 20 year old with a weird mother fixation) and to support his sister through many ups and downs.
Although, the series was quickly canceled it was no worse than its predecessor "Friends". It was just that it wasn't "Friends" and no matter how hard you try you will eventually compare the two.
I thought the show was better than "Friends" because there wasn't spent so much time on sickening romance plots (except for the end of the run) and more on the showbiz aspect. But to be fair, there was an abundance of geek jokes and smothering mother jokes that are as old as sitcoms themselves to make up for it.
The series "Joey" continues that trend but it's not that because he has moved to LA that we will see him hobnobbing with Bruce Willis or Will Smith. Instead, the character Joey has now matured (but just enough that he doesn't lose his lovable goofball quality). He now tries to mentor his nephew (a geeky 20 year old with a weird mother fixation) and to support his sister through many ups and downs.
Although, the series was quickly canceled it was no worse than its predecessor "Friends". It was just that it wasn't "Friends" and no matter how hard you try you will eventually compare the two.
I thought the show was better than "Friends" because there wasn't spent so much time on sickening romance plots (except for the end of the run) and more on the showbiz aspect. But to be fair, there was an abundance of geek jokes and smothering mother jokes that are as old as sitcoms themselves to make up for it.