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Friends fans span generations. Thanks to the series' arrival on streaming, a whole new generation of young people are discovering NBC's must-see Thursday night comedy turned cultural touchstone. But that also means there are a whole host of fans who probably had no idea — or at least have never seen — that a Joey Tribbiani-centric spinoff called Joey actually happened. Well, for those younger fans, the chance to check out the short-lived series that barely was is now.

The Matt LeBlanc-starring series, which saw Joey reunited with his sister and nephew, only aired for two seasons before being canceled by NBC. The show moved LeBlanc's Joey from New York to Los Angeles in an attempt to further his acting career, but also saw a role reversal for the character that audiences did not enjoy. Instead of the womanizing, goofy-but-confident and loyal friend, the Joey of Joey was a far...

Friends' infamous spinoff series Joey, starring Matt LeBlanc, has finally dropped on streaming for the first time, two decades after first airing. Co-created by Friends writers Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Joey debuted on NBC in September 2004, around four months after the finale of Friends. It followed Joey Tribbiani, one of the core characters of Friends, as he moves to Hollywood in search of work after his TV show is canceled. Joey had an ensemble cast of supporting actors including Drea de Matteo, Paulo Costanzo, and Jennifer Coolidge, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in May 2006.

Now, for the first time ever, Joey will finally be available to stream, but not through any of the expected platforms. The first two episodes of Joey have dropped on YouTube and can be found on the official Friends YouTube channel. This presents a unique opportunity for fans of both sitcoms to revisit Joey,...

The official “Friends” YouTube channel Tuesday posted the first two episodes of “Joey,” a spinoff series centering around Matt LeBlanc’s wisecracking womanizer Joey Tribbiani.

This is the first time “Joey” has been made available since its 2004 debut. Starring LeBlanc alongside Drea de Matteo, Paulo Costanzo, Jennifer Coolidge and Andrea Anders, the series follows the titular Joey as he “leaves New York for Hollywood in order to take his acting career to the next level” and reunites with “his high-strung sister Gina (Matteo) and “Michael (Costanzo), his 20-year-old genius nephew,” per the official logline.

“Joey” ran for 46 episodes across two seasons from 2004-2006. Created by Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri, the show’s pilot pulled in an impressive 18.6 million viewers. However, the buzz didn’t last long, and viewership declined significantly through the remainder of Season 1 and Season 2.

During its first season, NBC initially slated “Joey” in its Thursday night programming slot,...

Friends is one of the most beloved and popular sitcoms of all time. The ten-season NBC sitcom followed the lives of six 20-somethings in New York City, where they balanced their jobs, friendships, and relationships.

The series ran between 1994 and 2004. However, even three decades later (and more than 20 years since its finale), the sitcom is still widely popular. While the series has often received some criticism over its lack of diversity, as well as some problematic storylines, it's still a comfort show for many. Now, Warner Bros. has surprised fans in the most unexpected way: by posting two episodes of its spin-off, Joey, to stream for free on YouTube, per Deadline.

The official Friends YouTube channel posted the first two episodes of Joey, the pilot and Episode 2, "Joey and the Student." Following the series finale of Friends, Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) decides to take his career further and move to Hollywood.

Joey Tribbiani is finally catching his big break as the Friends spinoff Joey is finally streaming.

The official Friends YouTube channel posted the first two episodes of the sitcom, making it the first time the show has been available to stream online since its debut over twenty years ago.

Joey premiered on September 9, 2004, months after Friends concluded its 10-season run on NBC. The spinoff followed Matt LeBlanc’s Joey moving from New York City to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career further. Joey reunites with his sister Gina, played by Drea de Mattea and his nephew Michael, played by Paolo Costanzo.

The ensemble also included Andrea Anders, playing Joey’s love interest Alex, and Jennifer Coolidge in the role of Bobby, Joey’s talent agent.

Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan created Joey, which premiered to solid ratings, scoring 18.6M viewers for the pilot, inheriting the Friends Thursday-night timeslot. However,...

One of TV’s most infamous spinoffs is now streaming: The first two episodes of Joey have been uploaded to YouTube, which marks the first time they’ve been available to watch in any official capacity in nearly 20 years.

The Friends offshoot, which premiered Sept. 9, 2004, saw Matt LeBlanc’s Joey Tribbiani relocate from New York to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career in Hollywood. Rounding out the ensemble were Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos) as Joey’s sister Gina, Paolo Costanzo (Royal Pains) as Gina’s rocket scientist son Michael, Andrea Anders (Bookie) as Joey’s landlord/love interest Alex,...

Christina Ricci has been acting for more than three decades already, but the popular '90s child star shows no signs of slowing down with upcoming roles in the much-awaited Tim Burton Netflix show Wednesday and the second season of Showtime’s Yellowjackets.

While her role in Wednesday hasn’t been disclosed yet, Ricci’s decision to join the show has thrilled fans of The Addams Family franchise, as she portrayed the creepy yet lovable character Wednesday Addams in the live-action films The Addams Family and Addams Family Values. In her illustrious career, Ricci has starred in a number of beloved and successful TV shows, some of which have gotten high scores on the review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes.

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Coming off the popularity of the hit '90s show Friends, writers and executive producers Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan created the spin-off Joey, which focused on the beloved Friends character Joey Tribbiani.

ABC has given out a pilot order to the drama project “Promised Land.”

The show is described as an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley.

Matt Lopez is set to write and executive produce the pilot, with Adam Kolbrenner also executive producing. ABC Signature will serve as the studio.

Lopez has developed a number of projects with ABC and other broadcasters in the past. He most recently created the CTV drama “Gone.” As a feature writer, his credits include “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” and “Bedtime Stories.”

He is repped by Lit Entertainment Group and Lichter Grossman.

The pandemic continues to make its presence felt during pilot season, with most networks having picked up very few new pilots this year as they still sort through the projects in the pipeline from last year.

ABC, however, has picked...

ABC is starting to whittle down its comedy projects.

The Disney-owned network is not moving forward with two high-profile comedy pilots – Lucy Liu’s workplace comedy, which was formerly known as Kids Matter Now, and Work Wife.

The workplace comedy, which has also had the title Bossy, starred Lucy Liu and came from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.

The multi-camera comedy was ordered to pilot in March 2020 but the Covid pandemic meant that it wasn’t able to shoot until much later down the line.

Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless), the show centered on a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.

Former Angie Tribeca star Hayes MacArthur was set as a lead opposite Liu.

ABC has confirmed that it is picking up a new multi-camera comedy pilot, “Bucktown,” hailing from ABC Signature studios and written and executive produced by Emily Wilson, co-executive producer of “The Conners.”

“Bucktown” centers on a protagonist named Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood she grew up in. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t entirely equipped to go it alone.

Wilson is also known for her work on “The Kids Are All Right,” “Superior Donuts,” The Muppets” and “Cougar Town.” Also attached to executive produce “Bucktown” are longtime collaborators Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert, who will be joined by executive...

ABC has ordered the single-camera comedy “Home Economics” to series.

The series will air on the broadcast network in Spring 2021. The show was originally developed as part of the 2020 pilot season. Following the production shutdown caused by the pandemic, ABC announced in June that it planned to film a number of its pilots — including “Home Economics” — later in the year.

The series is inspired by the life of co-creator Michael Colton. It examines the relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on.

Along with Grace, the series stars Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza, and Sasheer Zamata. Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain also star.

“Home Economics” was written and executive produced by Colton and John Aboud. Grace executive produces in addition to starring, along with Eric and Kim Tannenbaum of The Tannenbaum Company. Jason Wang of The Tannenbaum Company will co-executive produce.

Home Economics, from Michael Colton, John Aboud and Topher Grace, has been handed a series order at ABC.

This marks the network’s first comedy pilot handed a series order in an unusual year for broadcast network development. ABC’s previous comedy orders – Call Your Mother and Rebel – went straight-to-series.

The single-camera comedy, which is inspired by the life of writer and executive producer Colton (Penguins of Madagascar), will air in spring 2021. It is produced by Lionsgate and ABC Signature.

Home Economics stars and is exec produced by That ‘70s Show alum Topher Grace.

The show takes a look at the heartwarming yet super-uncomfortable and sometimes frustrating relationship among three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class and one barely holding on.

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Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza, and Sasheer Zamata. Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain also star.

Developed by Colton and Aboud,...

Exclusive: Toni Rivera, an activist and human-trafficking survivor who has single-handedly rescued more than 1,500 trafficked individuals, is the inspiration for a new unscripted series.

My Wife and Kids star Tisha Campbell, who is the co-lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy pilot from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, and Andrew Jameson, who produced the first season of Starz’ Power, have teamed with ITV America production company Good Caper Content to develop the series.

A victim of trafficking at a young age, Rivera has dedicated her life to helping women and children who have been sexually exploited in the United States. Employing her first-hand knowledge, Rivera works with concerned families across the country to rescue and reacclimatise loved ones who have been victimized. She’s helped more than 2,000 families and survivors within the last three years

The untitled series, which does not yet have a network, will...

Exclusive: My Wife and Kids alumna Tisha Campbell has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy pilot (fka Kids Matter Now) from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan. Also cast in the project, produced by CBS Studios and 20th TV, is Australian actress Hayley Magnus (Mapleworth Murders).

Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless) the Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) centers on Devin (Liu), a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-two assistant, Annie (Campbell), as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.

Radiating warmth and competence, Annie is Devin’s long-suffering assistant. Happily married and the mother of two children, she’s tough at home but hasn’t figured out how to bring that fierceness into the office.

Exclusive: Former Angie Tribeca star Hayes MacArthur is set as a lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) pilot from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Studios and 20th TV.

Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless) the Untitled Workplace Comedy (fka Kids Matter Now) centers on a diva boss (Liu) with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.

MacArthur will play Dean. Handsome and self-assured but not as charming as he thinks, Dean runs the manufacturing division at Devin’s (Liu) multi-million dollar furniture company. Though he comes across as confident and cocky, he’s actually quite insecure because he has made work his whole focus. He is clearly threatened when Annie becomes Devin’s protege.

ABC has given out a straight-to-series order to the drama series “Rebel.”

Katey Sagal stars in the show, which is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich. It is slated to debut in 2021. Sagal stars as Annie “Rebel” Bello, a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She’s described as a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost.

In addition to Sagal, the series stars John Corbett as Grady Bello, James Lesure as Benji, Lex Scott Davis as Cassidy, Tamala Jones as Lona, Ariela Barer as Ziggie, Kevin Zegers as Nate, Sam Palladio as Luke, and Andy Garcia as Cruz.

“Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” showrunner Krista Vernoff wrote the pilot and executive produces along with Alexandre Schmitt of Trip the Light.

ABC’s workplace comedy pilot formerly known as Bossy has found its lead. Lucy Liu will star in the show from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.

Liu, who most recently starred in CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill, will lead the cast of the Untitled Workplace Comedy, which also was known as Kids Matter Now during development.

This comes after ABC revealed that the pilot was one of five that it intends to film from its current batch of pilot orders as soon as it is safe to do so. Last month, the network said it was picking up the cast options for these projects through to the end of September.

In the comedy, Liu plays Devin, the fierce and powerful head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company. She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when Devin adopts a baby,...

Lucy Liu has been cast in the lead role of Shana Goldberg-Meehan’s multi-camera workplace comedy pilot at ABC formerly known as “Bossy” and “Kids Matter Now.”

Liu will play Devin, described as the fierce and powerful head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company. She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when she adopts a baby she is ill-prepared for the task of parenting and feels at a complete loss as to how to be a mom.

In addition to starring, Liu will also serve as a producer.

The pilot was one of several that ABC pegged to shoot later in the year once production can safely resume. Most broadcast pilots this season were thrown off course due to the coronavirus pandemic, which shutdown physical production across the industry. Other pilots set to film later this year at ABC include “Rebel” starring Katey Sagal...

Lucy Liu has been tapped to star in the ABC multi-camera comedy pilot from “Friends” alum Shana Goldberg-Meehan, TheWrap has learned.

Formerly titled “Kids Matter Now” and “Bossy,” the currently untitled project centers on Liu’s character Devin, a “diva boss” who turns to her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor after she adopts a baby.

Described as “fierce and powerful,” Devin is the head of Shelter, a large and successful modern furniture company, according to the character description. “She is a force and is unfamiliar with failure. But when she adopts a baby she is ill-prepared for the task of parenting and feels at a complete loss as to how to be a mom.”

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The comedy, written by Goldberg-Meehan, was one of five delayed pilots selected by ABC to move forward with production later this year.

Lucy Liu is turning to comedy for her next TV role.

Following years on CBS' Elementary and a season of the All Access anthology Why Women Kill, the actress has been tapped to topline ABC's untitled workplace comedy from Friends grad Shana Goldberg-Meehan.

The comedy, formerly known as Bossy and Kids Matter Now, centers on a diva boss who has no patience for working parents who then adopts a baby and has a change of heart and whose mother-of-three assistant becomes an unlikely mentor, upending the office dynamics.

Liu will play Devin, the head of Shelter, a successful modern furniture ...

ABC has made a range of decisions on its remaining pilots this season, which were all shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Firstly, the network is scrapping its pilots for the dramas “The Brides” and “Thirtysomething(else)” and the comedy “Valley Trash.” The news is surprising for “The Brides” — a female-led vampire soap opera with “Riverdale’s” Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa writing — and “Thirtysometing(else) — a sequel series to the classic dramedy “Thirtysomething” with the original creators and multiple original cast members returnin. Both shows were pegged as early frontrunners for series pickups prior to the pandemic. According to sources, both shows were on the pricier side to produce, which may have contributed to ABC cutting them loose.

Elsewhere on the slate, ABC will be picking up actor options with intent to shoot the following pilots once production can safely begin: drama “Rebel” starring Katey Sagal and based on the life of Erin Brockovich; “Harlem’s Kitchen,...

ABC intends to shoot five pilots once production can safely resume and is rolling three projects to its next pilot cycle.

The network is picking up the cast options for the five projects that it has committed to producing this year through to September 30.

This includes dramas Rebel, starring Katey Sagal and Andy Garcia and Delroy Lindo’s Harlem’s Kitchen, as well as comedies Bossy, which was formerly known as Kids Matter Now, Topher Grace’s Home Economics and Work Wife.

Rolled over into its ‘second cycle’ development are Adopted, National Parks Service, which was formerly known as Isb and Triage.

That leaves Prospect, Wreckage and the Untitled Kapnek/Holland Project, which was formerly known as Wild Child.

This comes as it has also decided not to move forward with the reboot of Thirtysomething, Valley Trash and Brides.

Last month, it picked up two new projects, straight-to-series, David E. Kelley...

HBO Max launched on Wednesday with the entire library of “Friends” as its cornerstone selling point. But for completists, HBO Max is still missing a component of the “Friends” Creative Universe: The spinoff series “Joey,” which is nowhere to be found on the new streaming service.

An HBO Max spokesperson confirmed that the streamer hasn’t licensed “Joey” yet, “but we’re always assessing available shows to see what will be a good fit and well received by subscribers.”

The Matt LeBlanc comedy aired on NBC from 2004 to 2006 as a direct sequel to “Friends,” and followed LeBlanc’s character, Joey Tribbiani, as he moved to Los Angeles to advance his career as an actor. Drea de Matteo starred as Joey’s older sister, Gina, while Paulo Costanzo was his nephew, Michael. Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Anders, Ben Falcone and Miguel A. Nunez Jr. also starred.

“Joey” opened to strong viewership, and even decent reviews: Variety,...

ABC has given out a pilot order for the multi-cam comedy “Kids Matter Now.”

Written and executive produced by Shana Goldberg-Meehan, the series follows a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.

Christine Gernon is attached to direct the pilot. CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television will produce.

Goldberg-Meehan previously created the NBC sitcom “Joey,” the Matt LeBlanc-led spinoff of “Friends.” Goldberg-Meehan also worked on “Friends” as a writer and eventually executive producer. She also created the ABC comedy “Better With You.” Her other credits include “Mad About You,” “Speechless,” and “Hot in Cleveland.”...

ABC has handed a late pilot order to Kids Matter Now, a multi-camera comedy from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.

Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and to be directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless), Kids Matter Now centers on a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.

The pilot order for Kids Matter Now is for the regular pilot season despite coming after ABC recently gave a second-cycle pilot order to drama Triage.

ABC delayed pilot order confirmations for several comedies this season as it employed a different strategy. Four comedy scripts quietly received informal cast-contingent orders by the network early on. The other three — Home Economics, Untitled Emily Kapnek/Dean Holland (aka Wild Child) and Valley Trash...

It’s pilot season — when broadcast networks decide which of dozens of prospective shows should become full-fledged series.

TheWrap’s complete network pilot guide will keep you up to speed on the status of every project under consideration by ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. In cases where they’ve already ordered a show to series, we’ll say so.

Check back often for regular updates.

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ABC Comedy

Adopted

Writer(s): Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin

Producer(s): Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin

Studio: ABC Studios in association with Kimmelot

Logline: When a Green Beret returns home to Texas from military service, he and his family struggle with the challenges of adopting his new brother, a 12-year-old Russian boy. Inspired by a true story. (Single Camera)

Home Economics

Writer(s): Michael Colton,...

ABC has made a late addition to its roster of comedy pilots, ordering a multicamera project from Friends veteran Shana Goldberg-Meehan.

Goldberg-Meehan is writing and executive producing Kids Matter Now, a workplace comedy centered on a boss and her working-mom assistant. Christine Gernon (Speechless) is set to direct. The pilot comes from CBS Television Studios and Disney's 20th Century Fox TV.

The potential series follows a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart. She casts her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor, upending the office dynamics.

The pilot is the ...

Overall and first-look deals still drive the television business.

Although some mega-producers have moved to the streaming world, including Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes at Netflix, the overwhelming majority of pacts are still at the studio and linear network level. These deals help lock in show services, as well as keep the development pipeline flowing.

Here is a snapshot at most of the deals currently in place across Hollywood, as of mid-May.

A+E Studios

Appletree Pictures

Ross Fineman

Sarah Gertrude Shapiro

Thruline (Ron West/Chris Henze/Jb Roberts)

ABC Studios

Eli Attie

Alec Baldwin/Mallory Schwartz El Dorado Pictures

Kenya Barris Khalabo Ink Society

Julie Bean

Kevin Biegel

Sherry Bilsing-Graham/Ellen Kreamer

Bluegrass Fanfare

Chris Brancato Churchill Road Prods.

Jeremy Bronson

Danny Chun

Adam Ciralsky

Eliza Coupe

Liz Craft/Sarah Fain

Carlton Cuse

Paul Davies

Viola Davis/Kaylon Hunt JuVee Prods.

Tim Doyle

Dan Dworkin/Jay Beattie

Randall Einhorn...

Julianna Guill (Crazy, Stupid, Love) has been cast as a regular in CBS pilot The Mistake, a multi-camera comedy written by Friends alumni Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri and former Seinfeld writer-producer David Mandel. Produced by Wbtv, the story centers around a couple who had just “finished” raising their kids when they discover they’re pregnant. Guill, repped by Apa, Luber Roklin Management and Neil Meyer, will play oldest child Gretchen who has just landed a high-paying job as a consultant and is particularly embarrassed by her parents’ pregnancy. Related: 2014 CBS Pilots Ally Maki has booked a regular role on Fox‘s comedy pilot Sober Companion from CBS TV Studios and writers/exec producers David S. Rosenthal and Jennie Snyder Urman. It centers on Robert, a charming, but self-destructive attorney who finds his world turned upside down when a court-appointed, and highly unconventional, sober companion takes control of his life.

CBS is pulling the trigger on The Mistake, handing out a pilot order to the multi-camera comedy written by Friends alumni Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri and former Seinfeld writer-producer David Mandel, which has veteran multi-camera helmer Andy Ackerman attached to direct. All four executive produce. The project, which had a pilot production commitment, revolves around a couple who had just “finished” raising their kids when they discover they are pregnant. Warner Bros TV is producing with Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri’s Silver and Gold Productions and Mandel’s Woltz International Pictures. This marks the first collaboration of husband-and-wife duo Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri since they created the Friends spinoff Joey. Related: Primetime Pilot Panic! During the past decade, the two had worked on separate projects, including creating series Perfect Couples and Go On (Silveri) and Better With You (Goldberg-Meehan). Mandel is a frequent collaborator with Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, working as...

CBS has picked up its eighth comedy pilot of the season, greenlighting a family comedy from the producers of Friends and Seinfeld. Multicamera Warner Bros. Television comedy The Mistake revolves around a couple who just "finished" raising their kids but discovers that they're going to have a baby. The Mistake hails from Shana Goldberg-Meehan (Friends, Joey), David Mandel (Seinfeld) and Scott Silveri (Friends, Matthew Perry starrer Go On), who will pen the script and executive produce alongside Andy Ackerman (Seinfeld, Go On), who will also direct. Story: TV Pilots 2014: The Complete Guide CBS originally picked up the comedy --

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Alums of NBC’s biggest 1990s comedy series, Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Scott Silveri of Friends and David Mandel of Seinfeld, have teamed for a new multi-camera comedy at CBS. The network has handed a pilot production commitment to the untitled project, directed by veteran multi-camera helmer Andy Ackerman. Written/exec produced by Goldberg-Meehan, Silveri and Mandel, the family comedy centers on a couple with adult children. Warner Bros. TV, which produced Friends, is producing with Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri’s Silver and Gold Prods and Mandel’s Woltz International Pictures. This marks the first collaboration of husband-and-wife duo Goldberg-Meehan and Silveri since they created the Friends spinoff Joey. Over the past decade, the two had worked on separate projects, including creating series Perfect Couples and Go On (Silveri) and Better With You (Goldberg-Meehan). Mandel is a frequent collaborator with Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, working as an exec producer on his HBO...

Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning creator of Family Ties and Spin City, died yesterday in Montecito, Calif. He was 68. Goldberg was an experienced TV writer of 1970s programs like Lou Grant, The Tony Randall Show, and The Bob Newhart Show when he built Family Ties in 1982 for NBC, basing the idealistic hippie parents played by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter on himself and his wife, Dr. Diana Meehan. The show became an essential part of the network’s Thursday-night lineup — pairing with The Cosby Show for a time as TV’s two biggest shows — and made Michael J. Fox a huge star.

Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning creator of Family Ties, died Sunday after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 68.

Goldberg, who passed away two days shy of his 69th birthday at his home in Montecito, CA, launched Family Ties on NBC in 1982. The comedy made a star of Michael J. Fox and served as a staple of the Peacock’s Thursday lineup for nearly a decade.

He later reunited with Fox on ABC’s Spin City (which he co-created with Bill Lawrence). He also created the acclaimed semi-autobiographical half-hour dramedy Brooklyn Bridge, which ran for two seasons on CBS.

Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning creator of "Family Ties," died on June 23 of brain cancer, Variety reported. He was 68.

Born in Brooklyn, Goldberg was raised in a home with a close, extended family that was headed by a strong matriarch, his grandmother. He was a huge sports fan and a wanderer who had a bit of trouble figuring out what he wanted to be when he grew up.

Goldberg's collegiate career, which he described as "prolonged and checkered," involved attending numerous schools, including Brandeis University and San Diego State University. He only decided to become a scriptwriter at the urging of one of his professors.

Goldberg was working as a waiter at the Village Gate club in Greenwich Village in 1969 when he met his wife and the love his life, Dr. Diana Meehan. They were a couple of hippies -- a product of their time -- and spent the early...

Gary David Goldberg, an Emmy-winning TV writer and producer who created "Family Ties" and other series, has died.

Goldberg died Sunday (June 23) at his home in Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara, after fighting brain cancer. He would have turned 69 years old on Tuesday.

Goldberg began his TV writing career in the mid-1970s with scripts for "The Bob Newhart Show," "Alice" and "Phyllis." He won his first Emmy in 1979 as a producer of "Lou Grant," which took home the award for best drama series that year.

Three years later, "Family Ties" -- based in part on his own life and in part on those of friends -- premiered on NBC and made a star of Michael J. Fox. After moving behind "The Cosby Show" in 1984-85, it ranked in the Top 5 of the ratings for three straight seasons, peaking at better than 28 million viewers in Season 5. Goldberg won a writing...

Better With You star JoAnna Garcia has been tapped as the female lead opposite Justin Kirk in NBC’s new fall comedy series Animal Practice. The office comedy stars Kirk as George, a House-like veterinarian, who loves animals but usually hates their owners (especially the new woman who runs the clinic). Garcia will play that woman, George’s intelligent and beautiful old girlfriend, now engaged to another, who is assigned to run the animal hospital. Garcia replaces Amy Huberman who played the role in the pilot. Co-starring on the series, created by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, are Tyler Labine and Bobby Lee. Related: ‘Animal Practice’ To Recast Female Lead Garcia took a winding road to the fall schedule this season. She was originally attached to a multi-camera family comedy project written by Better With You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, which sparked a bidding war before landing at ABC with a...

Veteran Judd Hirsch is set to co-star opposite Ben Falcone in CBS’ untitled multi-camera comedy written by Falcone and fellow actor Larry Dorf and co-executive produced by Falcone’s wife, Mike & Molly star Melissa McCarthy. The project centers around David (Falcone), a single 37-year-old who loses everything he has in the real estate collapse and finds himself back home in the house he grew up in … with his parents. Hirsch will play David’s dad. Additionally, former Friends co-showrunner Shana Goldberg-Meehan has been tapped to lend a hand on the pilot as an executive producer. Pan Am co-star Karine Vanasse is set to co-star in a new ABC drama project. The Quebec-born actress has been cast in the drama pilot Scruples. Executive produced by Tony Krantz and Natalie Portman, the project is based on the novel by Judith Krantz and centers on rich and powerful clothing designer Billy Winthrop in a world of sex,...

Exclusive: Better With You star JoAnna Garcia Swisher is set as the female lead in CBS’ untitled Greg Malins/Greg Berlanti comedy pilot, reuniting with Better With You executive producer/co-showrunner Malins. The multi-camera project, from Warner Bros. TV and studio-based Berlanti Prods., centers on Nick who has a health scare and realizes that Wendy (Garcia Swisher), his best friend and business partner of 15 years, is ‘the one’. Now he has to figure out how to break it to her. Malins and Berlanti wrote the script and executive produce. This marks the third consecutive Wbtv pilot for Garcia Swisher following Privileged and Better With You, both of which went to series. She also did an arc on the studio’s CW drama Gossip Girl. It also marks the latest multi-camera comedy for Garcia who started off on the WB’s Reba. Earlier this season, Garcia was attached to a Warner Bros.

ABC is developing a new comedy for JoAnna Garcia. The potential show would star Garcia as a woman who moves in with her husband's family, Deadline reports. The project, which was picked up by ABC after a bidding war involving NBC and CBS, is being written by Shana Goldberg-Meehan. Goldberg-Meehan and Garcia previously collaborated on the ABC comedy Better With You, which was cancelled in May after one season. Goldberg-Meehan (more)...

Molly Sims is Hamptons-bound.

TVLine has learned exclusively that Royal Pains has tapped the Las Vegas beauty to guest star in the Season 3 finale this winter. The Project Accessory host will play Grace Hay Adams, a supermodel-turned-magazine editor who successfully turned her life around after a tragic accident.

Also appearing in the episode is Tsai Chin, who Grey’s Anatomy fans may remember as the mother of Cristina (Sandra Oh). Chin will play Mrs. Sesumi, the grandmother to three rambunctious teens.

Royal Pains‘ third season resumes in January.

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Shana Goldberg-Meehan and JoAnna Garcia are returning to ABC. In a very competitive situation, the network has landed a comedy from Better With You creator/executive producer Goldberg-Meehan that is toplined by Garcia, that series’ star. The multi-camera project, about a woman (Garcia) who moves in with her husband’s family, has received a pilot production commitment. The pitch hit the marketplace yesterday and sparked a bidding war after landing offers from ABC, NBC and CBS. Warner Bros TV, where Goldberg-Meehan has been based since her days on Friends, is producing. Goldberg-Meehan most recently created and executive produced the multi-camera ABC comedy series Better With You, starring Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan, which ran for one season. This marks the fourth consecutive series project at Warner Bros TV for Garcia following Privileged, Better With You and Gossip Girl, on which she did an arc. Goldberg-Meehan and Garcia are with Wme.

Exclusive: In what could be one of the last big bidding wars this pitch season, I hear that 3 networks — ABC, NBC and CBS — are after a multi-camera comedy from Better With You creator/executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan, which is toplined by the series’ star JoAnna Garcia. The project, about a woman (Garcia) who moves in with her husband’s family, was formally pitched to the networks today, landing offers right away, but there had been buzz about it for the past couple of weeks. Warner Bros. TV, where Goldberg-Meehan has been based since her days on Friends, is producing. Goldberg-Meehan has history at both ABC and NBC. Her family comedy Better With You starring Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan had a seasonlong run on ABC, where Goldberg-Meehan also has done a couple of pilots. And at NBC, she spent 7 seasons on Friends, rising to executive producer/co-showrunner, and co-created spinoff Joey.

ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" boosted a special Monday-night airing of romantic sitcom "Better With You" in a major way, according to overnight ratings data. Moved to Monday at 9:30 p.m. from its usual Wednesday 8:30 time period, where it follows "The Middle," the new comedy series from former "Friends" producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan scored a 2.6 rating/6 share in the 18-49 demo, a 63 percent bump from its performance last week. "Dancing With the Stars" at 8 p.m. was  marked by Karina Smirnoff's unfortunate tumble, but there were no such trip-ups where...

Former Friends executive producer Adam Chase has joined CBS' comedy pilot How To Be A Gentleman, written by and starring It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's David Hornsby. Chase will serve as executive producer/co-showrunner on the pilot alongside Hornsby. If the pilot goes to series, for Chase it would be in second position to ABC's freshman comedy Better with You, on which Chase serves as a co-executive producer. Loosely based on John Bridges' book How To Be a Gentleman: A Contemporary Guide to Common Courtesy, the CBS TV Studios-produced show revolves around a magazine that has changed ownership and centers on Alan (Hornsby) who writes a column on how to be a gentleman - in all aspects of life. Also executive producing the pilot with Hornsby and Chase are Ted Schachter and Mrc. On Better with You, Chase, repped by Wme and Mosaic, reunited with fellow Friends exec...

ABC’s Better With You (Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c) segues into “Better With a Yankee” when series lead JoAnna Garcia‘s real-life husband, Bronx Bomber outfielder Nick Swisher, guest-stars in two episodes.

The freshman sitcom’s executive producers, Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Greg Malins, “have a special and unique relationship with Nick,” Garcia says in the video below, “and they were really excited about having him come do this.” A regular visitor to the Bwu set, Swisher in turn was thrilled to oblige.

“[JoAnna] supports me when I work, and I want to make sure I’m here for her,” he says.

Television fans, it's time that we face the facts. It's a sad, sad truth, but one of television's most beloved traditions is on the endangered list.

Yes, we're talking about the TV theme song. What is the world coming to when we can't come home from a long day, settle in in front of the TV, and sing along to the opening credits of our favorite show? Heck, even "Glee" doesn't have a theme song. It's a travesty.

Don't lose hope, comrades. We've still got gems like ABC Wednesday's "Better With You" to bring some musical joy to an otherwise dreary landscape full of block-lettered title cards and that creepy dun-dun! gong from "Law & Order."

Having a theme song was important to creator and executive producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan. "I know that theme songs and main titles aren't in vogue anymore, probably because shows have gotten shorter and shorter and the...

Better With You (just so as not to confuse, you may have heard it referred to as Better Together at one point) is a sitcom that follows three couples, all of the same family. We are, in some sense, mostly focused on sisters Maddie and Mia, and their respective better halfs, but the parental units are on board as well, and the comedic spin comes by way of our differing world views. So far, we are not quite re-inventing the wheel.

Maddie (Jennifer Finnigan) is a lawyer, who is not married to nine-year partner Ben (Josh Cooke). The career-oriented, fairly uptight couple, are decidedly serious about everything, and Maddie is rather proud of the fact that she has taken her worldview from her parents. There is no question about this couple’s commitment to each other, but their stuffy demeanor opens the door for much mockery, and their over-analysis of...

Chicago – The programming executive that thought “Better With You” would fit well between the reasonably-good “The Middle” and the spectacular “Modern Family” clearly has no idea how television comedy has changed in the last few years. To call “Better With You” — with its laugh track, cheesy music, and horrible punchlines — old-fashioned is an insult to nostalgic comedies. It’s just bad.

Television Rating: 1.0/5.0

The paper-thin concept of “Better With You” is that the show tracks three different couples at different stages of their relationship — a tired premise before a frame was even shot. There’s the newly-dating, the not-so-newly-dating and the older couple. The idea is that each pair will provide their own punchlines just by virtue of their situations. Cue the lazy writing.

From a “Friends” producer (Shana Goldberg-Meehan) desperately trying to recreate the spark of that show, “Better With You” stars JoAnna Garcia and Jake Lacy as the new couple,...

The fall television season is nearly upon us, with just about everything premiering between September 20-26. CBS, NBC, and ABC have all taken the opportunity to announce the premiere week synopses for all their new and returning shows via press release.

So if you’d like to see what the networks have planned for you on The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, The Event, The Office, Castle, Desperate Housewives, and many more, hit the jump.

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The Amazing Race is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning adventure reality series hosted by Emmy-nominated host, Phil Keoghan, which pits teams, of two, against each other on a trek around the world. At every destination, each team will have to compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical, and only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the...