Joey

Just finished watching an episode of "Joey", the spin-off of Friends starring the lovable Joey Tribianni. I was expecting a sad attempt at bringing back the chemistry from Friends, but it wasn't too bad. Joey is still the same character; funny, slightly stupid, but still very sweet. The new show is actually watchable. Mostly because its the same old Joey; so watching an episode of Joey is just like watching an episode of Friends that centers on Joey (you remember those occasional episodes that would feature Joey's family or his scenes on Days of Our Lives and so on).
A really interesting thing I noticed was there seems to be a more definite similarity to "Three's Company". From what I can tell, Joey is living in a house with two girls, one is his sister, and the other he seems to have had a past relationship with. There's a definite "Jack and the girls" feeling from that setup. Plus, it seems Joey has moved to Southern California. The intro sequence show scenes of Joey driving around in a car, and it ends with a scene of Joey sitting on the hood of his car, right by what looks like the same boardwalk that Jack is cycling along in the intro sequence for Three's Company. Makes you think, huh?
All in all, I think the show has potential to become another decent prime-time major network sit-com. It will never amount to the same level that Friends had. But its certainly not as bad as some of the trash out there.