Warner Bros. Television has made the full run of “Joey,” the short-lived “Friends” spinoff, available for free on YouTube, including eight episodes that never aired in the United States. The final installments were uploaded this week to the official “Friends” channel, finishing a 46-episode library that has been incomplete for American viewers since NBC pulled the show in 2006.
“Joey” premiered in September 2004, four months after “Friends” signed off, with Matt LeBlanc reprising Joey Tribbiani as he relocates from New York to Los Angeles to chase a bigger acting career. The sitcom built a new ensemble around him, including Drea de Matteo as his sister Gina, Paulo Costanzo as his nephew Michael, Andrea Anders as neighbor Alex, and Jennifer Coolidge as his agent. It opened with more than 18 million viewers for its pilot, but audience numbers slid during season two. NBC shifted it off Thursday nights, tried a Tuesday slot, then stopped airing new episodes with eight left unaired in the U.S., though they later ran in several international markets.
The YouTube release caps a steady rollout that began in March 2025, when the “Friends” account started posting two episodes per week. Until that effort, “Joey” was hard to find through legal U.S. streaming, with only out-of-print DVDs and scattered overseas box sets circulating. With season two now online in full, American viewers can see the missing late-season arc and the series finale in an official format for the first time.
The timing fits a broader push to refresh legacy comedy brands for digital audiences. “Friends” remains a major draw on streaming services, and YouTube offers a low-friction way to surface a catalog title without asking fans to sign up for another platform. Social media reaction since the drop has mixed curiosity and nostalgia, with many eager to complete Joey Tribbiani’s post-“Friends” story and others revisiting why the spinoff struggled to find its footing.
