Question: who does joey end up with in joey

title: Joey (TV series)
text: The series did well in the Nielsen ratings in its first season ( 2004 -- 2005 ) and was subsequently renewed for a second season ( 2005 -- 2006 ) . In the second season , Miguel A. Núñez , Jr. was added to the show as a series regular . Also , Jennifer Coolidge had a more prominent role . The show was pulled from its Thursday - night timeslot in December 2005 , and NBC returned the show in a new timeslot ( Tuesdays at 8pm ) on March 7 , 2006 . Due in part to being in competition with American Idol , Joey was the lowest - rated prime time program of the week for NBC . The network pulled the series after the first Tuesday broadcast and its cancellation was announced on May 15 , 2006 . The remaining episodes have never been broadcast by NBC , but have been shown on various other networks around the world . Episode 5 and Episode 13 of season 1 were directed by David Schwimmer , who played Ross Geller in Friends .