Original sentence: The phrase was most commonly used when Matt LeBlanc's Friends spin-off Joey was nearing debut, and many considered it a guaranteed failure, which proved to be true when it was pulled by NBC in fall 2005
Edited sentence: The phrase was most commonly used when Matt LeBlanc's Friends spin-off Joey was nearing debut, and many considered it a guaranteed failure, which proved to be true when it was pulled by NBC (half a season too late) in fall 2005