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Titolo: Lo spinoff e' sempre piu' vicino...

Matt LeBlanc is likely to star in a Friends spinoff based on his Joey
Tribbiani character when the long-running sitcom finally fades after
next season, published reports said today (Monday)... The Hollywood
Reporter reported that negotiations are "accelerating" between NBC and
Warner Bros. TV on the one hand and LeBlanc on the other. Meanwhile,
today's New York Times said that NBC plans to present several
all-time-favorite Friends episodes, voted on by viewers, during the
coming season, which will consist of o­nly 18 original episodes versus
a typical season's 24. 
Source: 
www.imdb.com
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j./Una cosa e' certa: il peggiore dei pompini sara' sempre meglio, per 
dire, della piu' profumata delle rose... del piu' fantastico dei 
tramonti.
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Source: 
www.imdb.com
la stessa news da EW.com
Matt LeBlanc inches closer to ''Joey'' spinoff. No deals yet, but some
veteran ''Friends'' scribes are set to write a pilot by Gary Susman 
THE ONE STARRING JOEY LeBlanc's Joey may be back for spinoff
Joey Tribbiani may never be nominated for an Emmy, like Matt LeBlanc
was last week, but he could soon be the focus of his own series. NBC
could announce plans for a long-rumored ''Friends'' spinoff as early
as this week, according to trade paper Television Week. The show, to
center on LeBlanc's Joey, would at least keep one familiar face from
''Friends'' on the network after the TV's top sitcom wraps at the end
of the upcoming 10th season.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, NBC and ''Friends'' producer
Warner Bros. Television have stepped up negotiations with LeBlanc for
a show that would debut in fall 2004. The parties have also settled on
a writing team for the show's pilot episode, veteran ''Friends''
writers and executive producers Scott Silveri and Shana
Goldberg-Meehan. Of course, if the spinoff deal doesn't go through,
the writers will probably just get jobs making cappuccino at Central
Perk.
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j./Life can be as bitter as dragon tears. Whether dragon tears are 
bitter or not depends entirely on how everyone perceives the taste.
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la stessa news da EW.com
e da Hollywood Reporter (giuro la smetto ;)
con spoiler 9a stagione rottati
July 21, 2003
Post-'Friends' gig for LeBlanc
By Cynthia Littleton
Is this the one where Joey gets his really big break? Maybe so.
Sources say talks are accelerating among NBC, Warner Bros. TV and Matt
LeBlanc to cut a deal for a "Friends" spinoff sitcom revolving around
LeBlanc's Joey Tribbiani character. Sources stressed that no deals are
in place for the spinoff, but it's understood that the principals have
stepped up the negotiations in an effort to secure a commitment with
LeBlanc in the near future. Sources say that those players also have
settled on veteran "Friends" scribes and executive producers Scott
Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan to pen the pilot script should a
deal be hammered out. 
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LeBlanc's bargaining power certainly wasn't hurt by the fact that the
actor last week earned his second consecutive Emmy nomination for his
work on America's most-watched comedy series. NBC and Warner Bros. TV
declined to comment. 
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j./Una cosa e' certa: il peggiore dei pompini sara' sempre meglio, per 
dire, della piu' profumata delle rose... del piu' fantastico dei 
tramonti.
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Anche da tvguide
JOEY'S BIG BREAK: It's looking increasingly like Matt LeBlanc will be there
for us well past Friends's swan song in May 2004. According to The Hollywood
Reporter, LeBlanc is nearing a deal to headline a spinoff built around his
Joey Tribbiani character. Friends exec producers Scott Silveri and Shana
Goldberg-Meehan would likely pen the pilot script and serve as showrunners.
Rumor has it, the spinoff would find Joey moving to Hollywood to pursue his
acting career.
Chiara