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13 March
2006
Joey Down As
House Ratings Up
Friends
spin-off Joey
has been put on hold in the US as
speculation grows it will be axed, it has
been reported.
TV
network NBC
has temporarily pulled Joey from the
line-up after just 4m viewers tuned in
last week.
Meanwhile,
rival network Fox has ordered a third
season of medical drama House, starring
Hugh Laurie.
The
series has averaged 14.1m viewers, but
numbers have jumped since Fox began airing
the show after American
Idol.
House
has managed to hold on to 70% of the
American Idol audience - 20% more than
other shows have managed.
Laurie,
who plays the grumpy-yet-brilliant Doctor
Gregory House, won a Golden Globe earlier
this year for his role, and was nominated
for an Emmy award last year.
Joey was
due to be aired in the US at 8pm on
Tuesdays, but last week just 4m viewers
tuned in.
The
timeslot will now be filled by Most
Outrageous Moments, and Joey will be put
back on hold, possibly until the
summer.
Joey,
starring Matt LeBlanc, had already been
struggling on Thursday nights, with
audiences way down from the 18.6m viewers
who tuned in for the show's debut in
September 2004.
Both
Joey and House are shown on
Five
in the UK.
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