Former Friends star Matt LeBlanc is returning to US television for the first time since 2006, playing himself in a quirky comic spoof of the TV business.
LeBlanc, 42, who played womaniser Joey Tribbiani in the hit comedy Friends, is forced to audition for the role of himself in the series Episodes, Showtime executives said.
The show, a co-production with Britain's BBC Two, is about a fictional hit British comedy that is turned into an American sitcom in which LeBlanc is chosen to play the lead in place of an erudite British actor.
Clips of the comedy shown to TV reporters on Saturday showed a graying LeBlanc auditioning for his own part against a room full of leather-jacketed Joey look-alikes practicing his Friends catch-phrase "How you doin?"
"I am so glad I got the part. Seeing someone else play Matt LeBlanc would have been devastating," the actor said in a statement. The show is expected to air on Showtime later in 2010.
LeBlanc's last TV outing was in the Friends spin-off "Joey," which took his character from New York to Hollywood. The show ran for two years before ending in 2006.
{{/usCountry}}LeBlanc's last TV outing was in the Friends spin-off "Joey," which took his character from New York to Hollywood. The show ran for two years before ending in 2006.
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