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Joey

1997, Movie, PG, 96 mins

Joey: Review

JOEY is another innocuous family film from Down Under in which adorable animals are hunted by crazed poachers and need to be rescued by wide-eyed young kids, who teach adults a thing or two in the process. Young Billy MacGregor (Jamie Croft) lives on a farm in Australia with his widowed mom Penny (Rebecca Gibney), where he plays with a group of kangaroos, especially a baby called Joey. Unfortunately, the kangaroos congregate on the farm of Billy's animal-hating neighbor Dixo... read more

Joey: Cast & Details

Year: 1997
Rated PG

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Cast
Jamie Croft: Billy MacGregor
Alex McKenna: Linda Cross
Rebecca Gibney: Penny McGregor
Ed Begley Jr.: Ambassador Ted Ross
Ruth Cracknell: Sylvia
Harold Hopkins: Kanga Catcher

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Joey: TV Guide News

Can you tell us if Crossing ... | Matt Roush | 5/8/2006
Question: Can you tell us if Crossing Jordan will return to NBC for a sixth season? Now that NBC has acquired the NFL's Sunday-night games, Crossing Jordan has lost its 10 pm/ET time slot. Any ideas as to where in the lineup NBC will place the show? It's my absolute favorite show of all time and I would hate to see it removed from the network. Answer: We'll know a week from today (on Monday, May 15) just where Crossing Jordan will land on NBC's new fall schedule. I haven't a clue. (There's also the possibility that NBC will keep this or another show on hold to plug into Sundays at mid-season once the football season ends.) But Crossing Jordan has already officially been renewed, along with Medium, Las Vegas, ER, the three Law & Order dramas, My Name Is Earl and The Office. Scrubs is still a viable contender, and I would imagine there will be new seasons of the reality shows The Apprentice, Deal or No Deal, Biggest Loser (some for fall, some possibly for later) and an... read more be the first to leave a comment
What is the status of Joey? I ... | Matt Roush | 5/5/2006
Question: What is the status of Joey? I haven't seen it on air in a while. Has this show been canceled? Answer: Not officially. But let's face it, it's dead. Also from my FAQs file, and also on indefinite hiatus without hope of renewal: E-Ring and, as of this week, Commander in Chief, which was just yanked for the rest of the month ... read more be the first to leave a comment
It was recently announced ... | Matt Roush | 5/1/2006
Question: It was recently announced that a certain cast member of Lost joined a pilot for CBS in the fall (as a guest star), and it caused massive speculation in the entertainment press. Lately I've gotten weary of these kinds of announcements — the same thing happened to characters on 24 and The Sopranos. I know actors can sometimes star in two different shows at the same time, but given that Drea de Matteo's character, for example, seemed in peril on the show, I couldn't help but figure that her character was a goner sooner or later anyway. With shows like 24 and Lost, I know that anyone could die, but are you getting tired of the rush to scoop the next person, and is revealing vital information getting in the way of enjoying a good show? Answer: As both a provider and consumer of entertainment news and commentary, I can only say that this subject is a minefield. For every person who (like you) seems to despise spoilers, there's someone else who lives... read more be the first to leave a comment
Love your column. While I am ... | Matt Roush | 4/21/2006
Question: Love your column. While I am saddened by the apparent cancellation of Sons & Daughters, I am hardly surprised. The first time I saw it, I said pessimistically to myself, "This is an Arrested Development rip-off," but as the shows went on, I had the same thought, only in a more positive light. I normally love David Cross, but his character on AD always seemed a little forced to me, whereas Jerry Lambert (Don on S&D), playing seemingly the same role as Cross, was pure comedic gold. I think he was the most underrated character on the show, with every line superbly understated, and every selfish act completely hilarious as opposed to grating. The cancellation's timing is the only thing that really bothers me. Anyone who saw the fate of AD surely could've predicted the eventual outcome for S&D, but why would ABC hype it so much and bring it in for mid-season, just to show only a handful of episodes and then suddenly cancel it? Why even put it on the... read more be the first to leave a comment
Now that Joey is DOA on its ... | Matt Roush | 4/17/2006
Question: Now that Joey is DOA on its return, again we have the debate about the death of what we know as the traditional sitcom. My question is, was Joey that bad? No, it wasn't as topical as Sex and the City or as well written as Frasier, but Joey never set out to be either of those shows. It was a sitcom with some basic, familiar characters and uncomplicated story lines. Twenty years ago shows like Growing Pains and Who's the Boss? were top-10 hits, and I think Joey compares in format to these shows. Do you think that Joey was a substandard version of the traditional sitcom, or have we so evolved due to clever writing that it has all but destroyed the basic sitcom? A show like Frasier or Seinfeld at its peak only comes along once in a decade, so if that has become our benchmark for comedy, of course anything else is going to pale in comparison. On a related note, can you envison a day when the comedy categories in the Emmys will become obsolete now that, by default, noncomedy shows... read more be the first to leave a comment