Matt LeBlanc to confuse audiences by playing a dad, not a friend, in CBS sitcom

The series is not, as we initially thought, a delayed sequel to the Friends spinoff, Joey, in which Joey Tribbiani becomes a Hollywood power player and disavows his New York clique. I’m Not Your Friend will star LeBlanc as a husband, father, and contractor, any role of which could conceivably occupy enough of his time to make friendship an impossibility. But the title seems to be a reference to the character’s parenting style, which he must tweak after his wife returns to work, leaving him to actually have a hand in raising his children. The comedy has a pilot order and a series commitment, but if it doesn’t work out, LeBlanc already has a built-in response to the news.