Matt LeBlanc returned to television in 2011 with the Showtime show "Episodes," which was created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, the co-creators of "Friends." In the show, he played a fictionalized version of himself as he prepared to star in a new sitcom written by a British couple.
At first, LeBlanc didn't want to do the show at all because he was worried the show would actually be about his own life. "I was very skeptical and uncomfortable with the idea of playing myself, because I didn't understand what they were getting at," he told The Guardian. He insisted that he didn't want to play himself, but wanted to play a character with his own name. "What we came up with is the public's perception of Matt LeBlanc, the celebrity," he said.
The show ran until 2017. When it came to an end, LeBlanc was sad to leave it behind. "'Episodes' will always hold a special place in my heart, regardless of any shows I do in the future, because of working again with David and Jeffrey and that connection to 'Friends' in it and the trust factor," he said to Variety. "Those relationships, and their writing, that's very special, and it was a lot of fun to do all these years."
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