Just read the synopsis for Joey on wikipedia and it’s completely done me:
The series roughly picks up where Friends left off, with Joey at the beginning of the show making a move from New York to Los Angeles to proceed with his acting career. He is constantly talking about food or eating sandwiches or pizza.
Episode 9: Joey tries to plan the perfect week for Donna, so she will choose him over her husband, who is attempting to reconcile with her. Alex discovers that she can get free stuff because she is a “hot girl”.
Well that’s a theory too, that unrestrained narcissism repackaged as sort high flying neoliberal self care connects better with the yoof than it did with the core audience of the time. What fun!