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‘Friends’ Star Matt LeBlanc Is Returning to TV With First Role in 5 Years

LeBlanc returns to TV as a burnt-out LAPD detective, and CBS says the project could reach the 2027-28 season.

  • CBS has ordered scripts for Flint , a new drama developed in partnership with Matt LeBlanc, slated for the 2027 season.
  • Flint follows a burnt-out LAPD detective blindsided when the city extends his service by five years; determined to get fired, he breaks rules and disobeys orders.
  • LeBlanc will star and serve as executive producer, with Evan Katz as showrunner; CBS Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television produce the drama.
  • This project marks LeBlanc's first major television role in five years, following his previous work on the sitcom Man With a Plan.
  • Fans recently saw the actor in a Super Bowl commercial alongside Friends costar Jennifer Aniston; LeBlanc gained fame playing Joey Tribbiani on the iconic NBC sitcom.
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‘Friends’ Star Matt LeBlanc Is Returning to TV With First Role in 5 Years

He hasn't appeared on TV since 2021, aside from a Dunkin' Donuts commercial with 'Friends' costar Jennifer Aniston.

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Actor Matt LeBlanc, known for playing Joey Tribbiani in Friends, will star and produce a new CBS police series. Titled Flint, production marks the artist's return to television in fixed roles. The plot accompanies a detective from Los Angeles, in the United States, close to retirement, who has the exit postponed for five years. In order to leave the position, he goes on to fail rules, but improves the performance as an investigator. + More news …

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KULR-TV broke the news in Billings, United States on Friday, April 17, 2026.
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