I truly believe the show would still be on today if...

Nah, they ALL lived in NYC, well the characters did. But yes, they seemed to have barely ANY references to the past, I've seen only the first season, but Joey only referenced them twice, when he complained about change, and when he struggled to tell Sara he loved her, he mentioned that he told Rachel once and it blew up in his face. Yes, guest stars would've given them a ratings boost, but look at Fraiser, when did the first Cheers star make a guest appearance? I've never watched Fraiser, but I don't think one was made in the first season.

The move to Tuesday was no loss nor gain for NBC, Joey was struggling, in a timeslot that had given them 19m+ viewers or so for 10 years, on a night they had totally ruled for 15-20 years.

the problem with this show was just the magic dialouges from friends that ppl still expected .I have not heard such intelligent blowing dialouges in any other show or even movie for that matter.

It could have lasted longer- probably not too much longer (it was never going to be as big as Friends was, let's face it), but we could have gotten 5 seasons out of it. The writing was getting much, much better toward the end, and Adam Goldberg, as well as Joey taking things to new levels in terms of growing up and having real relationships, were really creating a much better show than they started out with. Then it just abruptly ends. Because of poor choices (moving the time slot- I remember having no idea when it was on all of a sudden), and the mistake of trying to pretend that Friends happened in a galaxy far, far away, rather than a plane ride away in NYC.

That's the worst thing, I think- they, for whatever reason, didn't even so much as mention a single of the characters by name. They made references to events and personalities explored in Friends (Joey's dancing, love of food, the fork with the mashed potatoes, refering to Rachel), but none to his best Friend for a significant portion of his life- Chandler. They throw us a picture, which you never get a good look at, and that's it. We all KNOW the Joey from Friends would be pining for his friends after a week, much less two years. And Chandler NEVER visits him in TWO YEARS? Not a phone call? Nothing? No 'congrats on all your success, man, knew you could do it'? Ross doesn't drop by? Phoebe? GUNTHER? NOBODY? (Ok, why would Gunther drop by, I know, but seriously, for the rest of them).

I get that they wanted to build their own new show and not be tied to the cast of Friends, but there's no way it was going to work for long without at least a cameo. Besides, it just makes Chandler and the rest of them look bad, not visiting their friend in 2 years who they had seen every day for 10.