Matthew Perry Joins His 'Friends' in Primetime -- Will Star in New Sitcom

Monica and Joey aren't going to have all the primetime fun ... Chandler's back, too. 'Friends' star Matthew Perry is developing a Sony Pictures TV sitcom in which he'll play the self-involved manager of a sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life when he turns 40.

The actor, who turned 40 himself in August, is just the latest 'Friends' alum to return to the tube. Courteney Cox is currently starring in 'Cougar Town,' a new comedy hit on ABC this season, while Matt LeBlanc recently signed on to star (as Matt LeBlanc) in Showtime's upcoming comedy 'Episodes.'Monica and Joey aren't going to have all the primetime fun ... Chandler's back, too. 'Friends' star Matthew Perry is developing a Sony Pictures TV sitcom in which he'll play the self-involved manager of a sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life when he turns 40.

The actor, who turned 40 himself in August, is just the latest 'Friends' alum to return to the tube. Courteney Cox is currently starring in 'Cougar Town,' a new comedy hit on ABC this season, while Matt LeBlanc recently signed on to star (as Matt LeBlanc) in Showtime's upcoming comedy 'Episodes.'

Perry's series, which will be co-produced and directed by 'The West Wing' Emmy winner Tommy Schlamme and written by Perry, is being shopped to networks this week, and will mark the star's first full-time return to primetime since his flopped 2006-07 NBC series 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' (which Schlamme also exec-produced). (Update: The Hollywood Reporter announces that after "heated bidding," ABC has landed Perry's project.)

The big question, of course, is whether or not Perry can finally return to the primetime glory he enjoyed during 'Friends'' 10-season run -- and whether or not he'll be able to get his former co-stars to guest-star, of course.