FANS won’t have to touch their remote controls to see Matt LeBlanc and his “Friends” spin-off, “Joey,” in fall 2004.

LeBlanc’s dim-bulb character Joey Tribbiani will get his own show next year, and NBC executives said yesterday that it will air in “Friends’ ” old time slot, 8 o’clock Thursday night, the most-coveted spot in primetime.

“Friends” is slated to end after the upcoming season, its tenth.