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Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and Worldwide Pants Incorporated, in association with HBO Independent Productions.
- Brad Garrett wasn't always a fan of Ray. Brad Garrett was the massive man who played Ray's brother Robert for all nine seasons. He wrote a tell-all book in 2015 in which he explained that it took him a while to warm up to Ray, and thought the show was doomed from the get-go.
- Heaton and Boyle would argue for real on set. Patricia Heaton who played Ray's wife Debra, and Peter Boyle who played Ray's father Frank would often argue real world politics on set.
- Ray hated the show's name. The show's name, Everybody Loves Raymond actually came about because Ray's real brother made a comment about it and it just kind of stuck.
- Peter Boyle's audition went "perfectly." Anyone who was watched even a single episode of the show knows that Ray's father Frank is a crotchety old man, and his audition couldn't have been better set up if he tried.
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- THE SHOW BEGAN AFTER RAY ROMANO DID A STAND-UP SET ON LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. "I was doing stand-up for 12 years," Romano recounted to Larry King in 2005.
- ROMANO DIDN'T LOVE THE TITLE. “It was a title that, first of all, the critics ... it invites hatred,” Romano explained. “It came about from a sarcastic comment my brother made, who is a police officer.
- DORIS ROBERTS THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE TOO BUSY TO EVEN AUDITION. Doris Roberts was busy directing a play while the Marie auditions were taking place. The play’s producer made sure to have her available for 3:30 one fateful Monday.
- PETER BOYLE WAS PERFECTLY ANGRY AT HIS AUDITION FOR FRANK. Peter Boyle had trouble just getting into the studio lot. He then couldn’t find a parking space.
- Kate Hogan
- Ray Romano as Raymond Barone. As the show's title character, Romano, a.k.a. sportswriter Raymond Barone, kept the laughs coming through interactions with his overbearing parents and put-upon wife, Debra.
- Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone. Heaton's Debra was the hard-working mom who just couldn't with her in-laws, though she had a soft spot for her brother-in-law, Robert.
- Brad Garrett as Robert Barone. As Raymond's slightly less beloved big brother Robbie, a New York City cop, Garrett earned lots of laughs with his "woe is me" attitude and comebacks to his mom and dad, with whom he lived for much of the series.
- Monica Horan as Amy MacDougall. Joining the cast slightly later on as Robbie's girlfriend (and later, wife) Amy, Horan just couldn't win with her future in-laws, though she bonded over the crazy with her sister-in-law, Debra.
Everybody Loves Raymond: Created by Phil Rosenthal. With Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts. The comical everyday life of whiny Mama's-boy sports columnist Ray Barone and his dysfunctional family: his long-suffering hard-working wife Debra, smothering mother Marie, coarse father Frank, and jealous policeman brother Robert.
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- 1996-09-13
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May 22, 2024 · Everybody Loves Raymond: 10 Behind The Scenes Facts Every Fan Should Know. Original children's names changed to separate real life from fiction, turning Ally, Gregory, and Matthew into Ally, Michael, and Geoffrey. Barone twins recast after being deemed too aged, resulting in a new set of twins, Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten, being cast.
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Oct 26, 2021 · Season 1 – Everybody Loves Raymond. Ray Barone is a successful sports writer and family man who deals with a brother and parents -- who happen to live across the street. Mom Marie loves to ...
