Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005)

It never stops for successful sports writer Ray Barone, whose oddball family life consists of a fed up wife, overbearing parents, and an older brother with lifelong jealousy.

Stars:

Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 51 wins & 129 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ray Romano	...	Ray Barone (210 episodes, 1996-2005)
Doris Roberts	...	Marie Barone (210 episodes, 1996-2005)
Patricia Heaton	...	Debra Barone (209 episodes, 1996-2005)
Brad Garrett	...	Robert Barone (209 episodes, 1996-2005)
Peter Boyle	...	Frank Barone (207 episodes, 1996-2005)
Madylin Sweeten	...	Ally Barone (154 episodes, 1996-2005)
Sawyer Sweeten	...	Geoffrey Barone (130 episodes, 1996-2005)
Sullivan Sweeten	...	Michael Barone (130 episodes, 1996-2005)

Storyline

Ray Barone seemingly has it all. A wonderful wife, a beautiful family, a great job, a nice house on Long Island. There's only one problem. His obnoxious parents (who live across the street) and his jealous brother are always getting in the way.

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Plot Keywords:

Sports Writer | Suburbia | Newspaper Columnist | Liar | Lying | 

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Taglines:

America's first family of comedy begins their last season!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

CBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Raymond

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Talk Productions, Where's Lunch

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min 23 min (210 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Peter Boyle claims that he was aided in getting the part of Frank Barone by events prior to his audition in New York City. He had gotten lost and couldn't find the location of the audition, so when he showed up, he was agitated and sarcastic.

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Goofs

Robert is supposed to have a quirk where he touches food to his chin before eating it. Throughout the shows, he sometimes does this and sometimes doesn't. He mainly does it in the episode it it mentioned in.

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Quotes

Marie Barone: You're giving him back that money!
Frank Barone: Like hell, I am! I want to teach him a lesson. You up the stakes, you lose a lot. You play with matches and you get burned.
[sticks check in front of Raymond]
Frank Barone: AND, THANK YOU, COME AGAIN!

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Crazy Credits

Credits at the end of one 8th-season episode read: Based on the Comedy of: Pee Pee Raymond Executive Producer: Pee Pee Raymond Executive Producer: Poo Poo Rosenthal

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Connections

Referenced in Hannah Montana: We're All on This Date Together (2008)
Ray Romano makes a cameo appearance, and tells Hannah that he is on "Everybody Loves Raymond", for which he says he won an emmy

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Soundtracks

"Up She Rises"
(uncredited)
Music by Sam Spence
Used as the theme song for season 6.

User Reviews

This series took me ages to get into

...but now I'm hooked, and I've even bought 5 DVD boxsets of it! Its weird because its both subtle AND sharp humour.

Its about Ray Romano, a sportswriter who just wants a quiet life...but he has 3 kids (a girl and twin toddler boys) and Debra (his wife) who struggles to juggle housekeeping and being a mother because Ray just will do anything to stay out of her way and not help! Debra is not your typical sitcom mum. She's independent and opinionated, and a very good match for Ray - she keeps him in line!

His Italian American parents (Marie and Frank) and divorced 40 year old brother (Robert) stay in the same street and facing across from Ray & Debra's house. And they are never away from there - The parents are very loud, expressive, overbearing people, but they don't mean to be....It's just their way. The brother is quirky to say the least! he's 7 foot tall and has a voice like Eeyore from the winnie the pooh movies (he IS the voice from the cartoon). He has weird little habits and is a little obsessive compulsive and insanely jealous of his younger brother Ray. However, at heart they are good, caring people and the family are extraordinarily close...but you'd never know it by the drama and shouting that goes on all the time! This is where the comedy comes from....

Now, I am married to an Italian man and I know from experience what Italian in-laws are like! so this might be why I find this so funny....watching Marie (Rays mum) is like watching my MIL (only its not so funny in real life, believe me!!)

If you like Seinfeld, King of Queens (another sitcom which took ages to grow on me), CLASSIC Woody Allen movies, the film Mambo Italiano or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, then you'll like this. Give it a go, watch more than one episode and you'll end up hooked like me - I promise!