Everybody Loves Raymond

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Everybody Loves Raymond
Ray (Ray Romano), Robert (Brad Garrett), and Frank (Peter Boyle)
Genre	Sitcom
Creator(s)	Philip Rosenthal
Starring	Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	210
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 13, 1996 – May 16, 2005
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Everybody Loves Raymond, sometimes referred to as Raymond, or 'ELR' was a long-running American sitcom broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It was one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time.

The show revolved around the life of Italian-American Ray Barone, a newspaper sportswriter from Lynbrook, Long Island who lives with his wife, Debra Barone, his daughter, Ally, and his identical twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's brash parents and jealous self-doubting brother Robert never give Ray or his family a moment of peace. Ray often finds himself in the middle of someone else's problems. He is usually the one blamed for everyone else's troubles.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Raymond Barone (Ray Romano)

Ray Romano plays the role of Raymond Barone. Ray grew up in an unbalanced household where one parent nurtured, sometimes to an extreme, while the other tried to mess up his wife's work. This may have led to him having psychological weaknesses. Raymond barely helps out his wife, Debra, around the house or with the kids, partially due to the fact that he is a sportswriter and is on the road a lot with professional sports teams covering the games. When he is at home on his own, he just watches television. Ray and Debra are constantly being bothered by Frank and Marie, who continuously barge into their house uninvited. This leaves him to wonder why he even moved in across the street from them in the first place. But Ray welcomes his father and brother in sometimes to watch the game with him. Ray has a fear of confronting his mother when she does things that annoy him. The psychological hold that his mother has on him puzzles Debra sometimes. Ray has little concern for important material. For example, one episode shows Ray taping over their wedding video with a Super Bowl from the early-90's.

[edit] Debra Barone (Patricia Heaton)

The nagging wife of Ray Barone, Debra grew up in Connecticut to loving, caring, and rich parents Warren and Lois, who have traveled all around the world since Debra left them. When Debra Barone met Carrie Heffernan, from another CBS hit, The King of Queens, it made for an interesting King of Queens episode and Debra quickly found a reason to become upset with Ray after noticing Carrie was upset with her husband, Doug Heffernan.

After learning she was pregnant with twins, Debra brought up the issue that she and Ray would need to move in a bigger home, as they would now have three children. Once Ray's parents learned of this, Frank showed the married couple a nice home across the street from two lovely neighbors, who just happened to be Marie and Frank themselves. Ray at first didn't want to buy the home, but Debra convinced him and they soon realized what a living hell they would be in.

Debra often gossips about Ray's family behind their backs because of all their annoying quirks. She mostly gossips about Marie who gives her the hardest time. Marie often barges into Debra's home insinuating how bad a housewife and homemaker she is. Most of Marie's nasty insinuations are aimed at Debra's cooking. However, Marie has always been a world class cook and Debra is notorious for making lousy food. Other than Lemon Chicken (the first dish Debra ever made for Ray), her only other decent dish is braciole, which Ray likes. Though she made one good meal once, it was soon revealed that braciole was the same meal Marie made when Frank proposed, and out of respect for Marie, Debra stopped making braciole. Other things Marie criticizes are Debra's parental skills and housekeeping. Marie often rewashes the dishes and spends her days cleaning Debra's house all over again.

Instead of sex, Debra enjoys reading before going to bed. She is also active in the school PTA. In spite of her constant complaining and nagging, Debra really does love her family, even Frank and Marie. Debra defended Ray once when he was "being beat up by the Cookie Lady", Peggy (Amy Aquino). Debra and Marie are known to take each other's sides on many issues as well. Debra is a very caring mother but a critical wife. Debra's maiden name is Whelan.

[edit] Robert Barone (Brad Garrett)

Most of the jokes are aimed at how Robert is never able to find success and how his love life never picks up. Robert was conceived out of wedlock; one episode features Robert's discovery of that. Standing at 6' 8 1/2", he is the tallest Barone. It may be noted that he has a nervous habit of touching food to his chin before eating it (commonly known as the "Crazy Chin" habit), and this habit is often the center of many jokes. Robert is a caring uncle and still deeply cares for little brother Raymond, no matter how much jealousy he has.

After divorcing his first wife Joanne, Robert became a workaholic and was acknowledged by the NYPD for never being absent one day of his career. Robert was an exceptional cop, once stopping an armed robbery at Nemo's Pizza while Ray hid under a table; in another episode he is gored in the "upper thigh" by a bull, forcing him to move back into his parents' house for several episodes. Robert's work partner is an African-American woman named Judy; she memorably introduced him to the dance club scene in one episode. Robert's diverse skills as a police officer even got him an interview with the FBI; However, his mother interfered in the interview process, and he was passed over for the position (though the FBI interviewer admitted that she had little to do with the actual denial.) He at one point considered leaving the police force, when he found himself gun shy after his encounter with the now infamous bull, to be an alarm salesman, but thanks to Ray's help, he returned to the NYPD. He also once contemplated early retirement to pursue a somewhat successful career as an alarm salesman but soon opted against it despite the aggressive encouragement from his overbearing mother.

Robert dated Debra's best friend Amy MacDougall for several years and they have broken up several times. When Robert went with the Barones to a family trip in Italy, he had a small connection to an Italian girl named Stefania, who later immigrated to America, leading to one of his break-ups with Amy. Another occurred when Amy discovered Robert had been considering getting back together with his ex-wife. After a bad date with yet another woman, Robert ran into Amy in a bar and they soon got back together and married in 2003. In 2004 they purchased Frank and Marie's home, but they had to welcome Marie and Frank back in when they were kicked out of a retirement community in New Jersey.

Robert is also very jealous of his brother Raymond, who was favored by their mother, and also earned great success in life, becoming a sportswriter and winning many awards. Though they have this sibling rivalry and Robert's jealousy can confound matters, Ray and Robert are easily each other's closest friend. There are times when Billy, Squall, Frank, Raymond and Robert's father, and Robert enjoy each others company, especially when they join together to make fun of Raymond.

[edit] Marie Barone (Doris Roberts)

The very intrusive mother of Raymond and Robert, and wife to Frank, Marie is an Italian-American housewife who excels in cooking, cleaning, and other things dealing with keeping a good home and bringing up a nurturing and caring family.

Except for Frank, everyone in the family has a hard time standing up to Marie because of her guilt-tripping, although Debra sometimes does take a stand much to the chagrin of her husband Raymond. In addition to being a profound worrier, one of Marie's trademark acts is to be outwardly helpful and sweet, but in the most passive-aggressive, insulting way, especially with her daughter-in-law. Marie often barges into Debra's house and gives her cooking and cleaning tips, despite having never been asked. Whenever something smells strange, she'll immediately ask if Debra is cooking anything. Marie also criticizes Debra's housekeeping and often rewashes all of the clothes and vacuums the house even though Debra has already done it, which has been noted when Debra says "it's not my fault if someone breaks in and cleans" in a mid-series episode. Being overly sensitive, Marie at one point refused to speak to Debra for months, which resulted in several episodes interlocking with each other because of it.

Beyond this, Marie smothers Raymond and is generally neglectful to Robert: when asked where Robert was when she fed baby Ray, she mumbled "I dunno". She does outrageous and often insane things to Ray and defends this by claiming she does it "out of love". Several of her actions have had a traumatizing effect on Ray's psyche, such as reading his childhood journal and complaining to Ray about Frank's behavior on a weekly basis when he was young. Although these actions are met with extreme outrage from Ray, these also hurt Robert who wonders why she didn't do any of them to him (even if she did something wrong).

In addition to Marie's typically insulting way of being nice, she also has a history of making matters worse, usually by blowing small matters out of proportion. One of the worst mistakes she ever made was accidentally backing her car into Ray and Debra's home. Another was standing up to object at Robert's wedding, to ensure he was marrying Amy for love, and not because he felt pressured to do so.

Marie and Frank live at 319 Fowler in Lynbrook, Long-Island, New York. There actually is a Fowler Avenue in the town, but the addresses do not go that high. The houses used for the exterior shots of the two Barone households are really across the street from each other but actually are located in North Merrick.

[edit] Frank Barone (Peter Boyle)

Frank Barone has lived in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York for most of his life and is of Italian heritage. His father (originally named Albert but was later renamed Joe) came to the United States and changed his name to Barone, causing much confusion when Raymond and Ally attempted to contact Frank's aunt Serena, still in Italy. The actual family name is unknown.

Frank is the one member of the Barone family who will unleash anything that is on his mind. Always derogatory and very derisive, Frank insults Marie and even uses names like Nancy and Shirley to describe men (mostly Ray and Robert) who are not macho enough. He often hangs out at the Lodge, where lodge policy (or tradition; as it is explained) is to swim naked in the pool. Refusing to pay for any kind of repair, Frank also considers himself a general handyman and attempts to make repairs around Ray's household (often with disastrous results).

Frank's pastimes are eating and watching TV. He proclaims Marie is his cook and she often gives in, cooking him things from grilled cheese to ham, but once Ray comes over, Frank has to wait until after Ray gets his hands on the food. Frank will usually eat anything, even if Debra cooked it. Frank often watches television with his pants unzipped and that has become a running gag. When Marie temporarily moved in with Ray and Debra, Frank rented the Arnold Schwarzenegger collection ("Except the one where he gets pregnant.") and discovered salsa.

Frank's behavior often results in many people disliking him. Some of Frank's behavior include keeping score at his granddaughter's t-ball game, holding a record breaking football for ransom, and getting insider information on sporting events from Ray and betting on them. Despite his transgressions, Frank also deeply cares for Marie as he admitted when she said they had a "loveless marriage." Some of Frank's more tender moments involve taking the fall for Debra when Marie loses a sentimental item or returning money Ray lost to him in a poker game. During a moment of father-son bonding, Raymond and Robert discover that their grandfather was a physically abusive disciplinarian towards Frank, and that Frank had vowed never to be like him with his own children. This cast their father's abrasive and derisive behavior toward them in a new light and drew the trio imperceptibly closer.

The cast often makes jokes about Frank's being fat and bald as well as of the way he smells. He brushes these jokes off with complete acceptance of his slovenly behavior and his trademark "Holy crap!"'

In one episode where Frank gives brightly-wrapped condoms ("things") to trick-or-treaters. He is dressed as Frankenstein's monster. Peter Boyle previously starred in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein (1974), playing the monster.

[edit] Amy MacDougall-Barone (Monica Horan)

Monica Horan plays the role of Amy MacDougall-Barone, a devout Christian who is married to Robert Barone. She is also the best friend of Debra Barone, Ray's wife.

Amy is a soft-spoken girl who was raised in a family of devout Christians who consider their bible the "guide to life". She once described her parents as "people who wouldn't yell if they were on fire".

[edit] Parents

Amy's parents, Hank and Pat MacDougall, are very devout Christians who oppose the marriage of their daughter to Robert Barone because of divorce and other transgressions in his past.The matters are not helped as they soon learn that the MacDougals and the Barones are not the most compatible of families. The two sides, after many tries at truce, still do not like each other although the Barones have always loved Amy and the MacDougal family has come to accept Robert somewhat.

[edit] Peter MacDougall

Peter is Amy's younger brother who has a strange personality and a sneaky, clever mind. He is also opposed to the marriage of his big sister and insists that he will keep trying to break it up. But come wedding day, it turns out Marie is the one to interrupt the wedding after the priest says "speak now or forever hold your peace". Peter is single but lives with his pet house cat, Miss Puss.

[edit] Supporting cast

Alexandra (Ally) Barone (Madylin Sweeten), Ray and Debra's eldest child and only daughter, named for Romano's real life daughter.
Geoffrey and Michael Barone (Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten), Ray and Debra's identical twin sons. In the Pilot episode, one of the sons is referred to as "Matthew" and the other "Gregory", the names of Romano's real life twin sons.
Hank MacDougall (Fred Willard), Amy's father, is an austere, religious family man.
Pat MacDougall (Georgia Engel), Amy's mother, a polite, soft-spoken woman who enjoys jigsaw puzzles. She has secretly smoked cigarettes for almost 30 years.
Peter MacDougall (Chris Elliott), Amy's brother, is an eccentric comic book-obsessed geek who often tries to get the Barone family into some sort of trouble. For example, the meeting of the MacDougals and the Barones, Ray's forced second attempt at throwing Robert a bachelor party and Robert and Amy's wedding, to name a few.

[edit] Recurring characters

Lois (Katherine Helmond), Debra's aloof mother.
Warren (Robert Culp), Debra's eccentric and alcoholic father.
Gianni (Jon Manfrellotti), a contractor, ex-futon guy and friend of Raymond. Was also on The King of Queens.
Judy (Sherri Shepherd), Robert's NYPD patrol partner.
Andy (Andy Kindler), a fellow sportswriter and friend of Raymond.
Garvin (Len Lesser), a friend of Frank. "Hey, Ray's here, HAHAHA!"
Parker (David Hunt), Ray's nemesis neighbor and real life husband to Patricia Heaton
Stefania (Alexandra Meneses) Robert's ex-girlfriend from Italy
Peggy (Amy Aquino), single mother of Ally's best friend, who has bullied Ray and later becomes Peter's girlfriend.
Marco (David Proval), the intimidating Italian father of Stefania.
Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), a friend and golf buddy of Raymond's and an IPS deliveryman (a takeoff on UPS). (See The King of Queens.)
Gerard (Fred Stoller), Ray's annoying cousin
Lee and Stan, friends of Marie and Frank. Often talked about, but usually not seen.

Some of the returning characters, as well as many walk-on roles, have been played by various cast members' families.

Parker, played by Patricia Heaton's actual husband, David Hunt. Parker is often seen showing Ray up as a father, and Ray often makes jokes that Debra wishes she had married him, instead.
Albert, played by Ray Romano's actual father, Albert Romano. Albert is a lodge friend of Frank, and has been seen in various lodge-related episodes.
Molly, played by Ray Romano's actual daughter, Alexandra Romano. Alexandra plays Ally's best friend, Molly, in the contemporary era, but was first seen as a flower girl in a flashback of Ray and Debra's wedding.
Amy, played by show creator Phil Rosenthal's actual wife, Monica Horan. Amy was first introduced as Debra's friend from her old P.R. days, and later married Robert after many breakups and reconciliations.

[edit] Crew

Writers

[edit] Episodes

List of Everybody Loves Raymond episodes

[edit] Show background

Debra (Patricia Heaton), between Amy (Monica Horan) and Marie (Doris Roberts)

Based on the real-life experiences of Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond premiered on September 13, 1996, on CBS. The show was produced by HBO, Worldwide Pants (owned by David Letterman) and Where's Lunch?. It originally held the Friday-at-8 time slot, which is traditionally known for its poor ratings. Everybody Loves Raymond was no different. Bill Cosby, Ray's Idol, however, saw a promising series and suggested they move the show to a better slot on Monday nights, where it outshone its competition. It continued to hold that time slot until the end of its run. The series finale was broadcast on May 16, 2005, which was its most watched episode at the time, behind M*A*S*H, Cheers, Married... with Children, Seinfeld, Mad About You, Frasier and Friends. It was also the next highly-rated series finale before Will & Grace and The King of Queens. Currently, old episodes are still rerun on both cable network TBS and in daily syndication.

In the UK, the final series was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2005. Both Channel 4 and Paramount Comedy 1 finished repeating it in March 2007 (Paramount's first airing of the series). Older episodes are repeated week-daily on the two channels during daytime slots.

[edit] Robert and Amy's wedding

The episode that may be the biggest moment on the show, while not necessarily the highest rated, was the May 19, 2003 episode in which Robert married his long-time on-again, off-again love, Amy MacDougall. With the marriage came several new recurring characters, including Amy's parents and brother. A rumored spin-off featuring Robert and Amy never materialized.

[edit] DVD releases

HBO Home Video has released the Seasons 1-8 of Everybody Loves Raymond on DVD in Region 1, 2 & 4 for the very first time. The 9th and final season is expected to be released soon.

Cover Art	DVD Name	Ep #	Release dates
Cover Art	DVD Name	Ep #	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	The Complete 1st Season	22	September 14, 2004	January 17, 2005	December 16, 2004
	The Complete 2nd Season	25	December 14, 2004	July 4, 2005	April 27, 2005
	The Complete 3rd Season	26	May 3, 2005	January 16, 2006	July 12, 2005
	The Complete 4th Season	24	September 13, 2005	May 1, 2006	April 5, 2006
	The Complete 5th Season	25	December 6, 2005	July 3, 2006	July 5, 2006
	The Complete 6th Season	24	May 9, 2006	October 2, 2006	October 4, 2006
	The Complete 7th Season	25	September 19, 2006	January 15, 2007	April 4, 2007
	The Complete 8th Season	23	May 8, 2007	June 25, 2007 [1]	N/A
	The Complete 9th Season	17	TBA 2007	N/A	N/A

[edit] U.S. television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. All times mentioned in this section were Eastern & Pacific

With the exception of the 2004-2005 season, the ratings data seen in this table is from Nielsen Media Research which was published in a May 15, 2005 USA Today article.^[1]

Season	Timeslot	Season Premiere	Season Finale	TV Season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1	Friday 8:30 p.m. (September 13, 1996 to February 28, 1997) Monday 8:30 p.m. (March 3, 1997 to April 7, 1997)	September 13, 1996	April 7, 1997	1996-1997	#82	10.6
2	Monday 8:30 p.m.	September 22, 1997	May 18, 1998	1997-1998	#33	13.3
3	Monday 9:00 p.m.	September 21, 1998	May 24, 1999	1998-1999	#11	15.5
4		September 20, 1999	May 22, 2000	1999-2000	#12	17.1
5		October 2, 2000	May 21, 2001	2000-2001	#6	19.1
6		September 24, 2001	May 13, 2002	2001-2002	#6	20.0
7		September 23, 2002	May 19, 2003	2002-2003	#9	18.6
8		September 22, 2003	May 24, 2004	2003-2004	#10	17.4
9		September 20, 2004	May 16, 2005	2004-2005	#10^[2]	17.4^[2]

[edit] Trivia

In the pilot episode the twin boys Michael and Jeffrey are actually called Matthew and Gregory.
In an unusual turn for such a long-running show, almost every episode featured a single plotline followed throughout both acts. There were no subplots except in some exceptions such as the episode "Frank, the Writer".
Amy's brother was originally introduced as "Russell", the owner of a comic book shop who was played by comedian Paul Reubens in a one-time appearance. When the character reappeared, his name was Peter and was played by Chris Elliott. This was a rare lapse in the show's continuity. (After his cameo appearance, Reubens was facing criminal charges; this prompted Ray Romano to object to his being part of the show's cast [2], and Elliott was re-cast as Amy's brother. Reubens later settled his court case, but did not re-appear on the show.)
In that episode, Russel says that he owns a snake. In the episodes with Peter, he owns a cat named Ms. Puss.
In early seasons, Kevin James frequently appeared as one of Raymond's friends, called Kevin. Kevin James later assumed the title role in his own sitcom, The King of Queens, and was from then on Ray's friend Doug. Ray, Robert, Debra, Marie and Frank also guest-starred as the Barones on The King of Queens in several episodes.
As well as appearing on The King of Queens, Ray and Frank appeared in an episode of Cosby, and Ray appeared in The Nanny and Becker.
Although Robert Barone is four years older than Ray Barone, Ray Romano is three years older than Brad Garrett.
Like Robert Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond, Ray Romano has a brother who works for the New York City Police Department.
Before becoming involved with comedy full-time, Ray Romano had a daytime job delivering futon mattresses. In the show, Raymond meets Debra while delivering a futon mattress to her apartment.
Chris Rock spoofed the show's title for his own show called Everybody Hates Chris.
In the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Dave gives Andy a big box o' porn with many different erotic films. While going through the list of films, they find Everybody Loves Raymond, pressuring Dave into saying that he tapes it sometimes because it is just a good show.
A Law & Order episode has a parody title, "Everybody Loves Raimondo's".
Ray and Frank Barone guest starred on the show Cosby. Frank and Hilton Lucas (Bill Cosby) were apparently on the High School Basketball team together.
"Bad Moon Rising" was voted the best episode by fans.
According to show creator Philip Rosenthal, the show was taken off the air in Iraq because Debra and Marie had the appearance of being "strong women."
In the episode "Baggage", Marie tells Debra that Frank nailed a big wooden spoon to their kitchen wall to anger Marie, but in return, she nailed a big wooden fork to the wall next to it, but a little higher. The positions of the fork and spoon change from episode to episode.^[3] Some early episodes show a much larger fork and spoon in a dark color.
In the episode "Moving Out" (Season 3), Robert moves in with the Stipes, and if you look on the wall in the kitchen (when Raymond arrives), you can see a fork and spoon nailed to it, just like in Frank and Marie's house.
In the episode "Why Are We Here" (Season 1), Ray and Debra have a flashback to three years earlier. When "Ally" is seen in this episode, it is really one of the young actors that plays Ray's twin boys dressed up like a girl.
In the episode "Fairies" (Season 5); just before the twins go on stage, Ray yells at another child dressed as a lion who roars. The child is played by Matthew Romano who is Ray's real life son.
Much like the references to Superman in Seinfeld episodes, there are often monkey and jungle references in the episodes (examples: Raymond calling himself a "stupid monkey" when Debra turns him down for sex, Raymond dancing to "Jungle Love" by The Steve Miller Band).
Raymond is often seen drinking from (Canada Dry Ginger Ale?).
Frank Barone will usually reveal his "gentle" side once in many episodes.
In the episode "Debra Makes Something Good", Marie explains she doesn't make Franks favourite meal for him all the time in case he got sick of it. Frank replies "I'm 64 years old Marie. What are you saving it for?" This episode is in the 4th season; however in the 2nd season's episode "The Gift", Frank has a 65th birthday.

[edit] Syndication

Argentina - Canal 7 Argentina
Australia - Network Ten/FOX Classics
Belgium - VTM
Brazil - Canal Sony
Bulgaria - Kanal 1 and bTV
Denmark - TV3+
Canada - Omni 1, Omni 2, TLN, FOX, TBS and The Comedy Network
Croatia- NovaTV
Finland - Nelonen
Germany - Kabel 1
Hungary - Viasat 3
Iceland - Skjár 1
India - Star World
Indonesia - Jak-TV
Ireland - RTÉ Two and Channel 6
Italy - Canale 5 and Paramount Comedy (SKY)
Latin American - Sony Entertainment Television
Malaysia - NTV 7
Netherlands - RTL 5
New Zealand - TV3
Norway - TV2 and TV3
Portugal - Sic Mulher
Romania - Pro TV " Dragul de Raymond"
Slovenia - Kanal A as Raymonda imajo vsi radi
South Africa - South African Broadcasting Corporation #3 (SABC 3)
Spain - LaSexta
Sri Lanka - ARTv (Sri Lanka)
Sweden - TV3
Thailand - True Series and Star World
Turkey - CNBC-e , ComedyMax
UK - Paramount Comedy 1/Channel 4
US - TBS, CW, FOX and many other local TV stations.

[edit] Awards & nominations

[edit] Awards won

Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Comedy Series (2003, 2005) 2 wins
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Ray Romano (2002)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Patricia Heaton (2000-01) 2 wins
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Brad Garrett (2002-03, 2005) 3 wins
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Doris Roberts (2001-03, 2005) 4 wins
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for "Baggage" Tucker Cawley (2003) 1 win

Screen Actors Guild:

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2003)

Writers Guild:

Episodic Comedy for "Italy" Philip Rosenthal (2002) 1 win

[edit] Award nominations

Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Comedy Series (1999-2005) 6 nominations
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Ray Romano (1999-2005) 6 nominations
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Patricia Heaton (1999-2005) 6 nominations
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Brad Garrett (2000-2005) 5 nominations
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Peter Boyle (1999-2005) 6 nominations
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Doris Roberts (1999-2005) 6 nominations
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, 6 nominations: Philip Rosenthal and Ray Romano "Bad Moon Rising" (2000), Philip Rosenthal "The Angry Family" (2001), Jennifer Crittenden "Ray's Journal" (2001), Tucker Cawley "Baggage" (2003), Mike Royce "Counselling" (2003), Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Lew Schneider, Steve Skrovan, Jeremy Stevens, Aaron Shure, Mike Royce, Leslie Caveny, Tom Caltabiano "Finale" (2005)

Golden Globe Awards:

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series-Comedy Ray Romano (2000-01) 2 nominations

Screen Actors Guild:

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1999-2000, 2002, 2004-06) 6 nominations
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Ray Romano (2000, 2002, 2003-2005) 5 nominations
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Brad Garrett (2004)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Peter Boyle (2002, 2004) 2 nominations
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Patricia Heaton (2002-2006) 5 nominations
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Doris Roberts (2004-05) 2 nominations

Everybody Loves Raymond

v • d • e

Ray Barone | Debra Barone
Marie Barone | Frank Barone | Robert Barone | Amy MacDougall-Barone

The Finale

Preceded by Friends	Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Comedy Series 2003	Succeeded by Arrested Development
Preceded by Arrested Development	Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Comedy Series 2005	Succeeded by The Office

[edit] References

^ Keveney, Bill. "[http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-05-15-raymond- finale_x.htm?csp=N009 'Raymond': Sweet run, and now, sweet dreams]", USA Today, May 15, 2005.
^ ^a ^b "2004-05 Final audience and ratings figures", Hollywood Reporter, May 27, 2005.
^ "The Mystery of the Big Fork and Spoon".

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