No Reboot Without This: Ray Romano’s Bold Stance on Reviving Everybody Loves Raymond

At the time of her passing at age 90 in 2016, Doris Roberts had accomplished a great deal as an actress, though most Americans would probably forever know her as Ray’s domineering mother in Everybody Loves Raymond.

Even before she became that iconic character, however, she’d made a number of important screen appearances, and while she may not have been a main character every time she appeared, she never failed to make an impression. Here are her top ten roles, according to IMDb.

Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)  (7.1)

This sitcom, based around the titular role, will probably be remembered as Roberts’ signature character. In the show, she played Ray’s mother Marie, known for her overbearing personality and her penchant for making a bit of a nuisance of herself in Ray’s house, much to his wife Debra’s annoyance.

The sparring between the two of them was some of the best writing in the show, so it’s a good thing that Roberts appeared in all 210 episodes of the show.

 

Remington Steele (1982-1987) (7.2)’

Though this series has been a bit forgotten by subsequent history, it was an interesting blend of police procedural and romantic comedy.

Roberts, fresh off a successful part in the show St. Elsewhere, auditioned for the part of Mildred Krebs, even though the role was originally written to be a 35-year-old love interest. She was so good at the audition that the entire character was rewritten just for her, a true testament to her skill as an actress.

This show was one of those that could only have been produced in the 1980s. It focuses on Larry who, after moving into his first apartment, unexpectedly becomes roommates with his distant cousin Balki: madcap hijinks ensue. Doris Roberts appears in the episode titled “Maid to Order” as the titular maid.

Unsurprisingly, she soon begins to intrude into their lives in ways that Larry finds infuriating, even as Balki, equally unsurprisingly, wants to keep her around. She was nominated for anIt’s been nearly 20 years since the last episode of Everybody Loves Raymond aired on CBS. Starring Ray Romano, the American sitcom followed Ray’s family on Long Island, with his parents living right across the street from them. While Romano isn’t the creator of the show, he has one condition if he were to agree to see a reboot.In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Romano reveals that he will only watch a reboot… if it’s not made in America. According to the actor, he hesitated about the idea of a revival due to how personal the show was to him. However, after learning that the show was adapted in other countries, he is open to the idea of the reboot being made overseas as he likes the idea of interpreting the show using other cultures.’

There have been a few international reboots for Everybody Loves Raymond that were released in the past. The first was made in Russian and was released in 2009. Following that was a Polish version titled Everybody Loves Roman, An Egyptian version titled El Bab Fil Bab, and a Dutch remake called Everybody is Crazy about Jack, which all aired in 2011. Even Doctor Who stars, David Tennant and Catherine Tate starred in the pilot episode of the British remake called The Smiths, according to Deadline.

Who Else Starred in ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ And Where Are They Now?

Everybody Loves Raymond featured a huge cast that played Ray’s family. Also starring in this sitcom are Patricia Heaton, who recently starred in the 2024 version of Frasier, Brad Garrett, who recently did voice-over work in Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, the late Doris Roberts, whose last role was in a short film called Zizi and Honeyboy, and the late Peter Boyle, who played Father Time in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Madylin Sweeten is the only child actor who continued acting following her Everybody Loves Raymond tenure, receiving minor roles in shows like Lucifer and Grey’s Anatomy.

Everybody Loves Raymond is available to watch on Peacock in the U.S.