Patricia Heaton says “The Middle” and “Everybody Loves Raymond” don’t need reboots: ‘You don’t wanna mess with perfection’

No reboots of Patricia Heaton’s shows Everybody Loves Raymond or The Middle, please.

“It was just sort of perfection — and you don’t wanna mess with perfection,” Heaton said of Everybody Loves Raymond in an interview published Tuesday in Yahoo Entertainment. “You know, we’ve lost so many cast members, you couldn’t reboot it because it won’t be the same show.”

She said she agreed with star Ray Romano, who told the same outlet in December that he prefers his show be left alone, because it’s “very personal” to him.

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During its nine-season run, from 1996 to 2005, the CBS sitcom about sports columnist Ray Barone and his life with his family in Long Island, N.Y., racked up 15 wins at the Emmy Awards. Heaton portrayed Ray’s wife, Debra Barone, alongside Brad Garrett and late actors including Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle.