
THEN AND NOW: The cast of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ 26 years later
While speaking with NME, Rosenthal said that now would be a good time for the cast to reunite since 2025 will mark the 20th anniversary of the series’ ending. He also pointed out that in 2026, it will have been 30 years since the sitcom premiered. The creator said what he wanted to do would be similar to Friends: The Reunion, which had the cast come together to talk about the show instead of continuing the story. Rosenthal also shared that he is talking to production companies about a potential reunion.
“This year we’ve been off the air for 20 years. It’s a good time to do a reunion special, the way Friends did a reunion special [in 2021]. It wasn’t a reboot of Friends. It was: here they are now – talking about what it was like then… We can do that next year when we’ll have premiered 30 years ago. We’re talking to production companies right now. We want to do it.“
For the special, Rosenthal says that he would like to talk about how they thought up ideas for episodes, especially since most of them came from personal experiences.
“We’ll all have fun stories because that’s where all the material for Raymond came from – from stuff that happened to us. If you worked for me, your job was to go home, get in a fight with your wife and come back in and tell me about it…“
“Time has passed. People have passed away, so a reboot isn’t going to feel the same. It never does. There’s so much money to be had if you keep going. We felt like we had enough money. We’d all done well enough to live comfortably. Why keep going? We’re gonna actually hurt the legacy of the show
What A Reunion Show Would Mean For Everybody Loves Raymond
A Fun Way To Celebrate The Beloved Sitcom
The Everybody Loves Raymond cast having a reunion special would be a fun way to celebrate the show’s legacy. Along with Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air also had a similar reunion show, which was released in 2020. Outside of television specials, having sitcom stars revisit their shows has become popular for podcasts. Some of these podcasts include Pod Meets World, which looks back at Boy Meets World, and Office Ladies, which looks back at The Office
The main star, Ramona, has been consistently against the revival idea, bringing up the point that many cast members have since died. Since the show ended, Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts, who played Ray’s parents, Frank and Marie, have passed away. Sawyer Sweeten, who played one of Ray’s sons, also passed away after the series concluded. Since Rosenthal also doesn’t want to do a revival of the show, this reunion show would also give them a chance to pay tribute to those performers. Furthermore, this may be the ideal choice, given that several recent revivals, like Frasier and iCarly, were axed after a few seasons.