‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ reunion show in the works, says creator Phil Rosenthal

nme.com:

Everybody Loves Raymond could return for a Friends: The Reunion-style one-off episode, possibly in 2026 to celebrate three decades since the first episode aired, creator Phil Rosenthal told NME.Starring Ray Romano as put-upon Italian-American dad Raymond Barone, the series ran for 210 episodes between 1996 and 2005 before being remade for multiple international markets.

In the UK, it aired in the popular weekday breakfast slot on Channel 4.A number of key cast members – including Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts, who played Raymond’s crotchety parents – have since died.

Some of the remaining cast appeared together for various interviews over the years, most recently in 2020 for the 14th Annual IMF Virtual Comedy Celebration, but never for a full-length reunion production.“This year we’ve been off the air for 20 years,” said Rosenthal. “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.