No Reboot for ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’: Cast Says Show Was ‘Too Perfect’ to Tamper With

Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, and Brad Garrett reject the idea of a reboot, citing the irreplaceable loss of key cast members and a deep respect for the legacy of the beloved sitcom.

Nearly two decades after Everybody Loves Raymond aired its final episode, fans hoping for a nostalgic reboot are in for disappointment. The show’s lead stars—Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, and Brad Garrett—have definitively ruled out any revival plans, calling the original “too perfect” to touch.

Speaking to the New York Post during the sitcom’s 30th anniversary celebration, Romano was firm: “No, there won’t be a reboot.” He cited the passing of co-stars Peter Boyle (Frank Barone), Doris Roberts (Marie Barone), and Sawyer Sweeten (Geoffrey Barone) as a major reason. “They were a big part of the show’s dynamic,” Romano said. “Without them, I don’t know what the dynamic is. We love the show too much, we respect it too much to even try to do it.”

Boyle passed away in 2006, followed by Roberts in 2016. Sweeten tragically died in 2015 at the age of 19.

Patricia Heaton echoed her co-star’s sentiments, emphasizing that trying to recreate the show would diminish its legacy. “To try to do it again without the cast members that we’ve lost would be a disservice to the show,” she told the Post. “You shouldn’t try to go back and redo something that is pretty much perfect.”

She also revealed that Romano and series creator Philip Rosenthal made a conscious decision to end the show after nine seasons, despite CBS wanting more. “They felt like they’d really done all of the stories,” she said. “They have a lot of integrity in that way. The network would have wanted us to go for three more years, but they didn’t want to run the show into the ground.”

Brad Garrett, who played Robert Barone, recently told People that a reboot just wouldn’t work without the Barone parents. “They were the catalyst,” he said. “To do anything that would resemble that wouldn’t be right to the audiences or the loyal fan base. It was about those two families, and you can’t get around that.”

While many sitcoms from the ’90s and 2000s have returned to screens in recent years, Everybody Loves Raymond will remain untouched — preserved in the memories of its fans and the legacy it built across 210 episodes.

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