Everybody Loves Raymond also made light of his relationship with cop brother Robert (Brad Garrett), who was always their mother’s least favorite son. Patriarch Frank Barone (Peter Boyle) often took a backseat to the family drama, cracking wise from the comfort of an armchair like any true grandfather should.
Everybody Loves Raymond finally took a bow in May 2005, with the finale being viewed by almost 33 million viewers (29% of all U.S. households at the time). Whilst Everybody Loves Raymond often disappointed audiences, it had the ability to be a heartwarming show about the strength of family ties too. Characters like Marie and Robert could be infuriating, but ultimately their feelings toward their immediate family shone through.
Ray Romano recently appeared in Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic The Irishman, currently available for streaming on Netflix. Resuming the trend of appearing on the streaming service, Romano also played a main role opposite Mark Duplass in writer-director Alexandre Lehmann’s indie dramedy Paddleton, to critical acclaim. Often accused of being typecast, films like The Irishman and Paddleton allowed Romano to move away from his Italian-American everyman persona seen on Everybody Loves Raymond in the late 90s/early 2000s.
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