"Everybody Loves Raymond" FINAL SHOW Tonight

CBS.com ^ | 5-16-2005

[kingattax]

After 9 seasons, the hit TV comedy show "Everybody Loves Raymond" is coming to an end. The farewell show is tonight at 9 PM EDT on CBS. There will be a one hour retrospective on at 8 PM EDT. This one-hour retrospective features behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and producers, highlights from past seasons, and the drama of the last week of production, including never released footage of the two postponements of the filming of the final episode.

[ecurbh]

Everybody Loves Raymond

I don't.

[So Cal Rocket]

Did they get tired of yelling at each other for 30 minutes straight, once a week, for nine years in a row?

[Horatio Gates]

ELR was my favorite primetime show. Diamond in the rough at SeeBS. The parallels between my mom and grandmother (RIP) were very close with the dynamics between Marie and Debra Barone. Patricia Heaton is gorgeuos too. I'll iss it.

[Trampled by Lambs]

Wow! And here we are, wasting time discussing silly NewsWeak and those whacky Muslims. If only I had realized!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I don't

Nor do I.
I love Patricia Heaton.

[ecurbh]

Heh, now ~that~ I can understand!

[Republicus2001]

Oh I better catch up! Anyone have the first one?

[Horatio Gates]

I love Patricia Heaton.

LOL, same here. My wife was curious why I wanted to record Albertson's commercials. 8>)

[1FASTGLOCK45]

Some things are just crap. I don't have cable and don't miss it. Talk about burning your money each month.

[sharktrager]

Lets be fair. At least Patricia is an extremely outspoken conservative in Hollywood.

As for the show, I'll pass. And as for loving Ray, well, I know people that know Ray intimately, if you get my drift. They don't love him.

[kingattax]

Ref your tagline :

[Horatio Gates]

LOL! Thats a keeper considering recent events.

[ArmyBratproud]

yep....she has that sexy thing going on. Guess I'll have to catch the Albertson's ads from now on.

[since1868]

she's also very conservative...

[ArmyBratproud]

That makes it even better.

[since1868]

The perfect women?

[newsworthy]

A brilliant show. When I first saw and heard references to it, I thought it was just another plodding sitcom about a dysfunctional family. When I happened to watch an episode, though, I found that it had first-rate writing/acting. Romano (or perhaps Rosenthal?) is a miniaturist, a keen observer of human nature. He makes great comic hay of people's weaknesses and foibles as they play out in the mundane life of the family . The arguments and intrigues between the characters are funny precisely because they are so real, though exaggerated for comic effect. Through humor Romano tries to reconcile the audience to the inevitable frustrations of close relationships---a nice encouragement for families.

Not every show was brilliant (and the quality waned a bit toward the end as the writers ran out of ideas), but there were many gems along the way. A Sac Bee Reviewer sees it much the way I do:

And when "Raymond" leaves the air tonight with a one-hour retrospective (at 7 on Channel 13), and a simple 30-minute final episode (at 8), this conventional-looking, spectacularly original series will leave television with a huge hole. There is nothing out there remotely like it in appeal, depth or authenticity.

(See Ya', Everybody)

[Aggie Mama]

I'm so sad that the show ended. I remember there were a few episodes that I laughed so hard I scared the baby. =)

[OESY]

Everybody Loves Raymond, RATHER NOT!

CBS suffers its chronic identity crisis-- but its
audience has a greater need for life support.