All people nonetheless loves Raymond — however All people Loves Raymond star Ray Romano and collection creator Phil Rosenthal admit that their real-life households didn't at all times love the exaggerated portrayals of relations on the present.

Whereas talking with Leisure Weekly forward of the beloved sitcom's thirtieth anniversary particular —airing Monday, Nov. 24, on CBS and Paramount+ — Romano and Rosenthal look again at their time engaged on the present, which first premiered on Sept. 13, 1996, and ran for 9 seasons, ending in 2005 after racking up 69 Emmy nominations and 15 wins.

Centered round sports activities author Ray Barone (Romano) and his household — together with his sarcastic spouse Debra (Patricia Heaton), overbearing mom Marie (Doris Roberts), grumpy father Frank (Peter Boyle), and sad-sack older brother Robert (Brad Garrett) — the present hit near residence for viewers and continues to take action at the moment, because of its humorous take a look at household dynamics. What made it much more relatable was that, in line with Rosenthal, 90 % of the present's storylines had been based mostly on one thing that occurred to both him, Romano, or one of many writers.

"Stuff would occur in our actual lives and [the writers] would say, 'I don't need to see this on the present!' And I believe 90 % of the time, it ended up on the present," Romano laughs.

"We had been determined!" provides Rosenthal.

The characters had been additionally loosely based mostly on Romano and Rosenthal's family members.

Rosenthal — whose gone on to turn into a star in his personal proper because of his Netflix meals and journey collection Somebody Feed Phil — remembers his mom wasn't precisely thrilled when she watched the season 1 episode "In-Legal guidelines" and realized who the real-life inspirations for Debra's pretentious dad and mom Warren (Robert Culp) and Lois Whelan (Katherine Helmond) had been.

"We based mostly Debra's dad and mom on my brother's in-laws," Rosenthal tells EW. "We made them from Connecticut and somewhat high-toned to distinction with our dad and mom [Marie, who was largely based on Rosenthal's mother Helen, and Frank, who was inspired by Romano's dad, Al ] within the present."

He continues, "And we made it in order that Frank and Marie didn't like them. Now, these are family, proper? In-laws. My dad and mom' actual in-laws. At 9:30, proper after the present is over, my cellphone rings: 'Are you out of your thoughts? We have now to see these folks!' I mentioned, 'Ma, your consolation is one thing I'm prepared to sacrifice for this system.'"

Romano's mother additionally had a bone to select concerning one in all her sons' portrayals on the present.

"The brother Robert is predicated on my brother [Richard]," Romano explains. "However Brad Garrett introduced this, I don't need to say goofier high quality to it, however this bizarre type of slant to it. [Like the Robert character,] my brother was a NYC cop, and and my mom would say, 'Raymond, does he need to be like that? The blokes on the precinct are making enjoyable of him.' I mentioned, 'Mother, it's only a present. It's not him!'"

Romano provides, "After which I’ve one other brother too, so my brother who's not depicted on the present, his title is Robert, in order that's why we gave the character his title."

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Romano remembers one other occasion the place artwork imitated life a lot to his household's chagrin.

"I bear in mind my dad and mom in actual life received separated at one time. And once I broke my arm — I used to be 12 perhaps — and my father would come over to attempt to maintain it… he thought he knew what he was doing. And that's how my mother and him received again collectively. So we did an episode like that [season 2's 'The Anniversary'] and my brother instructed me, 'I instructed dad, "Raymond's doing a factor about once you and mother had been separated and he broke his arm."' And pa simply checked out him and went, 'That bastard will cease at nothing!'" laughs the Emmy-winning actor. "In print, that’s going to look horrible."

Whereas their real-life relations didn't have a say in how they had been depicted on TV, Romano says, "All of them knew it’s what it’s, and the factor in regards to the present was, there was no actual villain. You may argue issues that Marie did and Frank did [were bad], however we additionally confirmed the underlying sense of affection and household that was behind it, ? So I believe they received it."

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Twenty years since All people Loves Raymond aired its closing episode, Romano and Rosenthal are getting the Barone household again collectively once more. They'll be joined by solid members together with Heaton, Garrett, Monica Horan (Amy), Madylin Sweeten (Ally), Sullivan Sweeten (Michael), and extra shock friends — within the recreated Barone lounge and kitchen — to share reminiscences and replicate on the legacy of the hit comedy, in addition to pay tribute to late nice Raymond stars Boyle and Roberts.

"We hadn't seen a number of these folks in 20 years, and simply to assume we had been there day-after-day for 9 years with them," says Romano. "It's type of like a highschool reunion, the place you’re reliving that magical time in your life. In order that was good."

Provides Rosenthal, "Individuals ask us, 'Do you miss the present?' No, the present is on day-after-day. If i need to see the present, I can see the present. What I miss are my associates. That's what I miss. I miss being with the writers in that room and laughing day-after-day. It was a present for households a couple of household after which, after a short time, it was being performed by a household."

Catch All people Loves Raymond: thirtieth Anniversary Reunion on Monday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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