Ray Romano is returning for a second All people Loves Raymond reunion particular.
Ray Romano is returning for a second All people Loves Raymond particular
The 67-year-old actor – who just lately obtained again along with co-stars Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Monica Horan, and Madilyn and Sullivan Sweeten for CBS’ All people Loves Raymond: thirtieth Anniversary Reunion – will probably be again for an additional hour-long particular on December 22, wanting again on the basic sitcom.
Ray and the present’s creator Phil Rosenthal will as soon as once more host the particular, with new wraparounds shot for the follow-up reflecting on the reunion.
The present will function by no means earlier than seen footage filmed in entrance of the dwell viewers on a recreated model of the sitcom’s lounge set.
Basic clips and outtakes not seen within the particular can even be included this time, together with pre-taped interviews with visitor stars, producers and writers.
Final month, Ray admitted to The Hollywood Reporter that he wished some issues hadn’t been misplaced to the lower for the reunion particular.
He mentioned: “A few of the compilations we needed to lower down, the gag reel needed to be lower down.
“My spouse [Anna] did a half-hour interview, and so they confirmed her for 3 seconds.
“My father and [Raymond creator] Phil [Rosenthal]’s father did visitor spots collectively a couple of instances, and so they weren’t actors however they had been all the time hysterical.
“We confirmed that in the course of the dwell taping however needed to lower it down. However you additionally don’t wish to go too lengthy. We may have used one other 10 minutes.”
Ray’s dad Albert handed away in 2010, whereas Phil’s father Max died in 2021.
Ray had instructed Deadline that he and Phil had been attempting to get an expanded model of the reunion to stream on Paramount+.
He mentioned: “It’s a 90-minute particular, which is simply 66 minutes [without commercials].
“We had been on the market for nearly two and a half hours, three hours, possibly. And never solely that, however all of the [pre-taped] interviews with the writers and the visitor stars.”
