Even after thirty years, it appears that everyone, evidently, still loves Raymond.
Everybody Loves Raymond, the hit comedy series that first premiered on CBS in September 1996, has been a near-permanent fixture on Paramount+’s top ten TV shows for over two years in the U.S., beaten only by crime shows NCIS (966 days) and Criminal Minds (914 days).
The sitcom, which peaked at number two on Paramount+’s top ten, has been on the list for almost twice as long as South Park, the only other comedy series on the chart (with data obtained via FlixPatrol), which has charted for 453 days, as of October 20.
Most impressively of all, the Ray Romano-led sitcom outcharts Paramount+ tentpole shows such as MobLand, and the Taylor Sheridan juggernauts Mayor of Kingstown and Yellowstone, despite them only being a fraction of the CBS show’s age.
For those unfamiliar, Everybody Loves Raymond follows Ray Barone, an Italian-American sports writer who lives with his wife Debra and their three children on Long Island, New York, across the street from his parents, Marie and Frank Barone. Marie, a needling, controlling woman, and Frank, a grumpy old man who lives up to his name a little too well, make for nightmare in-laws and heads of the family for Debra and their other, less-favored son, Robert Barone. Naturally, hijinks ensue whenever the family gets together.
Alongside Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran for 210 episodes across 9 seasons from 1996 to 2005, co-starred Patricia Heaton (The Middle, Beethoven), Brad Garrett (Christopher Robin, Single Parents), Monica Horan (Hot in Cleveland, The Bold and the Beautiful), Doris Roberts (The Honeymoon Killers, Remington Steele), and Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein, The X-Files). Child actors and real-life siblings Madylin, Sullivan, and the late Sawyer Sweeten respectively played Ray and Debra’s daughter Ally Barone and twin sons Michael and Geoffrey Barone.
