It’s been over 20 years since we’ve seen the inside of the famous Barone home on the classic CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, which centered on the life and family of Long Island-based sportswriter Ray Barone (played by Ray Romano). The beloved series ran on the network for nine seasons — from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. But tonight, Ray, Debra, Robert and more beloved cast members will return to the floral couch for the Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion, which will premiere on CBS at 8 p.m. ET and will be available to stream on Paramount+ the following day.
Hosted by Romano and series creator Phil Rosenthal, the nostalgia-inducing 90-minute special will see cast members Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, Monica Horan, Madylin Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten and more reminisce about their favorite episodes, audition stories and more as they look back at the iconic Emmy-winning comedy 20 years after the series finale.
Ahead of today’s Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion, let’s take a look back at how the main cast has changed since the show ended and what they’re up to now.
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‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
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Ray Romano (Ray Barone)
Ray Romano was a professional comedian for 12 years before leading the Everybody Loves Raymond cast — legend has it that by the time he finished his five-minute live performance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 1995, networks were already calling his representation to work out a development deal with the comic. The CBS sitcom, which ran for nine seasons, was based on both Romano’s real life and his stand-up comedy routines. During the course of the show’s run, Romano won three Primetime Emmy Awards (one as an actor and two as producer).
Ray Romano at SNL50: The Anniversary Special at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on February 16, 2025 in New York, New YorkJohn Nacion/Variety via Getty Images
Since Everybody Loves Raymond ended in 2005, Romano has kept busy on the big and small screen. On television, he created and starred in the TNT dramedy Men of a Certain Age from 2009 to 2011, recurred as Sarah Braverman’s love interest in the NBC series Parenthoodfrom 2012 to 2015, portrayed Rick Moreweather in the Epix series Get Shorty from 2017 to 2019, and starred opposite Cristin Milioti in the HBO Max dark comedy “Made for Love” from April 2021 to May 2022.
Where movies are concerned, Romano voiced the character of Manny in the Ice Age franchise (the now-67-year-old star will reprise the role in the 2027 sequel Ice Age: Boiling Point), showed up in the 2017 rom-com The Big Sick and the 2019 Martin Scorsese crime epic The Irishman, and directed, starred in and co-wrote 2022’s Somewhere in Queens with Laurie Metcalf, Sadie Stanley, Jennifer Esposito and Sebastian Maniscalco.
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Patricia Heaton (as Debra Barone) in the premiere episode of CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves RaymondCBS via Getty Images
Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone)
For nine seasons, Patricia Heaton played Ray’s stressed but loving wife Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, with the actress — now 67 — earning a whopping nine Primetime Emmy nominations and two wins (in 2000 and 2001) for her performance as the stay-at-home mom. During her tenure on the sitcom, Heaton also led several made-for-TV movies including 2001’s A Town Without Christmas and 2004’s The Goodbye Girl (for which she received a SAG Award nomination).
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Patricia Heaton attends the 30 Years Of “Everybody Loves Raymond”: An Evening With The Legends Of The Classic Sitcom event at The Paley Museum on June 16, 2025 in New York CityRoy Rochlin/Getty Images
Heaton followed up Everybody Loves Raymond with another successful comedy series, ABC’s The Middle, where she starred as Frances “Frankie” Heck for nine seasons from 2009 to 2018. She also hosted and produced the Food Network cooking series Patricia Heaton Parties from 2015 to 2016 (winning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program); penned the 2020 book Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Transformation; and starred in several films, including 2022’s Mending the Line with Brian Cox and 2025’s The Ritual with Al Pacino. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2012.
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Brad Garrett (Robert Barone)
Actor Brad Garrett (L) and Actor Ray Romano during filming a scene during the television show ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’, January 7, 2005 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBob Riha, Jr./Getty Images
Brad Garrett had racked up a long list of minor roles and guest spots before his big career breakthrough as hilariously bitter older brother Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond. The now-65-year-old actor-comedian won three Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (in 2002, 2003 and 2005) for his performance.
Brad Garrett attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Disney Pixar’s “Elio” at El Capitan Theatre on June 10, 2025 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaAxelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Post-Raymond, Garrett led the FOX sitcom ‘Til Death as Eddie Stark from 2006 to 2010 and later starred as Douglas Fogerty in the ABC sitcom Single Parents from 2018 to 2020. Notable for his voice work, the actor has featured in numerous classic animated movies including A Bug’s Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Ratatouille (2007) and Tangled (2010), as the 2025 sci-fi adventure Elio. His recent live-action roles include 2022’s Cha Cha Real Smooth, 2024’s Saturday Night and this year’s Magic Hour.
Garrett is still prolific in the stand-up comedy scene and owns Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where you can find the star regularly performing.
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Peter Boyle (Frank Barone)
Peter Boyle (as Frank Barone) in the premiere episode of CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves RaymondCBS via Getty Images
Long before joining the Everybody Loves Raymond cast as grumpy patriarch Frank Barone, Peter Boyle enjoyed a successful acting career with a filmography that includes classics like Young Frankenstein, Taxi Driver, The Candidate, The Friends of Eddie Coyle and his big-screen breakthrough Joe. For playing Frank, he received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. (He was already an Emmy winner before starring in the sitcom, having taken home the Guest Actor trophy in 1996 for his work on The X-Files.)
Sadly, shortly after Everybody Loves Raymond concluded, Boyle died in 2006 at the age of 71 following a four-year battle with multiple myeloma. “He gave me great advice, he always made me laugh, and the way he connected with everyone around him amazed me,” Romano said of his late TV dad, per CBS News. “The fact that he could play a convincing curmudgeon on the show, but in reality be such a compassionate and thoughtful person, is a true testament to his talent.”
“He could play this guy who seems scary but really underneath it has this heart you know? And get a laugh doing it,” added Romano. “To get the audience to hate your character… but love you is unique.”
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Doris Roberts (Marie Barone)
Everybody Loves Raymond cast member Doris Roberts (as Marie Barone)CBS via Getty Images
In 2016, the Everybody Loves Raymond family lost its matriarch, Doris Roberts — who played Ray’s lovingly overbearing mother, Marie, and took home four Primetime Emmys for her work on the series. She was 90 years old and died peacefully in her sleep, according to a PEOPLE report.
“Truly the end of an era. My wonderful TV mother-in-law and ELR nemesis Doris Roberts was a consummate professional from whom I learned so much,” Patricia Heaton wrote on social media. “She was funny and tough and loved life, living it to the fullest. Nothing gave her greater joy that her three wonderful grandchildren, of whom she was so proud. It truly was a privilege Doris. I love you and miss you.” (Roberts also guest starred in three episodes of Heaton’s The Middle.)
Over her illustrious career, Roberts had more than 150 acting credits to her name, including films such as The Honeymoon Killers, The Heartbreak Kid, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Hester Street and Rabbit Test, and TV series such as St. Elsewhere (for which she won an Emmy), Remington Steele and Mrs. Miracle.
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Monica Horan (Amy MacDougall)
Monica Horan in EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMONDMonty Brinton/CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
After recurring as Debra’s best friend Amy in the first seven seasons of Everybody Loves Raymond, Monica Horan became a series regular in the show’s later seasons, when her character married Brad Garrett’s Robert Barone. And the actress’ real-life spouse also had major ties to the sitcom: her husband is Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal. You can frequently spot her on Rosenthal’s Netflix travel docuseries Somebody Feed Phil.
Writer Philip Rosenthal (L) and Actress Monica Horan (R) attend the screening of HBO’s “The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling” at Avalon on March 14, 2018 in Hollywood, CaliforniaPaul Archuleta/FilmMagic
Since Raymond ended, Horan has popped up in numerous popular comedy series, including Hot in Cleveland, The Middle and Better Things, among others. She received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2017 for her recurring role as Kieran Cannistra on The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Madylin, Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten (Ally, Geoffrey and Michael Barone)
Actress Madylin Sweeten and brothers Sawyer and Sullivan attend the “Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure” Hollywood Premiere on February 18, 2001Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
The three youngest Barones, Ray and Debra’s daughter Ally and twin sons Geoffrey and Michael, were portrayed by real-life siblings Madylin, Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten. Madylin was five years old and the boys just 16 months when they were cast in the sitcom; by the time of the series finale, the Sweeten sister was 13 and her brothers were nine.
Brad Garrett, Ray Romano, Phil Rosenthal, Sullivan Sweeten, Patricia Heaton, Monica Horan, and Madylin Sweeten on CBS’ Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary ReunionSonja Flemming/CBS
Tragically, Sawyer Sweeten died by suicide in April 2015 at just 19 years old. “Sawyer was more than just a brother,” Madylin told PEOPLE at the time of her brother’s passing. “He was a strong and selfless friend. When confiding in one another, Sawyer always had the kindest words of encouragement. He will live on in my head and those shared moments forever.”
Following the show’s end, the Sweeten twins largely stayed out of the spotlight and away from professional acting. Their sister Madylin continued to act sporadically over the past two decades, with guest spots on shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Lucifer. When working in the entertainment industry, the now 34-year-old works as an interior designer in Los Angeles with her husband Sean Durrie and their newborn son, who the couple welcomed in April 2025.
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