Brad Garrett Reveals Why There Will 'Never' Be an Everybody Loves Raymond Reboot (Exclusive)

Published: June 11, 2025

Don't expect to see a nostalgic reboot of Everybody Loves Raymond, with one of the show's stars telling PEOPLE that it isn't in the cards. Brad Garrett says definitively that "there won't be" a reboot — and it's largely due to the loss of two characters.

Garrett played Ray's brother, Robert Barone, in the series, which starred comedian Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton. It's been two decades since fans were first introduced to Ray Barone and his dysfunctional family in the hit CBS live studio sitcom.

Speaking to PEOPLE at the premiere of Disney Pixar's Elio on June 10, 2025, at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, Raymond cast member Garrett offered a definitive answer on whether or not there will be a reboot of the show.

"There won't be," Garrett, 65, tells PEOPLE. "And I'm just saying that because that's something that Ray and Phil [Rosenthal, the show's creator] have always said."

The Primary Reason for No Reboot

The primary reason, said Garrett, is that the two actors who played Ray's parents — Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts — have both passed away.

"There is no show without the parents," Garrett tells PEOPLE. "They were the catalyst, and to do anything that would resemble that wouldn't be right to the audiences or to the loyal fan base. And it was about those two families, and you can't get around that."

Despite that a reboot isn't in the cards, Garrett says he's eternally grateful for the role.

"I know [the reboot] won't happen, but 30 years later, I got very lucky to get on that bus. I'm very grateful," he adds.

Boyle died on December 12, 2006, at age 71. Roberts died on April 17, 2016, at age 90.

After winning 15 Emmy Awards, including two for Outstanding Comedy Series and several for acting, the show aired its final episode 20 years ago on May 16, 2005.

Though no reboot is planned, the show lives on with all 210 episodes available to stream on Peacock and Paramount+.

Romano himself told PEOPLE he undertook a binge of the show in April 2024, watching and rating all the episodes for the first time since the series finale in 2005.

"I got on a little kick there. I hadn't seen the episodes," the actor told PEOPLE. "They took on a new look to me. I was appreciating them more. I was very hard on them back then … But you see when you're removed from it a little, I felt like an audience member. And then I said, 'Let me rate them.' I rated them, and I was hard on some."

The Primary Reason for No Reboot

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