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6 ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Controversies, From the Premise to the Finale
The sitcom faced criticism for stereotyped characters, minimal racial diversity, a major 2003 salary dispute, and a deliberately understated series finale, CBS said.
- CBS aired Everybody Loves Raymond's 30th Anniversary Reunion, Part 2, renewing scrutiny of the show's controversies, including criticisms of pay, diversity, and finale choices.
- Long ago, Everybody Loves Raymond presented Ray Romano's Ray as an inept husband and a long-suffering wife, reflecting sitcom gender politics of its era and a narrow world on rewatch.
- Brad Garrett, actor, walked off the set in a salary dispute and returned after two weeks while Ray Romano reportedly earned nearly $2 million and Garrett about $166,000 per episode.
- Phil Rosenthal, creator, said he didn't want to `eventize` the finale, and Ray Romano and Rosenthal told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year that real-life events inspired episodes, upsetting family members.
- The Season 9 episode `The Faux Pas` features classism and racial microaggressions, while viewers and critics say characters of color were largely absent, making the Barones' world feel unusually small.
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6 ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Controversies, From the Premise to the Finale
For starters, one critic thought Ray Romano’s lead character was a ‘stereotyped manchild’…
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