Patricia Heaton says 'Everybody Loves Raymond' won't be back
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond" (CBS)
Patricia Heaton doesn't see a future for a "Conners"-style revival for "Everybody Loves Raymond."
"I don't think it's possible now with Peter [Boyle] and Doris [Roberts] gone," Heaton, 60, told Us Weekly. "It just wouldn't be the same show."
Boyle and Roberts played Heaton's in-laws, Frank and Marie Barone, on the CBS hit. Boyle passed away in 2006 and Roberts in 2016.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In addition, Sawyer Sweetin, who starred as one of Heaton and Ray Romano's twin sons on the series, died by suicide in 2015.
Cast members of "Everybody Loves Raymond," (back L-R) Monica Horan, Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett, Ray Romano, (middle L-R) Madylin Sweeten, Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, (front L-R) Sawyer Sweeten and Sullivan Sweeten, pose for a group photo at the series wrap party in Santa Monica, California April 28, 2005. (Reuters)
Despite the apparent impossibility of a reboot, the "Mom's Night Out" star has an idea in mind for the cast to get back together in a different way.
"It would be nice to do a special retrospective, so maybe the 25th anniversary, CBS will do something. That would be fun!"
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Heaton, whose series "The Middle" recently ended, joked that she had no clue who Romano, 60, was when she kissed him for her "Raymond" audition.
"That's how desperate I was for a job," she cracked. "[I was like,] 'I don't know who that guy is in the corner, but if I have to kiss him, I'll do it.' I really didn't know who it was."