How Patricia Heaton Won Debra Barone: The High-Stakes Audition Behind Everybody Loves Raymond

Try picturing Everybody Loves Raymond without Patricia Heaton’s razor-sharp wit and grounded warmth as Debra Barone—it’s almost impossible. Yet the role that helped define late-1990s and early-2000s…

Phil Rosenthal on the Everybody Loves Raymond Episode That Enraged His Mom: The Real Story Behind ‘The Toaster’

When you mine your family for sitcom gold, you’re bound to strike nerves as well as laughs. For Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, one especially…