CBS agreed to buy the show in 1996, and Rosenthal turned to the task of casting what would become TV’s pushiest family. He immediately crafted a script - but with Romano playing sportswriter Ray Barone instead of stand-up Ray Romano, to avoid similarities to Seinfeld. We didn’t want to feel like we were just cranking out another year because they were going to pay us for it.” ”If we kept getting in fights with these people, they’ll leave us.” Adds Romano, who at a reported $2 million per episode is the highest-paid actor on TV: ”This sounds obnoxious, but even my wife, who likes to spend money, has enough. There’s a limit to that,” says Rosenthal, 45. ”We do pride ourselves in going home, getting in fights with our wives, parents, and kids, and making stories from them. Never mind that he said the same thing about seasons 7 and 8 - this time he really means it. after an hour-long retrospective) because he’s simply run out of stories. Rosenthal, in particular, feels this is the perfect time for Raymond to end (the finale airs May 16 at 9 p.m. Romano says that shortly after Raymond‘s debut in 1996, he and Rosenthal made a deal: Never, never do something the other doesn’t want to do. So why not, Ray? It seems like the world that lives outside your laptop wants more.
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