Hollywood er kendt for sin kærlighed til at genoplive gamle serier, enten som reboots eller efterfølgere. I de senere år har vi set Will & Grace, Arrested Development, Fuller House, That '90s Show, Saved by the Bell og Frasier - for blot at nævne nogle få, vende tilbage.
En serie, vi dog ikke har hørt noget om, er det store hit Everybody Loves Raymond, hvor både skaberen Phil Rosenthal (kendt fra Somebody Feed Phil på Netflix, blandt andet) og hovedrolleindehaver Ray Romano altid har sagt nej og argumenteret for, at det er umuligt at genskabe seriens storhed. At fortsætte historien er heller ikke en mulighed, da skuespillerne Doris Roberts og Peter Boyle (som spillede forældrene Marie og Frank Barone) begge er døde. Rosenthal sagde følgende om sagen til Deadline:
"Many shows do reboots, and we've never wanted to do that. We felt like we couldn't honestly do one since some of the cast isn't with us anymore, and they were essential to the success of the show. Also, Ray and I both believe that reboots generally are never as good as the original."
Romano har også udtalt sig om sagen, og han er helt enig:
"We don't want to do it because it would never be as good. First of all, even if every cast member was alive and well, they're never as good as when the show was thriving and we were younger. And the fact that the mother and the father and one of the kids are gone, and also a couple of the guest stars are gone, we would be doing a disservice to the show. They are such a major dynamic and element of what made the show work, it would almost feel disrespectful to them to even try to do it. I think even before, had the other actors still been around, I still think we would decide against doing a reboot.
Alle elsker Raymond anses for at være afsluttet på det rette tidspunkt, idet serien gik på pension efter sin niende sæson, hvor den stadig var populær og blev anset for at være af høj kvalitet. Rosenthal trak bevidst stikket ud, så serien sluttede på toppen.
Når det er sagt, har fans dog noget at se frem til, nemlig en reunion kaldet Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion. I USA vil den blive sendt på NBC, men det er endnu uvist, hvem der vil sende den andre steder i verden.
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