The rating would have been higher a few years ago but the show has pretty much run it' course. At one time it was one of the best shows on TV. The characters were a perfect fit and the sarcastic comedy was a riot. I still find humor in it but have seen most episodes several times.

I love this sitcom! It's just one of those shows where everything seems to fit. The cast works so well together that it's easy to believe they are really family. The writing and delivery is fantastic!

Even the additional supporting characters (Debra's parents, Amy's parents and brother, etc.) bring a great twist to the show.

One of the best sitcoms ever!

I have to mention though, that singles won't enjoy it as married people. I find most of the situations between Ray and Debra exactly what I experience in life :) I even enjoy it more when I dicuss the issues wit my husband after each episode!!

To give you an impression of how much I'm obssessed with "Every body loves Raymond", I got the full 9 seasons from a friend who recorded it on DVD from the T.V. After 2 years of watching it, almost everyday during lunch, I recently bought the full package f 9 seasons from Best Buy!! Now I'll be able to see it more clearly :D

Seasons 1 is so beginner for me after seeing the rest of the seasons, so starting with season 2 will be ok too.

Amazing programme! My favourite ever! Love Debra and Ray!! Peter Boyle and Doris work amazingly together! I think that Dera and Ray have a real chemistry on stage and would do well to do more projects together. Writers could have done with a few changes here and there, e.g. towards the end, all Debra and Ray did was fight and argue. Would have been better to see a nice, loving side of them together.

Five stars for the first few seasons. I think they took the fun out of it when it was just Ray and his wife fighting all the time. Great cast and overall good writing.

great show!!

love the show miss it being on - still watch reruns :)

I love all these charecters.

Mostly ok but many were the times when Marie, the mother, made me want to really let her have it. I cannot stand it when people let themselves be pushed around endlessly. I know, I know, TV show and all, but come on, it got tedious after awhile.

I watched the show a bit, it had its moments.

Classic funny sitcom, but kinda predictable. Still very worth watching.

Raymond was always  a wuss, but, yes, after Deborah became brash it was her interaction with him--the old eyeball roll, the look of disdain, the "I'm tolerating him because he's dumb and I'm superior" shtick--that made me turn it off forever.

I liked it at first but then the Deborah character had to take on the feminist schtick that all men are stupid. That put it into steep decline at the end. Too bad the other Barones didn't look Italian. Oops! They WEREN'T Italian!

Got old, very fast.

I can't stand this show or Ray Romano. What a cheese ball.

Nearly flawless show other than the Amy character (she's the producer's wife), who was generally as usely as Trixie Norton. Her family was a riot, though.

One of the best sitcoms ever...nuff said. :)

everbody loves raymond and in real life its not raymond romano its raymond munns he is the man!! anyone know where that guy went?

Why do shows like this run and run, when so many great shows get cancelled after one season.

I absolutely love Everybody Loves Raymond. My husband and I watch it as much as possible. It is so funny. I think my favorite character is Frank. He is hilarious. He always makes me laugh. Yes sometimes he may say some negative things about females, but what people don't understand is that it is only a television show, and more thank likely, THAT IS NOT HOW HE IS IN REAL LIFE! I also enjoy the show because Debra is a lot like myself and Raymond like my husband.

This show is pretty funny. It's a basic sitcom, but it works & makes me laugh a lot.

Never watched the first few seasons, then this show grew and grew on me. Raymond himself isn't all that funny but the others make up for him!

Great Show!!! good family show, me and my husband can relate alot to Raymond and Deb...It took me watching a couple of episodes to really like it, but now I do. It's so funny and I enjoy every episode, im just sorry its ending so soon.....5 stars*****

Awesome Show... It is my favorite ever

The show definitely grows on you. The first time I watched it I hated it. I decided to give it another chance and now I watch it all the time.

great show!i hate that its ending. so sad.

Original and absolutley hilarious!

I'll take Osama over Raymond.

My kids watch this on occasion, and I find nothing funny about it, except for the old man. He's the only one who makes me laugh. The rest of it is too much like my life to be funny.

sometimes it's great, sometimes annoying. it all depends on what kind of mood you are in. doris roberts is always so annoying.

Best sitcom I ever watched.

one of the best. always a laugh!

One of the few shows that I watch. But I wish Raymond and Robert weren't such wimps.

This show is very funny. No sex,No Nastyness just plain funny!! I Love it.

a48 you've obiously haven't seen alot of t.v. shows. This may not be the greatest show, and it may have some bad episodes, the show has some hilarious characters, a fabulous cast, and some creative plots with creative humor. I'm,however, glad it's going of air since the last seasons weren't really that good!

BORING!!! I just don't get it. I think that this is the only comedy on TV that I've forced myself to sit through 5 episodes and didn't even crack a SINGLE smile. There is nothing funny about this show. It's like watching a radio show. Nothing happens, let alone nothing FUNNY happens. I can't figure out why the critics love this show (or how it gets ratings). Watching COPS is funnier.

We just got through watching the Feb. 7th show. Critics seemed to just LOVE it. We now wonder what criteria critics use to rate an episode as being great. Hey, when the whole schtick is to show what a consistently insensitive loudmouth jerk Raymond is -- several things are obvious: 1) The writers have lost their touch. 2) It wasn't the slightest bit funny. 3) If they can't do any better than the Feb. 7th episode, 4) It is indeed time for CBS to end the series. 5) It is sad when a great show lives beyond its peak. railmet@sbcglobal.net

The best current comedy in history in my opinion. Love it. What would we do without Raymond in this world? This tv program is what I call COMEDY!

Oh man, this show sucks! Wake up people! IT'S NOT FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!

Possibly the funniest combination of comic actors we've seen in a long time.

The premise is essentially: you can't please everybody. The fairly placid Ray constantly manages to upset someone in the family, simply by being a normal husband and father. A show about arguing, often involving the whole family bitching to each other for a whole episode. Tirades of heartless and tactless comments, which generate as many gasps and they do laughs. Marie's withering stare deserves an award in itself.

One of the most highly entertaining and best acted shows on t.v.

I agree with ClassicTVFan47, where she/he said that this show relies on the formula of stupid-average-looking-male marrying beautiful-intelligent-caring wife... Every SINGLE episode I've watched, he does something to disappoint her- then they end up forgiving each other. Then the next episode is all the same. It's like another King of Queens crap. It's cliched. Although I'd like to say that Robert is funny.

Can I give this show zero stars? I do not have one good thing to say about Everybody Loves Raymond. It is one of the most asinine shows I've ever watched. Its popularity has always perplexed me. None of the characters are likable. They use the same inane plots and jokes over and over and over again. Ray Romano is one of the most unfunny comedians out there. It really disgusts me to see this show get so much praise, attention, and respect. I think watching water boil is more exciting than watching this show.

Love it and always will. It's fun and it lets you forget about the world's cruelty for some time which I am deeply thankful for.

What exactly has propelled this sitcom to the top of the proverbial Nielsen heap? Who knows? What I know, however, is that is a terrible example of what has happened to the primetime sitcom of the 90s and 00s. First off, this show seemed to pioneer the formula of stupid-average-looking-male marrying beautiful-intelligent-caring wife. That's fine and all, but now it doesn't seem like there is a single intelligent male anywhere in the current sitcom world (especially since Fraiser is now gone). The show doesn't have an extreme degree of objectionable content, but it doesn't have any creativity either. The crux of the show seems to be the entire family arguing with each other. Ray Ramano's extremely stilted and drawn-out delivery doesn't help much either. Also, the concept is just dull. Something woefully missing from sitcoms these days is the high-concept. Where's the genie? The clone? The talking chair? Give me something than just another family bickering with each other!

I like the show, usally I end up laughing so hard that I can't stand up.

Please get this show out of my face.

Has its moments.

not funny anymore. gone downhill.

if brad garrett wasnt on this show it would suck more