Twenty years after Everybody Loves Raymond ended its nine-season run on CBS, the family comedy remains a big draw on the network. Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion delivered 6.32M Live+Same Day viewers on CBS Monday night to become the most watched primetime entertainment special of the 2025-26 broadcast season to date in that category per Nielsen Live+SD Big Data + Panel Total Viewers.
Following the strong showing, CBS has scheduled a repeat of the reunion for Friday, Nov. 28, at 9 PM, following a an original Paw Patrol Christmas special.
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion, which aired on Monday, the original series’ longtime home, was the most-watched entertainment program on the night. In fact, the special topped the 2025-26 season average of every primetime non-sports program on broadcast except for CBS’ 60 Minutes and Tracker and ABC’s Dancing With the Stars as well as Matlock‘s Sunday season premiere.
Among broadcast entertainment specials, the Raymond reunion was a tad below the Live+Same Day delivery of the Emmy Awards on CBS (7.59M), which aired before the official start of the 2025-26 season in September, and topped the eight other primetime specials that have aired since, including ABC’s the CMA Awards (6.0M) and Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship (3.4M) and NBC’s Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2.6M). (All numbers are L+SD and do not include delayed/multi-platform viewership.)
Hosted by star Ray Romano and series creator Phil Rosenthal, Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion reunited the surviving main cast members of the Emmy-winning family comedy: Romano (Ray Barone), Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone), Brad Garrett (Robert Barone), Monica Horan (Amy MacDougall-Barone), Madylin Sweeten (Ally Barone) and Sullivan Sweeten (Michael Barone).
Filmed in front of a live audience, the reunion featured Rosenthal and the actors sharing stories about the hit show on the re-created main Raymond set. They also honored late cast members Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle and Sawyer Sweeten as well as guest stars such as Fred Willard and Georgia Engel.
The Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion was produced by Fulwell Entertainment. Executive producers are Romano, Rosenthal, Rory Rosegarten, Eddy Yablans, Gabe Turner, Emma Conway and Eric Pankowski for Fulwell Entertainment.