Try as we might, no one can make a good time last forever. After nine years of laughter, the cast of Everybody Loves Raymond decided that it was time for the show to go out on a high note. Series creator Phil Rosenthal made the important decision to end the series in 2005.

However, fans weren’t quite so ready to let the Barone family leave their television sets. As the sitcom drew to a close, actor Brad Garrett acknowledged that there had been whispers of a potential spin-off series starring his character, Robert.

“It’s been pure conjecture, and I think (CBS) is smart not to bring it up right now,” said Garrett during an interview with The Tennessean.

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“Sure, I’d love to do my own show, but this (Everybody Loves Raymond) is an ensemble show. But I also know that, if we do not do any more seasons, that the writers are very talented and have their own deals to do other things.”

The series, which would have been built around Robert and his new wife, Amy, played by Monica Horan, ultimately didn’t pan out. Garrett understood that what truly made Everybody Loves Raymond great was the writing. Without proper comedy, a new series simply didn’t make sense.

“There were some creative choices that really had to come to pass to make that spinoff make sense,” Garrett said during an interview with The Province. “Like the writing. We couldn’t get the writers that Raymond had. They were all on to their own things. And it didn’t make sense to do a spinoff with writers that weren’t familiar.”