The One Thing Ray Romano Hated About ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’

Everybody loved Everybody Loves Raymond, but not everybody loved that title. In fact, star Ray Romano begged CBS to rename the sitcom, according to writer and executive producer Tom Caltabiano.

“Ray was tortured by the name,” Caltabiano told the New York Post recently. “Because Ray in real life is a modest guy, and he’s like, ‘Everybody loves Ray — what if the show stinks? Every journalist is going to be like, oh, really, everyone loves Ray?’ … Thank God it was a hit. He had to make it a hit just to overcome that title!”

This story was further expanded upon in Everybody Loves Raymond‘s latest reunion special, as David Letterman recalled calling the president of CBS, Les Moonves, to see if he could help get the title changed on Romano’s behalf, but it was of no use.