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[05/16/04 - 12:00 AM] 'Raymond' Up for Ninth Season at Cbs By Brian Ford Sullivan (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- After nearly three months of "maybes" and "probablys," CBS and Ray Romano have reached an 11th-hour deal to bring back "Everybody Loves Raymond" for a ninth and final season.
As expected, the show's swan song will be for a shortened season of 16 episodes, down from its typical production order of 24 installments. It's also likely some of the episodes will be clip shows, much like "Friends'" final season.
It's believed CBS will pay roughly $5-$6 million per episode for the 16 half-hours. While not quite the $10 million per episode NBC paid Warner Bros. Television for the final season of "Friends," the deal nevertheless marks one of the most lucrative in television today. Whether or not Romano will retain his $1.8-$2 million per episode salary wasn't made clear.
Romano and Phil Rosenthal created the series, which comes from HBO Independent Productions and Worldwide Pants.
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[06/17/25 - 03:03 PM] ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" On Wednesday, "Nightline" scored its most-watched telecast (1.049 million) in 5 months and strongest delivery in Adults 25-54 (404,000) in 1 year.
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[06/17/25 - 12:01 PM] Netflix Top 10 Week of June 9: "Tyler Perry's Straw" Has Biggest Week for a Film in 2025 "Ginny & Georgia's" third season maintained its No. 1 spot on the English TV List with 16.9 million views, as fans saw their favorite characters pushed "to the limit."
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[06/17/25 - 09:46 AM] Video: HBO Max and Magnolia Network Debuts "Back to the Frontier" Trailer and Takes the 1880s on the Road This Summer with Covered Wagon Pop-Ups in LA and NY The eight-part series, executive produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines, follows three modern families as they attempt to live as if it's the 1880s, off the grid, without modern conveniences, and fully immersed in frontier life.
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[06/17/25 - 09:02 AM] Paramount+ Original Series "NCIS: Tony & Ziva" Reveals Official Key Art and Premiere Date The 10-episode series is the newest installment of the global "NCIS" franchise and will premiere on Thursday, September 4, with three episodes.
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[06/17/25 - 09:01 AM] Hulu Reveals Key Art & Premiere Date for "The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball" Produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, the series will launch Monday, July 28, exclusively on Hulu.
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[06/17/25 - 09:01 AM] Home.Made.Nation Heats Up with the Return of "Jake Makes It Easy," "Oceanfront Property Hunt," and "48 Hours to Buy" Home.Made.Nation, A+E Global Media's multi-platform lifestyle programming block, continues to expand this summer with exciting new food and lifestyle programming premieres.
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[06/17/25 - 09:00 AM] Video: "I Kissed A Boy" - Season 2 Official Trailer - Hulu Pop icon, Dannii Minogue, is back and playing Cupid once again to ten single boys who've been matched up to meet for the first time... with a kiss.
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[06/17/25 - 09:00 AM] It's Time for Seconds: "Sausage Party: Foodtopia" Returns! All eight episodes of the animated comedy will be served all at once in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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[06/17/25 - 08:06 AM] "CMA Fest presented by Sofi" Reveals Lineup for Primetime Concert Special Airing Thursday, June 26, at 8/7c on ABC and Next Day on Hulu The three-hour concert event features can't-miss collaborations and unforgettable performances that took place during the 52nd CMA Fest in Nashville earlier this month.
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[06/17/25 - 08:01 AM] HGTV Serves Up Fantasy-Filled Real Estate on Friday Nights with New Episodes of "My Lottery Dream Home" and "Zillow Gone Wild" Both series return back-to-back on Friday, July 18 starting at 9:00/8:00c.
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[06/17/25 - 07:30 AM] First Images of "Portobello" Released on the Anniversary of Tortora's Arrest The new series by Marco Bellocchio, dedicated to the dramatic story of the Italian TV host, is set to premiere on HBO Max in 2026.
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[06/17/25 - 07:30 AM] Test Your Rock & Roll Smarts with AXS TV's New Daily Puzzle Game: AXS TV Harmonies This daily puzzle challenge puts a musical twist on the classic category-matching format, inviting fans to connect the dots between songs, bands, and artists across four difficulty levels - from Green (easiest) to Purple (hardest).
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[06/17/25 - 07:27 AM] ESPN Delivered Third Most-Watched WNBA Game Ever on ABC: New York Liberty Vs Indiana Fever Averaged 2.2 Million Viewers, Up 76% from Last Year's ABC Average Said coverage peaked at 2.8 million viewers.
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[06/17/25 - 07:16 AM] Tubi Partners with Uninterrupted on New Sports Documentary "The Second Set" with Naomi Osaka The documentary film is set to premiere in August 2025 as a Tubi Exclusive.
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[06/17/25 - 07:15 AM] Date Announcement: Hulu Original Series "Such Brave Girls" Season 2 Hulu has announced that season two of the BATFA-winning Hulu Original series "Such Brave Girls" will debut on July 7.
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