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A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards season. Let the voting begin. It has been pretty hard this unusual Emmy season to conduct this column as usual. It typically is made up of nifty little moments and conversations I have as I traverse industry events, Q&As, parties etc. Not this year. There…

The third season of Somebody Feed Phil bows Friday on Netflix. The creator/writer/executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond takes viewers on a goodwill eating tour of the world, joined by friends and family. Together, they get a taste of the local cuisine and culture at each stop on his journey. But first…

Previously best known as the creator of beloved 1996 sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal is carving out a new space for himself these days as a food enthusiast, earning his 13th career Emmy nomination this year for his Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil. A follow-up to Rosenthal's PBS travel series I'll Have…

Netflix has announced the return of its long-running documentary series Chef’s Table and new episodes of Somebody Feed Phil, featuring Phil Rosenthal. They join the new The Chef Show with Jon Favreau and Chef Roy Choi on the Netflix menu, the latter show announced earlier today. The new and returning series were…

A musical adaptation of Fuji Television’s hit Japanese series Train Man is in the works for the U.S. by Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal and writer-executive producer Tucker Cawley, with Adam Shankman (Hairspray, Step Up) attached to direct and executive produce. The project, the first American remake by…

Just before a screening of Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil at the ATX Television Festival, host Phil Rosenthal stepped onstage to address the death today of chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain. “I was shocked and saddened, but I want you to know what an inspiration he was for me,” Rosenthal said on Day 2 the Austin…

Phil Rosenthal is known as one of TV’s most successful writer-producers, especially after the nine-season run of Everybody Loves Raymond, the smash-hit CBS sitcom he created for Ray Romano. He even starred in and produced a hilarious documentary called Exporting Raymond, which followed him as he went to Russia to help…

Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal announced today that his food and travel show I’ll Have What Phil’s Having is moving from PBS to Netflix. “I just want to thank you all for your support this year and I’m so happy you liked the food and travel show and I’ve gotten all your messages on social media asking…

A chat about the new, more diverse American TV family (think Fresh Off The Boat and Black-ish) took a turn to politics Friday at the ATX Television Festival in Austin. Norman Lear made the room roar with laughter when he said he views "Donald Trump as the middle finger of the American right hand," a comment that came…

An Everybody Loves Raymond spinoff was almost a reality, according to creator Phil Rosenthal who spoke at a panel at the ATX Television Festival Friday on The New American TV Family. When asked by fellow panelist Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat) if a spinoff had ever been ordered, Rosenthal said, the idea first…

For Phil Rosenthal, Doris Roberts was like a mother. Even more, she was his mother. The Everybody Loves Raymond creator loosely based the character of Raymond’s mom in the CBS sitcom on his own mother. He saw about 100 women — “every character actress of that certain age” — for the role. “Doris hit it out of the park…

Refresh for updates… Friends, fans, co-stars and her Everybody Loves Raymond colleagues are posting remembrances of Doris Roberts, who died today at 90. Ray Romano, star and EP of Everybody Loves Raymond: Doris Roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me.  She never stopped.  Whether working professionally or…