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Everybody Loves Raymond Creator Says There s No Interest in a Reunion
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Everybody Loves Raymond, but not everybody loves a family reunion: series creator Phil Rosenthal says there are no takers for a reunion special. The beloved sitcom, which aired 210 episodes between 1996 and 2005 on CBS, would follow iconic series like
Friends and
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as the latest show to assemble its surviving cast members for a look back at a production more than 15 years after it went off the air. Speaking to SiriusXM’s
Pop Culture Spotlight With Jessica Shaw (via
Entertainment Weekly), Rosenthal explains why the Barone family isn t getting back together anytime soon:
Gavin MacLeod was a versatile and dependable actor who was a good friend to his co-stars during the seven-season run of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Ed Asner told Variety in paying tribute to the TV veteran who died Saturday at the age of 90. MacLeod was an ally to his co-stars in any scene,
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Gavin MacLeod, who appeared on two massively successful television series in the 1970s and 80s, died on Saturday, as first reported by
Variety. From 1970 until 1977, MacLeod played the newsroom head writer Murray Slaughter at Minneapolis television station WJM on the witty and highly influential
Mary Tyler Moore Show. He quickly followed with the leading role as Your Captain, Merrill Stubing, on
The Love Boat. That ship sailed from 1977 to 1986, with five additional post-finale specials, the last one in 1990. He continued to make appearances on shows like
That 70s Show,
The King of Queens into the aughts. He was 90 years old.
Gavin MacLeod, Love Boat Captain and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star, Dies at 90
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MacLeod’s nephew, Mark See, confirmed his death to
Variety. MacLeod died in the early morning on May 29. No cause of death was given, but MacLeod’s health had declined in recent months.
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MacLeod played a relatively minor character on ABC hit “McHale’s Navy,” starring Ernest Borgnine, but as newswriter Murray Slaughter, he was certainly one of the stars of “Mary Tyler Moore,” appearing in every one of the classic comedy’s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS. Murray was married to Marie (Joyce Bulifant) but was in love with Moore’s Mary Richards. His desk was right next to Mary’s in the WGN newsroom, so MacLeod was frequently in the shot during the sitcom, and Murray, like all the other characters, was richly developed a hallmark of MTM shows.