Everybody Loves Raymond
The Tenth Anniversary
TV Flash files “The Tenth Anniversary” as hour 89 of 209 in the TV Flash guide — Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) on CBS, season 4, episode 16, aired 2000-02-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E16: listed hour 89 of 209 in the Everybody Loves Raymond guide, hour 16 of 24 in season 4. It aired 2000-02-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Robert's Rodeo” (S04E15). Next is “Hackidu” (S04E17).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As Debra and Ray celebrate their 10th anniversary, she discovers that he taped over their wedding video years before with the '91 SuperBowl. Realizing how much he has upset Debra with his careless actions, Ray is willing to go to any lengths to atone—little realizing that it will mean renewing wedding vows in front of family and friends with all the trimmings.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Tenth Anniversary sit in the Everybody Loves Raymond guide?
S04E16 is listed hour 89 of 209 — hour 16 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 16.
When did Everybody Loves Raymond S04E16 air?
The Tenth Anniversary aired 2000-02-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it just stand-up with a living room?
Romano's persona is the seed, but Rosenthal's marriage-and-in-law machine is the craft: setup, interruption, detonation, reaction shots.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Long Island in-laws as contact sport: Ray Romano's sportswriter lives too close to Marie and Frank, while Robert seethes in second place. Philip Rosenthal turns marriage, food warfare, and never moving far enough away into multi-cam precision. Heaton, Roberts, Boyle, Garrett — a murderers' row of reaction shots. Domestic farce at peak craft.
Flash: September 13, 1996, CBS, Long Island, a house too close to another house. Sportswriter Ray Barone lives across the street from Marie and Frank, whose meddling is a contact sport, while brother Robert seethes in perpetual second place. Philip Rosenthal turned domestic friction into multi-cam precision: marriage negotiations, food warfare, the comedy of never moving far enough away. Ray Romano brought stand-up DNA. Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett — a murderers' row of reaction…
Filed against
- Ray Romano as Ray Barone
Ray Romano played Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, 1990s Long Island in-laws as contact sport — a sportswriter living too close to Marie and Frank, Robert seething in second place, Philip Rosenthal’s multi-cam precision. Marriage,…
- Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone
Patricia Heaton made Debra Barone the contact-sport spouse on Everybody Loves Raymond — 1990s Long Island in-laws as weekly warfare, Ray Romano’s sportswriter living too close to Marie and Frank, Robert seething in second place. Philip…
- Doris Roberts as Marie Barone
Doris Roberts’s Mildred Krebs gave Remington Steele a secretary who knew the fictional boss was the joke — 1980s catalog PI sparkle, then Everybody Loves Raymond turning the same steel into Marie’s Long Island food warfare. TV Flash files…
- Peter Boyle as Frank Barone
Peter Boyle played Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, 1990s Long Island in-laws as contact sport — Ray Romano’s sportswriter too close to Marie and Frank, Robert seething in second place, Philip Rosenthal’s multi-cam precision. Food…
- Brad Garrett as Robert Barone
Brad Garrett’s Robert Barone seethed in second place on Everybody Loves Raymond — Long Island in-laws as contact sport, Ray Romano living too close to Marie and Frank, Philip Rosenthal turning marriage, food warfare, and never moving far…