This is a list of episodes for the fifth season of '' Everybody Loves Raymond''.

Cast

Main

* Ray Romano as Raymond "Ray" Barone * Patricia Heaton as Debra (née Whelan) Barone * Brad Garrett as Robert Barone * Doris Roberts as

Marie Barone This is a list of fictional characters from ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', an American sitcom, originally broadcast on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. The show revolves around the life of Italian-American Ray Barone, a sportswriter ...

Peter Boyle Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. Known as a character actor, he played Frank Barone on the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' and the comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof ''Young Fra ...

as Francis "Frank" Barone * Madylin Sweeten as Alexandra "Ally" Barone *

Sawyer Sweeten Sawyer Storm Sweeten (May 12, 1995 – April 23, 2015) was an American child actor, known for playing Geoffrey Barone on the sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Early life Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to parents Timothy Sweeten and Eliz ...

and Sullivan Sweeten as Geoffrey Barone and Michael Barone

Recurring

Monica Horan Monica Louise Horan (born January 29, 1963) is an American actress best known for her role as Amy MacDougall-Barone on the television sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Life and career Horan was born in Darby, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Selm ...

as Amy McDougall *

Andy Kindler Andy Kindler (born October 16, 1956) is an American comedian and actor from Queens, New York. He played the character "Andy", a fellow sportswriter and friend of sportswriter "Ray Barone" (Ray Romano) on the TV show ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', w ...

as Andy *

Jon Manfrellotti Jon Manfrellotti (born 1953) is an American actor who has appeared in several sitcoms. He is perhaps best known for his role as Gianni in ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Career Manfrellotti got his first role in '' Flodder in Amerika!'' in 199 ...

as Gianni * Katherine Helmond as Lois Whelan * Robert Culp as Warren Whelan *

Sherri Shepherd Sherri Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress, comedian, author, broadcaster, and television personality. She currently hosts the daily syndicated daytime talk show, ''Sherri''. From 2007 to 2014, Shepherd was a co-host of the day ...

as Judy * Alex Meneses as Stefania Fogagnolo * David Proval as Marco Fogagnolo *

Suzie Plakson Suzie Plakson is an American actress. Early life and education Born Susan Plaksin in Buffalo, New York, she was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania and attended Northwestern University. Career Plakson began her career on the stage, and playe ...

as Joanne Glotz

Ratings

''Everybody Loves Raymond'''s fifth season tied with ''

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'' and ''

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'' for the fifth most-viewed program of the 2000–01 television season, far higher that the previous year's #13 ranking for the 1999–2000 season; this was an incredibly unusual boost for an established show, with Marc Berman of '' Mediaweek'' stating that "I don't think I've seen such an improvement since ''

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''." The season premiere garnered 22 million viewers, which was a record for the show. Rosenthal attributed the sudden increase in viewership to ''

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'' giving attention to ''Raymond'''s summer re-airings and Heaton's win of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the

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. Some of the season's episodes beat ''Monday Night Football'' airings in viewership. From November 2001 to the next month, viewership for the series grew 20%.

Reviews

However, the season also received coverage for having zero female or minority directors involved, due to a January 2002

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study showing an extreme amount of white males directing major network drama and comedy series (663 of 826 episodes).

Awards

The fifth season on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' won three

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. Heaton won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for a second year in a row, and Roberts received Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Brentley Walton, Doug Gray, Anthony Constantini, and Rick Himot won Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or a Special for their work on "Italy," an episode that also gave nominations to Mike Berlin and Alessio Gelsini Torresi for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series and Patricia Barnett for Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series. The fifth season's other Emmy nominations included Outstanding Comedy Series,

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for Romano, and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Boyle. The season won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Television Series, Romano nominated for Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role). He was also nominated for a

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for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy, the last of only two nominations the series received throughout its nine-year run; he was nominated for the same award the previous year. The season obtained three wins at the 2001 TV Guide Award, including Favorite Comedy Series, Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series for Romano, and Supporting Actress of the Year in a Comedy Series for Roberts. At the same event, Heaton was nominated for Actress of the Year in a Comedy Series, and Garrett was nominated for Supporting Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series. At the

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TCA Awards, the season was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and Romano was nominated for Individual Achievement in Comedy. The season was also nominated for a Family TV Comedy Series

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, with Sweeten nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actress Age Ten or Under. As an

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composer, Rick Marotta received a Top Television Series award from the company's Film and Television Music Awards for his music on the latter half of season four and the first half of season five. For writing "Ray's Journal,"

Jennifer Crittenden Jennifer Crittenden (born ) is an American screenwriter and producer. She started her writing career on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and has since written for several other television sitcoms including ''Everybody Loves Raymo ...

won a Humanitas Prize in the 30-minute show category.

Episodes

References

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