• Yahoo!, Tuesday, November 8, 2005 12 PM

Weeks ago, on Emmy night, everybody who loved "Raymond" was led to believe that a series spinoff, starring hulking/doofus-y brother Brad Garrett, was pretty much in the bag. Wrong. Although CBS had reportedly come to terms on a deal with Garrett, creater/exec producer Phil Rosenthal did not sign with the network. A number of veteran "Raymond" writers, thought to be critical to the spinoff's success, also did not agree to CBS' terms. Rosenthal was thought to be instrumental to the success of the "Raymond" spinoff. For CBS, the collapse of the Garrett sitcom--at least for now--is a major disappointment. The Ray Romano show had been a money-making powerhouse for years, and the prospect of a successful follow-up had seemed highly likely until yesterday.

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