Today, my guest is Phil Rosenthal, a television writer and producer who is best known as the creator, writer, and executive producer of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, whom I met at a live event at The Battery in San Francisco. In 1995, Phil created the hit CBS comedy, Everybody Loves Raymond and was the Showrunner/Executive Producer for all nine years of the show’s very successful run, which ended in 2005. During its original run, Everybody Loves Raymond was nominated for over 70 Emmy awards, and won 15 awards, including two for Best Comedy Series in 2003 and 2005. Phil won the 2002 Writers Guild Award for Excellence in Television Writing for his Everybody Loves Raymond script, “Italy.” Inspired by that show, Phil created the six-episode television series I’ll Have What Phil’s Having, in which he goes to well-known locations around the world in order to explore their food culture and in 2018, Netflix premiered a reworked version of the show, titled Somebody Feed Phil. Phil lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Monica Horan (who played Amy on Everybody Loves Raymond), and their two children.