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How a theater student with only $200 in his bank account created one of the most popular TV shows ever made—and then spent another decade working to realize his dream job

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Success is rarely handed to you. Phil Rosenthal knows that better than most people.

Rosenthal, 64, is the creator and writer behind Everybody Loves Raymond, the wildly popular CBS sitcom that ran from 1996 to 2005. His show racked up a whopping 69 Emmy award nominations, winning 15 of them, over the course of those nine seasons. Many people would be thrilled with that level of achievement and be happy to retire early, spending the rest of their days on an island somewhere. Not Phil Rosenthal.

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