For writing "The Angry Family," Philip Rosenthal was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Jennifer Crittenden, in the same ceremony, was also nominated for the award for writing "Marie's Sculpture." This marked second and third instances "Everybody Loves Raymond" was nominated for the writing accolade, as Romano and Rosenthal were previously nominated in 2000 for their work on "Bad Moon Rising."