EXCLUSIVE: Phil Rosenthal, the Emmy-winning creator of All people Loves Raymond and creator/host of the Emmy-nominated culinary journey sequence Anyone Feed Phil, has entered a strategic settlement with Banijay Americas and Banijay Rights, naming the businesses as companions alongside his manufacturing banner Fortunate Bastards who will assist him develop his model throughout the digital ecosystem.
Below the deal, new episodes of Anyone Feed Phil will transfer non-exclusively to a brand new Phil Rosenthal World YouTube Channel in 2027, alongside a slate of short-form content material oriented across the present. It is a notable transfer for a Netflix sequence, because the streamer has a historical past of selecting up exhibits from Youtube — Cobra Kai, for instance — and is transferring to snap up podcasts native to the platform. However Anyone Feed Phil is now the uncommon premium sequence, unscripted or in any other case, to go in the other way and embrace a transition to YouTube.
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Going ahead, the final eight seasons of Anyone Feed Phil will stay accessible on Netflix. The deal does, nevertheless, set up YouTube as a central hub for Rosenthal, which can supply alternatives for larger attain, extra direct engagement with followers and larger management of his content material. Sources mentioned Rosenthal and Banijay are additionally exploring alternatives to develop the attain of the model throughout AVOD and FAST platforms.
“One of many issues I at all times liked about All people Loves Raymond was that it was free to observe in every single place,” Rosenthal informed Deadline. “We’re thrilled to announce that Anyone Feed Phil will transfer to YouTube, the place our message of household, friendship, meals, journey and laughs can attain the most individuals.”
Banijay Americas CEO Ben Samek referred to as Rosenthal “one of many uncommon creators who persistently stays forward of the place the trade goes.”
The chief mentioned: “Partnering with a filmmaker and storyteller of his caliber is extremely thrilling for us. Alongside Banijay Americas and Banijay Rights, we’re proud to assist Phil as he ushers his model into its subsequent period. YouTube represents a pure evolution and a spot the place audiences can have interaction along with his voice and humor as we construct a worldwide digital dwelling for Phil Rosenthal World.”
Originating as a six-episode PBS sequence titled I’ll Have What Phil’s Having earlier than rebranding in a transfer to Netflix, Anyone Feed Phil follows foodie Rosenthal around the globe as he explores native delicacies and tradition, and the folks behind it. The present has constructed a loyal worldwide following since 2018 via its humor, humanity and celebration of cultural connection via meals and journey.
Launched in 2008, Banijay Leisure is dwelling to greater than 130 inventive corporations throughout 25 territories and delivers a median 16,000 hours of content material and three,000 stay occasions globally annually. In 2025 alone, it launched 250-plus new non-scripted titles, 100-plus scripted titles, 80-plus exhibits on streaming platforms and 30 codecs.
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Banijay is the steward of unscripted manufacturers together with MasterChef, Massive Brother and Survivor, scripted titles corresponding to Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror and stay spectacles together with the Olympic Opening and Closing ceremonies. Earlier this month, the corporate introduced plans for a strategic merger with All3Media into a worldwide tv manufacturing powerhouse valued at round $8 billion.
Rosenthal is repped by Heroes and Villains Leisure, UTA, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.
