Leah Remini ‘Grateful’ to ‘King of Queens’ Fans Who Still Watch Show ‘Daily’ on Sitcom’s 27th Anniversary

Leah Remini is celebrating the sitcom that changed her career.

The actress, 55, shared a cast photo from The King of Queens as she celebrated the 27th anniversary of the sitcom, which ran for nine seasons from 1998 to 2007.

Remini played Carrie Heffernan in the beloved series and starred alongside Kevin James, who played her husband Doug. The middle-class couple lived in a Queens, New York home with Carrie’s father, Arthur Spooner, played by the late Jerry Stiller.

“It’s been 27 years since The King of Queens premiered, and I still get so many messages every single day from fans who tell me that our show is still a part of their daily lives,” she wrote.

“I am so grateful. Thank you for 27 years of amazing memories.”

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While celebrating the show’s 25th anniversary in September 2023, Remini shared on Instagram that she signed on after doing “hundreds of auditions” and being “cast in many pilots and some short-lived series.”

“As soon as production started on season one, I knew I was home, and I am blessed to say I was part of a truly special show that went on for nine seasons and 207 episodes and still lives on successfully in syndication,” her caption continued.

The support she’s received from fans “means the world,” she wrote.

In 2021, the King of Queens cast gathered virtually for a charity reunion and held a table read in honor of their late costar Stiller, who died in May 2020 at age 92.

“He was the dad, he was the one in his undershirt after the show wrapped,” Remini recalled of the late actor. “Jerry could have been in the first scene and they said, ‘It’s okay for you to go. You don’t have to stay all night while we’re filming,’ and he would stay.”

“He cared so much about you,” James chimed in. “I remember, there was one taping we had where I was sick beforehand … and Jerry came backstage to my dressing room and he goes, ‘Can I help you?'”

“I miss him so much — he’s just the greatest,” the Kevin Can Wait actor added. “A lot of people see him how he acts, the cranky old man yelling and screaming, but it was the opposite of who he was. He’s an angel.”