Former "Everybody Loves Raymond" mom Patricia Heaton says she was delighted to take on a romantic role in the new TNT movie, "The Engagement Ring."

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Executive produced by Heaton and her real-life husband, David Hunt, the film is about two generations of California wine-makers caught up in the drama of family feuds and lost loves.

"I loved the script," the 47-year-old actress told UPI in a recent phone interview.

"That was one of my big things: It had to be super-super romantic. ... The first reason I wanted to do it was because it was set in Napa," she explained. "Then we started working on the script and it had such a wonderful 'Moonstruck' quality to it and I don't see a lot of that on television. It's sort of this comic opera. It has really high-running emotions. It's really funny and multi-generational and so I was really excited about all of those elements."

Co-starring Tony LoBianco, Vincent Spano and Lainie Kazan, "The Engagement Ring" is set to air Nov. 28.