Leah Remini, 53, played James’ on-screen wife, Carrie, a legal secretary, on “The King of Queens.” Remini celebrated the show’s 25th anniversary and revealed that joining the sitcom ...

The King of Queens Season 1 is an American sitcom created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt that originally premiered in 1998. The series focuses on the lives of Doug and Carrie Heffernan ...

and Carrie (Leah Remini) call upon Doug’s father for financial help rather than ask him on “The King of Queens.” CBS via Getty Images “I’m just kinda looking at him and, honestly ...

"As soon as production started on season one, I knew I was home," Remini said of the CBS sitcom, which premiered on Sept. 21, 1998 Mireya Acierto/Getty; Allen Berezovsky/Getty Leah Remini and ...

“The King of Queens ... and Carrie (Leah Remini), a secretary at a law firm, who both live with Carrie’s oddball father, Arthur (Jerry Stiller) in Rego Park in Queens, New York.

"Today marks the 25th anniversary of the King of Queens," she captioned a video clip of her and James on the show. "By the time I signed on as Carrie Heffernan, I had been to hundreds of auditions ...