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The Golden Girls
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Susan Harris
Starring	Beatrice Arthur Betty White Rue McClanahan Estelle Getty
Opening theme	"Thank You for Being a Friend" by Cynthia Fee
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	180 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	25 minutes (22 minutes for syndication)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 14, 1985 – May 9, 1992
Chronology
Followed by	The Golden Palace (1992-1993)
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers around four older women sharing a Miami, Florida home. The series was produced by Touchstone Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Television, both subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Golden Girls is a 1995 Hong Kong film directed by Joe Ma. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... Susan Harris is the producer of many television sitcoms, such as Soap, Benson, and The Golden Girls. ... Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, May 13, 1922), also billed as Bea Arthur, is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award winning American comedian, actor and singer. ... Betty White (born January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress with a career spanning sixty years, sometimes referred to as The First Lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. ... Rue McClanahan (born Eddi Rue McClanahan on February 21, 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for her roles acting alongside Bea Arthur on the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ... Thank You For Being A Friend was a #25 hit for Andrew Gold in 1978. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The cast of The Golden Girls. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Golden Palace was a spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls that aired during the 1992–93 season on the American TV network CBS. It featured three of the four characters from The Golden Girls operating an upscale hotel called The Golden Palace. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... This article is about the television network. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, May 13, 1922), also billed as Bea Arthur, is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award winning American comedian, actor and singer. ... Betty White (born January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress with a career spanning sixty years, sometimes referred to as The First Lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. ... Rue McClanahan (born Eddi Rue McClanahan on February 21, 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for her roles acting alongside Bea Arthur on the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ... Miami redirects here. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... Buena Vista Television is the television syndication firm of Disney/ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company, that handles the TV distribution of product from Disney, Touchstone Television, and ABC. The company also produces and distributes its own shows, such as The Tony Danza Show, Ebert & Roeper... Disney redirects here. ...

The sitcom was originally conceptualized by NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff and created by Susan Harris. Tartikoff was visiting his elderly aunt one day, and saw how she and her next-door neighbor, who also was her best friend, interacted with each other. Despite their constant bickering and arguments, they were still the best of friends, and loved each other. He thought that would make a great premise for a TV show. Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 — August 27, 1997) was a popular NBC executive who was credited with turning around NBCs low prime time reputation with such hit series as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Knight Rider... Susan Harris is the producer of many television sitcoms, such as Soap, Benson, and The Golden Girls. ...

The Golden Girls won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice. All four stars won at least one Emmy Award throughout the series' entire run. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Beginnings

Three older, nearing-retirement-age (plus one elderly) women share a fashionable house in Miami, Florida. Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) owned the house; Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), who found an ad for the house in the newspaper; and Rose Nylund (Betty White), who responded to an ad looking for roommates on the bulletin board of a local grocery store. Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy were later joined by Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), when Sophia's retirement home, Shady Pines, burned down. In the pilot episode, the character Coco (played by Charles Levin), a gay man who was the ladies' cook, was also featured, but was dropped from the show after the pilot. Originally, the character of Sophia was intended to appear only sporadically, but Getty's portrayal proved so popular with test audiences that the decision was made to drop Coco, and hastily write Sophia into the earliest scripts (Many of Sophia's famous zingers and one liners were originally written for the Coco character.) Miami redirects here. ... Information Age 53 Date of birth 1932 Family Elizabeth and Curtis Big Daddy Hollingsworth (parents) Virginia Hollingsworth, Charmaine Hollingsworth (sisters) Tad Hollingsworth, Clayton Hollingsworth (brothers) Spouse(s) George Deveraux Children Rebecca Devereaux Janet Devereaux Doug Devereaux Matthew Devereaux Biff Devereaux Skippy Devereaux Relatives Lucas Hollingsworth (uncle) Jamie Devereaux (brother-in... Rue McClanahan (born Eddi Rue McClanahan on February 21, 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for her roles acting alongside Bea Arthur on the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls. ... Information Age 55 Date of birth 1929 Occupation Substitute Teacher Family Sophia Petrillo, mother Salvadore Petrillo, father Gloria, sister Phil, brother Angelo, uncle Angela, aunt Papa Angelo, grandfather Mama, grandmother Spouse(s) Stanley Zbornak (1946-1984) Lucas Hollingsworth (1992-) Children Michael Zbornak Kate Zbornak Relatives Angela Petrillo, aunt Angelo Petrillo... Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, May 13, 1922), also billed as Bea Arthur, is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award winning American comedian, actor and singer. ... Information Age 55 Date of birth 1930 Occupation Grief Counselor TV associate producer Family Gunter Lindstrom, father Alma Lindstrom, mother Holly Lindstrom, sister Lily Lindstrom, sister Spouse(s) Charlie Nylund (1948-1980) Children Kirsten Nylund Charlie Nylund Jr. ... Betty White (born January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress with a career spanning sixty years, sometimes referred to as The First Lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. ... Sophia Petrillo Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock is a fictional character from the TV series, The Golden Girls, and its spin-offs The Golden Palace and Empty Nest. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ... Charles Levin is an American actor who has appeared in television and movies and on stage. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... Look up One-liner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Characters

The show's cast

The show starred Beatrice Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak; Betty White as Rose Nylund; Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux; and Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, Dorothy's mother. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, May 13, 1922), also billed as Bea Arthur, is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award winning American comedian, actor and singer. ... Betty White (born January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress with a career spanning sixty years, sometimes referred to as The First Lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. ... Rue McClanahan (born Eddi Rue McClanahan on February 21, 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for her roles acting alongside Bea Arthur on the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ...

Originally, McClanahan was cast as Rose and White was cast as Blanche, but both actresses felt the roles were too similar to those they had played previously. White had portrayed man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, while McClanahan had co-starred as sweet but scatterbrained Vivian Harmon opposite Arthur in Maude. Anxious not to be stereotyped, the two suggested they switch roles, and the producers agreed. Sue Ann Nivens, The Happy Homemaker Sue Ann Nivens was a fictional character on the long-running situation comedy, Mary Tyler Moore. ... Mary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Maude is a half-hour American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 29, 1978. ... For other uses, see Stereotype (disambiguation). ...

During its original run, The Golden Girls won 65 Emmy nominations, 11 Emmy awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Viewers For Quality Television awards. All the lead actresses won Emmy Awards for their performances on the show. The Golden Girls, along with All in the Family and Will & Grace, are the only shows where all the principal actors have won Emmy Awards. Viewers for Quality Television (also called VQT) was an American nonprofit organization (under 501(c)(3)) founded in 1984 to advocate network television series that members of the organization voted to be of the highest quality. ... An Emmy Award. ... All in the Family is an acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. ... Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award winning and Golden Globe nominated American television sitcom that was originally broadcast from 1998 to 2006. ...

Dorothy Zbornak

Main article: Dorothy Zbornak

Dorothy Zbornak (née Petrillo) was an Italian Catholic, raised in Brooklyn, New York by her mother Sophia and her father Salvador (played in flashbacks by Sid Melton). Nicknamed "Pussycat" by her mother, Dorothy had a younger brother and sister. Brother Phil, a cross-dresser, was often referred to but never seen. He later died of a heart attack in an episode featuring Brenda Vaccaro as his widow. Sister Gloria, the youngest Petrillo sibling, married into money; she appeared in two episodes, but was played by two different actresses (Doris Belack and Dena Dietrich). After moving to Miami in her later years, Dorothy continued working as a substitute teacher. Information Age 55 Date of birth 1929 Occupation Substitute Teacher Family Sophia Petrillo, mother Salvadore Petrillo, father Gloria, sister Phil, brother Angelo, uncle Angela, aunt Papa Angelo, grandfather Mama, grandmother Spouse(s) Stanley Zbornak (1946-1984) Lucas Hollingsworth (1992-) Children Michael Zbornak Kate Zbornak Relatives Angela Petrillo, aunt Angelo Petrillo... The French word née (feminine) or né (masculine) (or the English word nee) is still commonly used in some newspapers when mentioning the maiden name of a woman in engagement or wedding announcements. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Sid Melton, (Born Sidney Meltzer on May 23, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor probably best known for his roles as incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the sitcom Green Acres and as Uncle Charlie Halper in Make Room for Daddy and its spin-offs. ... Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American actress. ... Doris Belack (born February 26, 1926[1]) is an American actress of stage, film and television. ... Actress, Dena Dietrich was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, December 4, 1928, and along with Adams Rib she was also in 1970s soap opera, All My Children, in the 1980 season and forty plus other television shows and movies. ...

On the night of their high school prom, Stanley Zbornak got Dorothy pregnant and married her to legitimize the baby. Stan and Dorothy were married for 38 years, although Stan cheated on her numerous times, finally leaving her for a young flight attendant named Chrissy, whom he met on the way to a business conference in Hawaii. As Dorothy explained in one episode, the captain on the flight told the flight attendants to "give the passengers a lei." Chrissy got confused (implying that she had sex with Stan), but she and Stan ended up marrying and living in Maui. Dorothy had two children, Kate and Michael, and a grandchild named Robbie. (In an early episode featuring a visit from Michael, Dorothy referred to him as being 29, which would make her 47, likely a miscalculation on the part of the writers.) Stanley Zbornak is a fictional tv character featured on The Golden Girls and played by Herb Edelman. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into forced marriage. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Woman wearing a lei and making the shaka sign Lei is a Hawaiian word for a garland or wreath. ... For other uses, see Maui (disambiguation). ...

Though Dorothy and Stan were divorced, he made numerous appearances on the show (the character of Stan was portrayed by Herb Edelman), usually running to Dorothy whenever something went wrong in his life. Stan continually saw Dorothy as a comforting, reliable figure; even though he was the one who destroyed their marriage. Dorothy emerged from the divorce a stronger person, while her ex-husband seemed to descend further into childishness. They ended up having a one-night stand in the first season (which Stan mistakenly thought would lead to a reconciliation), and, a few seasons later, started dating again with plans to re-marry. Dorothy called off the reconciliation on the day of the wedding when Stan asked her to sign a pre-nuptial agreement. (Dorothy's proud mother Sophia, who had never quite forgiven her "yutz" son-in-law for cheating on her daughter, proudly announced to the wedding guests: "She turned him down. Remember that!"). Herbert Edelman (b. ... A prenuptial agreement, commonly abbreviated to prenup, is a contract entered into by two people prior to marriage or civil union. ...

Toward the end of the series, Beatrice Arthur made it clear that she wanted out. This inevitably set the plot for the last first-run airing. In the series' final episode, Dorothy married Blanche's Uncle Lucas Hollingsworth (played by Leslie Nielsen), making her "Aunt" Dorothy Hollingsworth. Stan, though saddened to see Dorothy move on to her new life without him, gave Dorothy his blessing while disguised as the limo driver who took her to the wedding. Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, May 13, 1922), also billed as Bea Arthur, is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award winning American comedian, actor and singer. ... Leslie William Nielsen OC (born February 11, 1926) is a Canadian born American comedian and actor. ...

Rose Nylund

Main article: Rose Nylund

Rose Nylund (née Lindstrom) was from the small farming town of St. Olaf, Minnesota, a community of Norwegian-Americans that was once referred to by Dorothy as "the cradle of idiocy". Rose delighted in telling profoundly strange stories of life growing up in St. Olaf, stories which provided comedic fodder for her character. Typical stories focused on people with names such as Hans, Lars, or Sven, and various experiences with herring. Though Rose was decidedly the mildest-mannered of all 4 roommates, she had an incredible competitive streak, which reared its head during several situations, most notably the bowling championship in the episode entitled "The Competition", and while coaching a boys' football team with Dorothy. Information Age 55 Date of birth 1930 Occupation Grief Counselor TV associate producer Family Gunter Lindstrom, father Alma Lindstrom, mother Holly Lindstrom, sister Lily Lindstrom, sister Spouse(s) Charlie Nylund (1948-1980) Children Kirsten Nylund Charlie Nylund Jr. ... St. ... Species Clupea alba Clupea bentincki Clupea caspiopontica Clupea chrysotaenia Clupea elongata Clupea halec Clupea harengus Clupea inermis Clupea leachii Clupea lineolata Clupea minima Clupea mirabilis Clupea pallasii Clupea sardinacaroli Clupea sulcata Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Atlantic...

Rose spent the first few years of her life in an orphanage in St. Olaf. As discovered in one memorable episode, she spent much of her life convinced that Bob Hope was her biological father. Toward the end of the series run, however, she learned she had been born out of wedlock to a monk (Don Ameche) and his lover, Ingrid, who died in childbirth. At around age 8, Rose was adopted and raised by the large (and apparently somewhat bizarre) Lindstrom family. Her adoptive father had died prior to the start of the series, but in one episode she was visited by her free-spirited adoptive mother, Alma (played by veteran star Jeanette Nolan); she later died off screen during the course of the series. Rose was one of 9 siblings (once stating that her parents loved 'all 9 of us equally'); several were, like Rose, named after types of flowers. These included the two sisters who visited Rose in Miami: Lily, who was blind (played by Polly Holliday), and Holly (played by Inga Swenson), a professional musician whom Rose could not stand, as she seemed to act, as Rose once stated "like such a jackass". Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ... Not to be confused with former NBA player John Amaechi. ... Jeanette Nolan (December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American actress, born in Los Angeles, California. ... For the American actress, see Polly Holliday (actor). ... Inga Swenson (born December 29, 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Swedish-American actress who stands about 511. Swenson is best known to American audiences for her portrayal of Gretchen Kraus, the autocratic and ascerbic German cook (later Head Housekeeper) on the TV sitcom Benson. ...

Rose was married for many years to traveling insurance salesman Charlie Nylund, who moonlighted as a horseshoe salesman, and had 5 children: three daughters (Kirsten, Bridgette, and Jeanella) and two sons (Adam and Charlie Jr.) Kirsten and Bridgette would visit their mother in Miami on more than one occasion, while Adam; Charlie Jr.; and Jeanella were mentioned but never seen on the show. Rose had several grandchildren, including two granddaughters, Charley and Charlene (the former appeared on the The Golden Girls and the latter of whom visited Rose in The Golden Palace). The Golden Palace was a spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls that aired during the 1992–93 season on the American TV network CBS. It featured three of the four characters from The Golden Girls operating an upscale hotel called The Golden Palace. ...

After Charlie's death in 1980 (he died of a heart attack while they were making love), Rose lived alone in St. Olaf for a while, and then she moved to Miami and found work at a grief counseling center. During the show's run, Charlie's pension was cut off, and Rose was forced to find a more lucrative job, ending up as the assistant to consumer reporter Enrique Mas at a local TV station. Over the course of the series, Rose also volunteered at the local hospital, and worked on a number of charity projects. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

In later seasons, Rose became romantically involved with college professor Miles Webber (played by Harold Gould) Rose later discovered that Miles was part of the Witness Protection Program). Webber was stated as previously being known as Nicholas Carbone, an accountant from Chicago. After a gangster named Karl "The Cheeseman" Moran faked his own death, Miles was briefly re-located to Pennsylvania as an Amish farmer named Samuel Plankmaker. Incidentally, the same actor who played Miles also played "Arnie", one of Rose's brief love interests in the first season. Harold V. Goldstein (best known stage name Harold Gould) (born December 10, 1923) is a five-time Emmy Award-nominated American actor best known for playing Martin Morgenstern in the 1970s sitcom Rhoda, a role he reprised from his earlier recurring role in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... In the United States, the Witness Protection Program (also known as WITSEC) is established by the Witness Protection Act, which in turn sets out the manner in which the U.S. Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a witness or potential witness of the federal government... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

After the show's run, when the girls sold the house and bought a hotel (The Golden Palace), Rose was the wedding consultant for the hotel. She also was in charge of handling all banquets, conferences, and affairs for the hotel. While she was handling a wedding reception for a bride and setting up the special "Cow-Themed Wedding", Miles' name was found in the hotel registry several times, having checked in several times with another woman. Blanche informs Rose what she has found, Rose confronts Miles with the information, and it comes out that he's not the Miles Webber that was in the hotel registry. Miles did admit he was seeing another woman who worked in a restaurant, and that he couldn't choose between them. Rose ends the relationship stating that, after all they'd been through, if he wasn't sure she's the one that he wants to spend the rest of his life with, then he'll never know. Later on, Rose finds out the bride who is having the special "Cow-Themed Wedding", which has always been Rose's dream wedding (for her and Miles), is planning to marry Miles. At the end of the episode, Rose is in the hotel kitchen looking into the banquet room during the wedding ceremony. Rose tells Blanche that she has to be there in order to say goodbye and have closure.

Rose suffered from a number of health problems during the course of the show, most notably a massive heart attack during the show's final season. In one episode, it was also indicated that Rose had been addicted to painkillers for many years, having been prescribed a drug many years earlier after a farm injury. Also, in an episode entitled "72 Hours", Rose is informed that a blood transfusion she received during a routine surgery was possibly infected with HIV. After undergoing some routine tests, and anxiously waiting for 3 days, she is determined to be HIV-negative. Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ...

In honor of the character, the real-life township of St. Olaf created the Rose Nylund Award for Civic Excellence. St. ...

Blanche Devereaux

Main article: Blanche Devereaux

Blanche Devereaux (née Hollingsworth) was a Southern belle who grew up on a plantation outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Blanche was always "the apple of her father's eye" (she referred to him as "Big Daddy," a reference to the Tennessee Williams character Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof). However, she tried many times to spin his affection for her as more negative. Blanche had a love-hate relationship with her sisters Charmaine (Barbara Babcock) and Virginia (Sheree North). She also faced difficulty coming to terms with the homosexuality of her brother Clayton (Monte Markham), and the mental illness of her brother Tad (Ned Beatty), later revealed in The Golden Palace. Information Age 53 Date of birth 1932 Family Elizabeth and Curtis Big Daddy Hollingsworth (parents) Virginia Hollingsworth, Charmaine Hollingsworth (sisters) Tad Hollingsworth, Clayton Hollingsworth (brothers) Spouse(s) George Deveraux Children Rebecca Devereaux Janet Devereaux Doug Devereaux Matthew Devereaux Biff Devereaux Skippy Devereaux Relatives Lucas Hollingsworth (uncle) Jamie Devereaux (brother-in... For other uses, see Southern Belle (disambiguation). ... This article is about crop plantations. ... Atlanta redirects here. ... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. ... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a Tony-nominated play by Tennessee Williams. ... Barbara Babcock (born February 27, 1937 in Pasadena, California) is an American actress. ... Sheree North (born January 17, 1932, in Los Angeles, California - died November 4, 2005 in Los Angeles), was an actress and singer who appeared in numerous Broadway shows, Hollywood movies, and television series from the 1950s onwards. ... Monte Markham (born 21 June 1935 in Manatee, Florida, United States) is an actor. ... Ned Thomas Beatty (born July 6, 1937) is an Academy Award-nominated American character actor. ...

The house that the ladies shared, at 6151 Richmond St., initially belonged to Blanche, who had lived there for many years with her late husband George (played in flashbacks by George Grizzard). (Later in the series, however, she sold equal shares of the house to Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia.) Blanche and George had 6 children: two daughters (Rebecca and Janet, both of whom made appearances on the show) (Blanche had an argument with Rebecca, and then she went to live in Paris to become a model. When she visited her mother 4 years later, she was overweight, and Blanche had difficulty accepting it), and four sons (including Matthew, a CPA who appeared in the spin-off series The Golden Palace, and Biff; Doug; and Skippy, who had asthma, are mentioned but never seen on the series). Blanche had several grandchildren, notably David (a teenage rebel who visited Miami in one episode), Sara (who visited with her mother Janet during the last season), Melissa (a young beauty-pageant contestant), and Aurora (Rebecca's infant daughter, conceived by artificial insemination in one of the series' on-going storylines). George Grizzard (b. ...

George Devereaux's illegitimate son, David (played by Mark Moses), the seventh Devereaux child, was discovered when the young man turned up at the house, looking for George. This led Blanche to struggle with the fact that her husband, to whom she was devoted, was unfaithful during their marriage. Mark Moses (born February 24, 1958 in New York City) is an American actor. ...

Throughout most of the series, Blanche was portrayed as man-hungry, and she clearly had the most male admirers -- and stories detailing various sexual encounters -- over the course of the series. At the funeral for her husband, George (who had died when a wrong-way driver hit him head-on [there was once an episode where George was thought to be alive, but we later find out that the whole episode was just Blanche's dream. She wakes up and is comforted by the girls.]), she made a date with a man because, as Rose said, "She can't be without a man, do you know what I mean?" Sophia, in particular, had some of the best lines in relation to Blanche's over-sexed nature, referring to her as a "human mattress". When Rose asked Blanche how long she waited to have sex after George died, Sophia responded, "'Til the paramedics came!"

Blanche was very vain, and as a result, always tried to act younger than she was. Although it is widely believed that her exact age was never revealed (it was mentioned she even had her true date of birth removed from vital records "by order of the Governor"), in Season 3, Episode 25 entitled "Mother's Day" (Aired May 7, 1988), it is revealed in a flashback that Blanche was 17 in 1949. That would make her 53 when the series began in 1985, and 61 when the spin-off ended in 1993. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Blanche was employed at an art museum, and her boss was Mr. Allen, a very nice man, although he admitted to having an affair with his best friend's wife in an episode when Dorothy came to work at the museum, sparking jealousy in Blanche, which was an on-going trait of hers.

Blanche's unapologetic enjoyment of sex contributed to some of the best dialogue on the show. For example:

Blanche: "Do you know what I hate doing most after a party?"
Rose: "Trying to find your underwear in the big pile?"

Sophia: "Is it true what they say about black men in the bedroom?
Blanche: "Oh yes definitely... that is definitely something I would like to know too."

Sophia Petrillo

Main article: Sophia Petrillo

Sophia Petrillo is the daughter of Don Angelo and his wife Eleanor from Sicily. Dorothy's mother was born in Sicily and moved to New York after annulling her first (arranged) marriage to Guido Spirelli (she was also briefly engaged to a young man from her village, Augustine Bagatelli, as a teenager). She married Salvador Petrillo (Sid Melton), and they had three children: Dorothy, a divorced substitute Teacher whom Sophia depended upon and came to live with; Phil, a cross-dresser who was married with kids; and Gloria, who married into wealth, but eventually lost the fortune that her deceased husband left her. Sophia Petrillo Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock is a fictional character from the TV series, The Golden Girls, and its spin-offs The Golden Palace and Empty Nest. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Sid Melton, (Born Sidney Meltzer on May 23, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor probably best known for his roles as incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the sitcom Green Acres and as Uncle Charlie Halper in Make Room for Daddy and its spin-offs. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage, which can be contrasted with an annulment which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody and distribution of property. ... A substitute teacher is a person who teaches a school class when the regular teacher is unavailable because of illness or other reason. ... This articles is about cross-dressing in general, that is the act of wearing the clothing of another gender for any reason. ...

Sophia was put away in the Shady Pines Retirement Village by Dorothy prior to the start of the series. Sophia had suffered a massive stroke, which, on more than one occasion, was said to have destroyed the part of her brain that acted as a censor; indeed, much of Sophia's popularity comes from her humorous, and often shocking, frankness and general lack of inhibition. In the pilot episode, she came to live with the Girls after Shady Pines burned down. In a later episode, Sophia tried to run away to Sicily after becoming the prime suspect in starting the fire after making s'mores with a roommate on an illegal hotplate. Sophia never had good things to say about her retirement home, and she alluded to poor treatment by the staff many times throughout the series' run (although, in an episode meant to raise awareness about poor-quality nursing homes, she did admit that the treatment at Shady Pines was satisfactory). There were constant hints in the series that she and her family back in Sicily had some mafia connections; she once stated that she had lived through "two world wars, 15 vendettas, 4 operations and two Darrins on Bewitched". In one episode, she accidentally let it slip that she knew what happened to Jimmy Hoffa. This article is about the criminal society. ... Darrin syndrome is a term used to describe an event in which an actor leaves a television show or movie franchise with continuous history across episodes and is replaced with another actor, with no in-story reason given for the change in appearance. ... This article is about an American television sitcom. ... For other uses, see Hoffa (disambiguation). ...

Members of Sophia's family who appeared on show include: her sister Angela (played by Nancy Walker), her brother Angelo (played by Bill Dana), her daughter Gloria (played by Doris Belack and Dena Dietrich), and, in flashbacks, her husband Sal, and her mother (played by Bea Arthur), and Dorothy herself at a younger age (played by Lyn Greene). Phil, her only son, was never seen; he died later on in the series when he suffered a heart attack (due to his obesity) while trying on large women's clothing (even in his wake, Phil is referred to as wearing women's clothing.) In the episode "Ebbtide's Revenge", after her son's funeral, Sophia (with the help of Dorothy's no-nonsense personality and Rose's caring counseling expertise from her grief counseling center job), finally realized the root of her anger, broke into tears, and ended the long feud with Phil's wife Angela (played by Brenda Vaccaro). It is revealed that Sophia was angry at herself because she wondered what she had done or said to her son to make him want to be a cross-dresser, and is finally able to reconcile with Angela after coming to the realization that she still loved him and in one of Sophia's few true emotional moments says "My baby is gone." Sophia always referred to Angela as "Big Sally", because it got on Angela's nerves. Phil, Angela, and their children lived in a trailer home in Newark, New Jersey. During the series' run, Sophia married Max Weinstock (played by Jack Gilford), Sal's business partner, and attempted to revive Sal and Max's old pizza-and-knish business at the beach, but they soon separated, realizing they were better off as friends "with occasional benefits". Throughout the series, she held a few part-time jobs mostly involving food including fast-food worker and entrepreneur of spaghetti sauce and specialty sandwiches. Nancy Walker as Rosie the Waitress Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. ... Forman and Dana Bill Dana (born October 5, 1924) is a comedian, actor and screenwriter who often appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. ... Doris Belack (born February 26, 1926[1]) is an American actress of stage, film and television. ... Actress, Dena Dietrich was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, December 4, 1928, and along with Adams Rib she was also in 1970s soap opera, All My Children, in the 1980 season and forty plus other television shows and movies. ... Television shows and stage plays sometimes include continuing characters — characters who are currently in frequent interaction with the other characters and who influence current story events — who are never seen or heard by the audience and only described by other characters. ... Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American actress. ... Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: , Country State County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - Total 26. ... Jack Gilford Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 – June 2, 1990) was an American actor with a long and successful career on the Broadway stage, films and television. ...

Episodes and format

Main article: List of The Golden Girls episodes

Many episodes of the series followed a similar format or theme. For example, one or more of the Girls would become involved in some sort of conflict or problem. They would gather around the kitchen table and discuss the problem, often while eating cheesecake. One of the other girls would then tell a story from her own life, which somehow related to the problem (though Rose would occasionally regale a nonsense story that had nothing to do with the situation). Sophia always began her stories with "Picture it...", before indicating the year and location in which her story took place. Blanche's stories usually revolved around her romantic encounters, while Rose's stories came from her years in her hometown of St. Olaf, and began with "Back in St Olaf...". Certain episodes would also feature a series of flashbacks, as the girls recounted experiences from their time together. By the end of the episode, the conflict would be resolved. Some episodes featured flashbacks to previous episodes, or to events that occurred before the series began. The cast of The Golden Girls. ... For the meaning of pin-up photo, see Pin-up girl. ...

Response

An immediate run-away hit, The Golden Girls became a staple of NBC's Must See TV on Saturday nights. The show was the anchor of the Saturday line-up, and routinely won its time slot, as the other networks tried to find shows to compete against it. The Golden Girls was part of a series of Brandon Tartikoff shows that revitalized NBC's ratings slump, along with The Cosby Show. Must See TV was the name given to NBCs popular Thursday-night prime time television lineup during the mid and late 1990s. ... Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 — August 27, 1997) was a popular NBC executive who was credited with turning around NBCs low prime time reputation with such hit series as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Knight Rider... This article is about the television network. ... The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first broadcast on September 20, 1984 and ran for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. ...

The Golden Girls had a loyal fan base that still exists to this day, thanks to reruns. The show was often controversial, as its main characters were 4 single older women who lived together, but were still sexually active, and up-to-date with pop culture. Mild profanity and sexual innuendo were common on the program. The effects of Sophia's stroke, which, according to Dorothy, "rendered her a complete burden", enabled the character to get away with much more than the other women. For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ...

The show often tackled topics that were not frequently aired on TV. These included: the coming out of Blanche's brother and his gay marriage, menopause, gun control, impotence, drug addiction, safe sex, Empty nest syndrome, Infidelity, Interracial marriage, Organ donation, fixed income, domestic violence, Problem gambling, suicide, cross-dressing, lesbianism, plastic surgery, child abandonment, euthanasia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, pregnancy, homicide, veganism, cocaine addiction, artificial insemination, health care, homelessness, immigration, sexual harassment, Illegal Immigration, and senility. Perhaps the most controversial episode involved Rose getting tested for HIV years after receiving an untested blood transfusion. For other uses, see Coming out (disambiguation). ... Same-sex marriage is marriage between individuals who are of the same legal or biological sex. ... Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advancing age in women. ... Gun Politics in the United States, incorporating the political aspects of gun politics, and firearms rights, has long been among the most controversial and intractable issues in American politics. ... Impotence or, more clinically, erectile dysfunction is the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis for satisfactory sexual intercourse regardless of the capability of ejaculation. ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is a set of practices that are designed to reduce the risk of infection during sexual intercourse to avoid developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). ... Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of depression and loneliness that parents feel when one or more of their children leave home. ... Look up infidelity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Othello and Desdemona from William Shakespeares Othello, a play often depicted as concerning a biracial couple. ... Organ donationcan only be peformed by untrained workers who do not have a drivers license and are poor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Domestic disturbance redirects here. ... Problem gambling is an urge to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... This articles is about cross-dressing in general, that is the act of wearing the clothing of another gender for any reason. ... This article is about homosexual women, not inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos A lesbian (lowercase L) is a homosexual woman. ... For the album by The Huntingtons, see Plastic Surgery (album). ... Child abandonment is the practice of abandoning offspring outside of legal adoption. ... For mercy killings not performed on humans, see Animal euthanasia. ... Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is one of several names given to a poorly understood, highly debilitating disorder of uncertain cause/causes, which is thought to affect approximately 4 per 1,000 adults[1] in the United States and other countries, and a smaller fraction of children. ... This article is about human pregnancy in biological females. ... Homicide (Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut, kill) refers to the act of killing another human being. ... Vegan redirects here. ... Cocaine is a crystalline alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... AIH redirects here. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Bag lady redirects here. ... Sexual harassment is harassment or unwelcome attention of a sexual nature. ... Illegal alien and Illegal aliens redirect here. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. ...

Writing process

The first head writers of the series, Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman, wrote for the show's first four seasons. As head writers, Speer and Grossman gave general ideas to lower staff writers, and personally wrote a handful of scripts each season.

In 1989, Marc Sotkin, previously a writer on Laverne & Shirley, took over head-writing responsibilities, and guided the show (to varying degrees) during what would be its final three seasons. Other writers, including Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble, previously writers on 227 and My Two Dads, also assumed the roles of show runners, and were themselves replaced in 1990 with Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten. Mitchell Hurwitz was also a long-time member of the writing staff. This is a list of television-related events in 1989. ... Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. ... 227 is an African American sitcom that was broadcast on the NBC network from September 14, 1985 to July 28, 1990, for five seasons, and ranked onto the Nielsen Ratings for three seasons (1985 - 1986, 1986 - 1987, 1987 - 1988). ... This article is about the NBC sitcom. ... The year 1990 in television involved some significant events. ... Marc Cherry Marc Cherry (born 1962) is an American writer and producer. ... Mitchell Hurwitz is the creator of the television program Arrested Development, and is a previous contributor to The John Larroquette Show and Golden Girls. ...

In September 1991, NBC moved the series from its comfortable 9 p.m. ET time slot to 8 p.m. NBC had trouble filling the slot since 227 vacated it in the spring of 1990. Following the change, the show fell from 10th place in the previous season to 30th. 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the television network. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... This article is about the television network. ...

Annual ratings

• 1985-1986 season: #7 (tied with Dynasty), 21.8 average rating
• 1986-1987 season: #5, 24.5 average rating
• 1987-1988 season: #4, 21.8 average rating
• 1988-1989 season: #6, 21.4 average rating
• 1989-1990 season: #6, 20.1 average rating
• 1990-1991 season: #10, 16.5 average rating
• 1991-1992 season: #30 (tied with In the Heat of the Night), 13.1 average rating

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Finale

After six consecutive seasons in the top 10, and a seventh season at #30, The Golden Girls came to an end when Bea Arthur decided it was time to move on. In the hour-long finale, which aired in May 1992, Dorothy marries Blanche's Uncle Lucas (Leslie Nielsen), and moves to Hollingsworth Manor in Atlanta, Georgia. Presumably, Sophia was to join her, but, in the end, Sophia stays behind with the other girls in Miami. In the bittersweet final moments, Dorothy comes rushing back in through different entrances of the house for their final goodbyes, until making her final exit, leaving the other three ladies alone. The finale garnered 27.2 million viewers (38 percent of all Americans watching television at the time). The year 1992 in television involved some significant events. ... Leslie William Nielsen OC (born February 11, 1926) is a Canadian born American comedian and actor. ... Atlanta redirects here. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ...

Post-cancellation

Network reruns

Golden Girls had the distinction of replacing the long-running Wheel of Fortune on NBC's daytime schedule in June 1989, airing reruns at 11 a.m. (EST). Wheel of Fortune moved to CBS a few weeks later. The daytime Wheel of Fortune was an American game show that aired on NBC from January 6, 1975 to June 30, 1989. ... For other uses, see June (disambiguation). ... This is a list of television-related events in 1989. ...

Syndication

American syndicated reruns began in the fall of 1990, distributed by Buena Vista Television, the syndication arm of Disney, whose Touchstone Pictures division produced the series. Starting in the beginning of March 1997, the Lifetime cable network acquired the exclusive rights to repeat the episodes in the US, which they still have as of 2008. The show remains popular in its second decade, with nightly airings still attracting roughly 1.2 million viewers.^{[citation needed]} Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Buena Vista Television is the television syndication firm of Disney/ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company, that handles the TV distribution of product from Disney, Touchstone Television, and ABC. The company also produces and distributes its own shows, such as The Tony Danza Show, Ebert & Roeper... Disney redirects here. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... For other uses, see March (disambiguation). ... This is a list of television-related events in 1997. ... Lifetime Television is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

TV reunion special

A 90-minute retrospective, The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments, aired on the Lifetime network on June 2, 2003, reuniting Arthur, McClanahan and White to reminisce about their time on the show; Getty was too ill to participate and Arthur acknowledged that the reunion was not as touching as it should have been because of her absence. Lifetime Television is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The special featured clips of the girls' favorite comedic and musical moments from the show, including never-before-seen bloopers and outtakes, as well as interviews with executive producers Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, and creator/writer Susan Harris. Paul Junger Witt is an American film and television producer. ... Charles Anthony Thomas is a TV and film producer, who has produced such TV series as Nurses, Hermans Head, Blossom, Empty Nest, Beauty and the Beast (series), Golden Girls, Heartland, and Its a Living, as well as the Robin Williams movie Dead Poets Society. ... Susan Harris is the producer of many television sitcoms, such as Soap, Benson, and The Golden Girls. ...

Arthur also paid tribute to the late Herb Edelman, who had played Dorothy's ex-husband Stan, saying that he was a wonderful, funny, and very warm man, and was not like his character, Stan. Herbert Edelman (b. ...

DVD releases

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The DVDs, aside from certain episodes in seasons 3 and 5, contain the original, uncut episodes of the series, which include snippets of dialogue that do not appear in the current syndicated versions. In a press statement^{[citation needed]}, Buena Vista revealed that the best masters they had for several episodes of Season 5 were the syndicated versions, and that the original masters were no longer in good condition. is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Spin-offs

The Golden Girls was created by Susan Harris, who later devised Empty Nest as a spin-off from The Golden Girls with some character crossovers. Nurses was later spunoff from Empty Nest, and the shows would occasionally have specials in which characters from one show made appearances in the other ones in order to boost ratings. Susan Harris is the producer of many television sitcoms, such as Soap, Benson, and The Golden Girls. ... Empty Nest is a television sitcom that ran on NBC from 1988 to 1995. ... Nurses is a television sitcom that ran on NBC from 1991 to 1994. ...

The Golden Palace

After the original series ended, White, McClanahan, and Getty reprised their characters in the CBS series The Golden Palace, which ran from September 1992 to May 1993. The show never approached the popularity or acclaim of the original, and ranked 57th in the annual ratings. There was reportedly a second season to this series that was canceled the day before the fall schedule was announced. This article is about the broadcast network. ... The Golden Palace was a spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls that aired during the 1992–93 season on the American TV network CBS. It featured three of the four characters from The Golden Girls operating an upscale hotel called The Golden Palace. ... The year 1992 in television involved some significant events. ... The year 1993 in television involved some significant events. ...

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