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The Golden Girls

1985 · 0h 30m

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The Golden Girls  is an American  sitcom  created by  Susan Harris  that aired on  NBC  from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. With an  ensemble cast  starring  Bea Arthur ,  Betty White ,  Rue McClanahan , and  Estelle Getty , the show is about four older women who share a home in  Miami ,  Florida . It was produced by  Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions , in association with  Touchstone Television .  Paul Junger Witt ,  Tony Thomas , and Harris served as the original executive producers. The Golden Girls  received critical acclaim throughout most of its run, and won several awards, including the  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series  twice. It also won three  Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy . Each of the four stars received an  Emmy Award , making it one of only four sitcoms in the award's history to achieve this. The series also ranked among the  Nielsen ratings ' top ten for six of its seven seasons. In 2013,  TV Guide  ranked  The Golden Girls  number 54 on its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time. In 2014, the  Writers Guild of America  placed the sitcom at number 69 in their list of the "101 Best Written TV Series of All Time". Terry Tang of the  Associated Press  reported that the series continues to attract new fans in the 21st century and characterized it as an example of a sitcom that has aged well. The show features an  ensemble cast  and the plot revolves around four older single women (three widows and one divorcée) sharing a house in Miami. The owner of the house is a widow named  Blanche Devereaux  (McClanahan), who was joined by fellow widow  Rose Nylund  (White) and divorcée  Dorothy Zbornak  (Arthur) after they both responded to an ad on the bulletin board of a local grocery store a year before the start of the series. In the pilot episode, the three are joined by Dorothy's 80-year-old widowed mother,  Sophia Petrillo  (Getty), after the  retirement home  where she has been living has burned down. 

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Release Date: Sep 14, 1985
Starring: Betty White
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The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, the show is about four older women who share a home in Miami, Florida. It was produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, in association with Touchstone Television. Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, and Harris served as the original executive producers.

The Golden Girls received critical acclaim throughout most of its run, and won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice. It also won three Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Each of the four stars received an Emmy Award, making it one of only four sitcoms in the award's history to achieve this. The series also ranked among the Nielsen ratings' top ten for six of its seven seasons. In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Golden Girls number 54 on its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time. In 2014, the Writers Guild of America placed the sitcom at number 69 in their list of the "101 Best Written TV Series of All Time". Terry Tang of the Associated Press reported that the series continues to attract new fans in the 21st century and characterized it as an example of a sitcom that has aged well.

The show features an ensemble cast and the plot revolves around four older single women (three widows and one divorcée) sharing a house in Miami. The owner of the house is a widow named Blanche Devereaux (McClanahan), who was joined by fellow widow Rose Nylund (White) and divorcée Dorothy Zbornak (Arthur) after they both responded to an ad on the bulletin board of a local grocery store a year before the start of the series. In the pilot episode, the three are joined by Dorothy's 80-year-old widowed mother, Sophia Petrillo (Getty), after the retirement home where she has been living has burned down.