The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a Miami home. The series was produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions in association with Touchstone Television and distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television in syndication.

The Golden Girls won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice. It also won three Golden Globes for outstanding TV series comedy/musical. All four stars each received an Emmy Award throughout the series' run and each had multiple nominations. It also ranked among the top ten highest-rated programs for six out of its seven seasons. It has been listed as one of the greatest and most influential shows of all time.

As the series begins, three older women are sharing a home in Miami. The owner of the house is a widow Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), who has recently been joined by fellow widow Rose Nylund (Betty White) and divorcée Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), who had each responded to a room-for-rent ad on the bulletin board of a local grocery store. In the pilot episode the women had a gay cook named Coco. The character was eliminated because there was already too little dialogue for the three women. The three were later joined by Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty).