The Golden Girls
| The Golden Girls | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Susan Harris |
| Starring |
Beatrice Arthur Betty White Rue McClanahan Estelle Getty |
| Theme music composer | Andrew Gold |
| Opening theme | "Thank You for Being a Friend" by Cynthia Fee |
| Ending theme | "Thank You for Being a Friend" Instrumental |
| Composer(s) | George Tipton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 180 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Susan Harris Paul Junger Witt Tony Thomas |
| Camera setup |
Videotape Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions Touchstone Television |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | September 14, 1985 – May 9, 1992 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Golden Palace |
| Related shows |
Empty Nest Nurses |
The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning over seven seasons. The show stars Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, as four older women who share a home in Miami, Florida. It was produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, in association with Touchstone Television, and 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 (from multiple nominations during the series' run), making it one of only three sitcoms in the award's history to achieve this. The series also ranked among the top ten highest-rated programs for six out 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".
The series revolves around four older, single women (three widows and one divorcée) sharing a house in Miami, Florida. 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 a room-for-rent ad on the bulletin board of a local grocery store a year prior to the start of the series. In the pilot episode, the three were joined by Dorothy's 80-year-old mother, Sophia Petrillo (Getty), after the retirement home where she lived burned down.
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