The Golden Girls: Home
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The Golden Girls premiered on NBC on September 14, 1985 and ran for seven seasons. Created by Susan Harris, the show features four older, single women who live together in Miami, Florida. Each episode follows Dorothy, Sophia, Rose, and Blanche-- as they live, laugh, work, love, and eat a lot of cheesecake in the process.
This guide explores topics and issues covered on the show and provides links to books and articles that expand scholarship about women on television. Through the lens of media and gender studies, this guide also aims to provide information and resources that reflect the show's impact on popular culture.
Spin-off Shows
- Created from a backdoor pilot episode in the second season of The Golden Girls, Empty Nest ran for seven seasons from 1988 until 1995.
- Blanche, Rose, and Sophia also appeared on Nurses, an Empty Nest spin-off.
- A brief continuation of The Golden Girls that aired for one season, ending in 1993.
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"I think people felt like you could have a family no matter who you were, at any stage in life. So there was hope in [The Golden Girls] — that you didn’t have to be married, you could create your own family. These were four women who became a family." -- Susan Harris
Where to Watch
- Streaming on Hulu, Amazon Prime, and YouTube
- In syndication on the Hallmark Channel, TV Land, Logo, and CMT
- On DVD
(Don't forget the cheesecake!)
Quotes
“Isn’t it amazing how I can feel so bad, and still look so good?”
--Blanche
"Look, you didn't ask me for my opinion, but I'm old, so I'm giving it anyway."
--Sophia
"It's like that old Scandinavian saying: you can lead a herring to water, but you have to walk really fast or he'll die."
--Rose
"It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it." -Dorothy
--Dorothy
Miami Is Nice
