The Golden Girls

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sitcom television series

The Golden Girls is a beloved American sitcom about four older women sharing a home in Miami, celebrated for its sharp humor, progressive themes, and enduring cultural impact.

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The Golden Girls main cast 1
The Golden Girls season 1 1

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instanceOf sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
airedInTimeSlot NBC Saturday night schedule ⓘ
audioFormat stereo ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series ⓘ
basedOn concept by Susan Harris ⓘ
composer Andrew Gold ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Susan Harris ⓘ
culturalImpact inspiration for stage adaptations and tribute shows ⓘ
syndication success worldwide ⓘ
distributor Buena Vista Television ⓘ
executiveProducer Paul Junger Witt ⓘ
Susan Harris ⓘ
Tony Thomas ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
firstAired 1985-09-14 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
hasFandom LGBTQ community ⓘ
lastAired 1992-05-09 ⓘ
mainCharacter Blanche Devereaux ⓘ
Dorothy Zbornak ⓘ
Rose Nylund ⓘ
Sophia Petrillo ⓘ
notableFor addressing social issues such as ageism and illness ⓘ
portrayal of older women as leads ⓘ
progressive treatment of LGBTQ themes ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 180 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 7 ⓘ
openingTheme Thank You for Being a Friend ⓘ
originalChannel NBC ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC
portrayedBy Bea Arthur ⓘ
Betty White ⓘ
Estelle Getty ⓘ
Rue McClanahan ⓘ
productionCompany Touchstone Television ⓘ
Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions ⓘ
setInLocation Miami ⓘ
setInState Florida ⓘ
spinOff Empty Nest ⓘ
Nurses ⓘ
The Golden Palace ⓘ
theme family and chosen family ⓘ
friendship in later life ⓘ

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The Golden Palace → basedOn → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Sophia Petrillo → firstAppearance → The Golden Girls ⓘ
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The Golden Palace → isSpinOffOf → The Golden Girls ⓘ
TV Land Award → notableRecipient → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Betty White → notableRoleIn → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Betty White → notableWork → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Estelle Getty → notableWork → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Estelle Scher → notableWork → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Murray Hamilton → notableWork → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Sophia Petrillo → partOf → The Golden Girls ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Golden Girls main cast
Estelle Scher → portrayedIn → The Golden Girls ⓘ
The Golden Palace → precededBy → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Empty Nest → relatedShow → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Empty Nest → spinOffFrom → The Golden Girls ⓘ
Estelle Getty → workedOn → The Golden Girls ⓘ