![]() ![]() The Golden Girls (minus Dorothy) sell the house and go off to run a swanky South Beach hotel. In the end, the Friday night time slot and anemic ratings doomed the program mercifully after one season and only 24 episodes. The new additions, along with familiar faces like Herb Edelman and Harold Gould, ended up creating a helter-skelter group that always seemed to be chasing the magic of the old series. The series also brought in hotel workers Cheech Marin and Don Cheadle (a complete unknown at the time who has become one of the best character-actors of the last few years, making the largest impressions in Steven Soderbergh films like "Out of Sight" and "Traffic"). The trio just never had the chemistry or comedic/dramatic timing that they all shared with Arthur. Naturally she brings White and Getty with her and comedy was supposed to follow. The three actresses were still the same characters and still in Miami, but McClanahan had sold her home and bought a hotel in the city. Or did it? By the fall of 1992, CBS thought they would strike while the iron was still somewhat warm by bringing the rest of the core cast (Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Estelle Getty) back with a new series and a slightly new situation. "The Golden Girls" was a consistent winner from 1985 to 1992 on NBC, but Beatrice Arthur's departure and a slow decline in ratings killed the series. ![]()
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