The Golden Girls (1985)
Meet four outrageous women who know when it comes to a good laugh, there's nothing like experience!
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 14 September 1985 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 9 May 1992 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Susan Harris |
| Starring | Bea Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan |
| Seasons | 7 seasons, 180 episodes |
| Episode length | about 24 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 72 hours |
| Rated | TV-PG |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.6/10 |
Where to watch The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls is streaming on Disney+ ($21.49 a month) in the US. It is also on Hulu ($21.49 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Disney+, or $42.98 at list price.
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Where to watch The Golden Girls in 31 other countries
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| Australia | Disney+ $17.99 AUD |
| Austria | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Belgium | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Bulgaria | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Canada | Disney+ $15.99 CAD |
| Croatia | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Czechia | Disney+ 219 Kč |
| Denmark | Disney+ 119 kr DKK |
| Finland | Disney+ €11.99 |
| Germany | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Greece | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Hong Kong | Disney+ HK$88 |
| Hungary | Disney+ 2990 Ft |
| Ireland | Disney+ €11.99 |
| Italy | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Liechtenstein | Disney+ |
| Luxembourg | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Netherlands | Disney+ €10.99 |
| New Zealand | Disney+ $18.99 NZD |
| Norway | Disney+ 129 kr NOK |
| Portugal | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Romania | Disney+ 34.99 lei |
| San Marino | Disney+ |
| Singapore | Disney+ $18.98 SGD |
| Slovakia | Disney+ €9.99 |
| Spain | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Sweden | Disney+ 129 kr SEK |
| Switzerland | Disney+ CHF16.90 |
| Taiwan | Disney+ NT$285 |
| Türkiye | Disney+ ₺449.90 |
| United Kingdom | Disney+ £11.99 GBP |
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What kind of watch this is
Susan Harris built this in 1985 on a rhythm that feels accidental but is actually engineered. A problem lands on one woman. The four gather at the kitchen table, usually with dessert. One of them tells a story that loosely connects to the issue. It does not fix anything. It just makes the room feel warmer. The format is repetitive, sure. But the chemistry between Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty turns repetition into comfort. It is 72 hours of women talking at each other, and somehow that is the whole point.
What the critics said
The reviews were not just good; they were enthusiastic, a tone the show maintained from the pilot through its final season. Metacritic assigns it an 82 out of 100, a figure based on 6 reviews that the site labels as universal acclaim. That is a high bar, and the series clears it without breaking a sweat.
How it did with audiences
The Golden Girls landed on NBC and stuck there. It became the anchor of the Saturday lineup, almost always winning its time slot while ABC and CBS struggled to find shows to compete. The series was part of a slate of Brandon Tartikoff productions that ended the network's ratings slump. It tackled a wide range of issues, from HIV/AIDS to nuclear war, and even performed for the British royal family in 1988. On TMDB, users rate it 7.6 out of 10.
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Sources
- The Golden Girls on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q912467 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Golden Girls” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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