

Many episodes concerned the women's love lives, and all four women, whether divorced or widowed, were portrayed as sexually active. Throughout the years they covered topics as diverse as homelessness, AIDS, homosexuality, transvestism, prescription pill addiction, sexual harassment, interracial love, poor elderly care, and assisted suicide. Like many sitcoms from The '80s and The '90s, The Golden Girls confronted numerous social issues, but with special attention paid to groups rarely covered by other programs, such as the elderly and the LGBT community. It also spun off the long-running sitcom, Empty Nest. After Bea Arthur (Dorothy) left, the three remaining women bought a hotel and continued on the CBS series Golden Palace, which ran for one unspectacular season. The show ran on NBC for seven seasons (1985–1992), ranking in the Nielsen Top 10 for six of those seasons.

Rose Nylund ( Betty White): A ditzy rural homemaker from St.Blanche Devereaux ( Rue McClanahan): A man-crazy Southern Belle socialite from Georgia, who owns the house.Four women over fifty (although good luck getting Blanche to admit it) sharing a house and having misadventures in life and love.
