It dominated with vigor and spunk on Saturday nights.
'The Golden Girls', unlike 'Cheers', was a hit from its first episode. This quartet of actresses would create the finest core of performers to ever star in a television series.
Along with Arthur (a smart-mouthed Brooklyn native) was her old-world Sicilian mother (Estelle Getty), a bubble-headed Minnesota native (Betty White) and a sex-crazed belle from Georgia (Rue McClanahan). In 1985 it appeared that Beatrice Arthur (who struck gold with 'Maude', a spin-off of 'All in the Family') was going back to television in a new show called 'The Golden Girls'. Law' (all part of that unbeatable Thursday lineup). NBC was already a monster by 1985 thanks to programs like 'The Cosby Show', 'Cheers' and 'L.A.
