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Status: Ended
First Aired: September 14, 1985
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 180
Networks: NBC
Genres: Comedy

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The Golden Girls(1985)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

Meet four outrageous women who know when it comes to a good laugh, there's nothing like experience!

TMDB Rating: 7.5 (350 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

25 episodes • 1985Avg: 8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Engagement	Sep 14, 1985	8.4
2	Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?	Sep 21, 1985	8.4
3	Rose the Prude	Sep 28, 1985	8.4
4	Transplant	Oct 5, 1985	8.2
5	The Triangle	Oct 19, 1985	8.4
6	On Golden Girls	Oct 26, 1985	8.0
7	The Competition	Nov 2, 1985	8.8
8	The Break-In	Nov 9, 1985	8.5
9	Blanche and the Younger Man	Nov 16, 1985	8.5
10	Heart Attack	Nov 23, 1985	8.5
11	The Return of Dorothy's Ex	Nov 30, 1985	8.5
12	The Custody Battle	Dec 7, 1985	8.2
13	A Little Romance	Dec 14, 1985	8.5
14	That Was No Lady	Dec 21, 1985	6.8
15	In a Bed of Rose's	Jan 11, 1986	7.2
16	The Truth Will Out	Jan 18, 1986	8.2
17	Nice and Easy	Feb 1, 1986	8.2
18	The Operation	Feb 8, 1986	8.2
19	Second Motherhood	Feb 15, 1986	8.2
20	Adult Education	Feb 22, 1986	8.2
21	Flu Attack	Mar 1, 1986	8.5
22	Job Hunting	Mar 8, 1986	8.2
23	Blind Ambitions	Mar 29, 1986	8.0
24	Big Daddy	May 3, 1986	7.4
25	The Way We Met	May 10, 1986	8.5

Season 2

26 episodes • 1986Avg: 8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	End of the Curse	Sep 27, 1986	9.0
2	Ladies of the Evening	Oct 4, 1986	9.5
3	Take Him, He's Mine	Oct 11, 1986	8.0
4	It's a Miserable Life	Nov 1, 1986	9.0
5	Isn't It Romantic	Nov 8, 1986	9.0
6	Big Daddy's Little Lady	Nov 15, 1986	0.0
7	Family Affair	Nov 22, 1986	7.0
8	Vacation	Nov 29, 1986	8.0
9	Joust Between Friends	Dec 6, 1986	8.0
10	Love, Rose	Dec 13, 1986	8.0
11	'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas	Dec 20, 1986	7.3
12	The Sisters	Jan 3, 1987	8.0
13	The Stan Who Came To Dinner	Jan 10, 1987	8.0
14	The Actor	Jan 17, 1987	9.0
15	Before and After	Jan 24, 1987	8.0
16	And Then There Was One	Jan 31, 1987	8.0
17	Bedtime Story	Feb 7, 1987	0.0
18	Forgive Me, Father	Feb 14, 1987	8.0
19	Long Day's Journey Into Marinara	Feb 21, 1987	9.0
20	Whose Face Is This, Anyway?	Feb 28, 1987	8.0
21	Dorothy's Prized Pupil	Mar 14, 1987	7.0
22	Diamond in the Rough	Mar 21, 1987	8.0
23	Son-In-Law Dearest	Apr 11, 1987	0.0
24	To Catch a Neighbor	May 2, 1987	8.0
25	A Piece of Cake	May 9, 1987	8.0
26	Empty Nests	May 16, 1987	0.0

Season 3

25 episodes • 1987Avg: 9.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Old Friends	Sep 19, 1987	9.5
2	One for the Money	Sep 26, 1987	9.0
3	Bringing Up Baby	Oct 3, 1987	10.0
4	The Housekeeper	Oct 17, 1987	9.0
5	Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself	Oct 24, 1987	10.0
6	Letter To Gorbachev	Oct 31, 1987	8.5
7	Strange Bedfellows	Nov 7, 1987	10.0
8	Brotherly Love	Nov 14, 1987	9.0
9	A Visit From Little Sven	Nov 21, 1987	9.0
10	The Audit	Nov 28, 1987	10.0
11	Three on a Couch	Dec 5, 1987	9.0
12	Charlie's Buddy	Dec 12, 1987	8.5
13	The Artist	Dec 19, 1987	6.7
14	Blanche's Little Girl	Jan 9, 1988	9.0
15	Dorothy's New Friend	Jan 16, 1988	9.0
16	Grab That Dough	Jan 23, 1988	9.0
17	My Brother, My Father	Feb 6, 1988	9.0
18	Golden Moments (1)	Feb 13, 1988	10.0
19	Golden Moments (2)	Feb 13, 1988	10.0
20	And Ma Makes Three	Feb 20, 1988	6.7
21	Larceny and Old Lace	Feb 27, 1988	9.0
22	Rose's Big Adventure	Mar 12, 1988	9.0
23	Mixed Blessings	Mar 19, 1988	9.0
24	Mister Terrific	Apr 30, 1988	8.0
25	Mother's Day	May 7, 1988	9.0

Season 4

26 episodes • 1988Avg: 8.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Yes, We Have No Havanas	Oct 8, 1988	9.0
2	The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo	Oct 22, 1988	9.0
3	The One That Got Away	Oct 29, 1988	9.0
4	Yokel Hero	Nov 5, 1988	9.0
5	Bang the Drum, Stanley	Nov 12, 1988	9.0
6	Sophia's Wedding (1)	Nov 19, 1988	9.0
7	Sophia's Wedding (2)	Nov 26, 1988	10.0
8	Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?	Dec 3, 1988	9.0
9	Scared Straight	Dec 10, 1988	6.7
10	Stan Takes a Wife	Jan 7, 1989	9.0
11	The Auction	Jan 14, 1989	8.7
12	Blind Date	Jan 28, 1989	9.0
13	The Impotence of Being Ernest	Feb 4, 1989	8.7
14	Love Me Tender	Feb 6, 1989	9.0
15	Valentine's Day	Feb 11, 1989	9.0
16	Two Rode Together	Feb 18, 1989	8.3
17	You Gotta Have Hope	Feb 25, 1989	7.8
18	Fiddler on the Ropes	Mar 4, 1989	8.3
19	Till Death Do We Volley	Mar 18, 1989	8.7
20	High Anxiety	Mar 25, 1989	8.7
21	Little Sister	Apr 1, 1989	8.3
22	Sophia's Choice	Apr 15, 1989	9.0
23	Rites of Spring	Apr 29, 1989	8.7
24	Foreign Exchange	May 6, 1989	8.7
25	We're Outta Here (1)	May 13, 1989	8.3
26	We're Outta Here (2)	May 13, 1989	8.0

Season 5

26 episodes • 1989Avg: 8.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Sick & Tired (1)	Sep 23, 1989	8.7
2	Sick & Tired (2)	Sep 30, 1989	8.7
3	The Accurate Conception	Oct 14, 1989	9.0
4	Rose Fights Back	Oct 21, 1989	9.0
5	Love Under The Big Top	Oct 28, 1989	8.5
6	Dancing In The Dark	Nov 4, 1989	10.0
7	Not Another Monday	Nov 11, 1989	9.5
8	That Old Feeling	Nov 18, 1989	9.0
9	Comedy Of Errors	Nov 25, 1989	9.0
10	All That Jazz	Dec 2, 1989	8.5
11	Ebb Tide	Dec 9, 1989	9.0
12	Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas	Dec 16, 1989	9.0
13	Mary Has A Little Lamb	Jan 6, 1990	8.5
14	Great Expectations	Jan 13, 1990	8.7
15	Triple Play	Jan 27, 1990	9.0
16	Clinton Avenue Memoirs	Feb 3, 1990	9.0
17	Like The Beep Beep Beep Of The Tom Tom	Feb 10, 1990	9.0
18	An Illegitimate Concern	Feb 12, 1990	6.3
19	72 Hours	Feb 17, 1990	9.0
20	Twice In A Lifetime	Feb 24, 1990	9.0
21	Sisters & Other Strangers	Mar 3, 1990	9.0
22	Cheaters	Mar 24, 1990	9.0
23	The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes A Lousy Wedding Present	Mar 31, 1990	9.0
24	All Bets Are Off	Apr 28, 1990	9.0
25	The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (1)	May 5, 1990	8.5
26	The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (2)	May 5, 1990	8.5

Season 6

26 episodes • 1990Avg: 8.6

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Blanche Delivers	Sep 22, 1990	9.0
2	Once, In St. Olaf	Sep 29, 1990	9.0
3	If at Last You Do Succeed	Oct 6, 1990	6.2
4	Snap Out of It	Oct 13, 1990	9.0
5	Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy	Oct 20, 1990	8.5
6	Feelings	Oct 27, 1990	9.0
7	Zborn Again	Nov 3, 1990	9.0
8	How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?	Nov 10, 1990	8.5
9	Mrs. George Devereaux	Nov 17, 1990	9.5
10	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die	Nov 24, 1990	9.0
11	Stand By Your Man	Dec 1, 1990	9.0
12	Ebbtide's Revenge	Dec 15, 1990	9.0
13	The Bloom Is Off The Rose	Jan 5, 1991	8.0
14	Sister of the Bride	Jan 12, 1991	6.7
15	Miles to Go	Jan 19, 1991	9.0
16	There Goes the Bride (1)	Feb 2, 1991	6.3
17	There Goes the Bride (2)	Feb 9, 1991	9.0
18	Older and Wiser	Feb 16, 1991	9.0
19	Melodrama	Feb 16, 1991	9.0
20	Even Grandmas Get the Blues	Mar 2, 1991	9.0
21	Witness	Mar 9, 1991	9.0
22	What a Difference a Date Makes	Mar 23, 1991	9.5
23	Love for Sale	Apr 6, 1991	9.0
24	Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (1)	Apr 27, 1991	8.5
25	Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (2)	Apr 27, 1991	8.5
26	Henny Penny: Straight, No Chaser	May 4, 1991	9.0

Season 7

26 episodes • 1991Avg: 9.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Hey, Look Me Over	Sep 21, 1991	9.0
2	The Case of the Libertine Belle	Sep 28, 1991	9.5
3	Beauty and the Beast	Oct 5, 1991	9.0
4	That's for Me to Know	Oct 12, 1991	9.0
5	Where's Charlie?	Oct 19, 1991	9.0
6	Mother Load	Oct 26, 1991	9.0
7	Dateline: Miami	Nov 2, 1991	6.3
8	The Monkey Show (1)	Nov 9, 1991	9.0
9	The Monkey Show (2)	Nov 9, 1991	10.0
10	Ro$e Love$ Mile$	Nov 16, 1991	9.0
11	Room Seven	Nov 23, 1991	8.5
12	From Here to the Pharmacy	Dec 7, 1991	9.0
13	The Pope's Ring	Dec 14, 1991	9.0
14	Old Boyfriends	Jan 4, 1992	9.0
15	Goodbye, Mr. Gordon	Jan 11, 1992	9.0
16	The Commitments	Jan 25, 1992	9.0
17	Questions and Answers	Feb 8, 1992	9.0
18	Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan	Feb 15, 1992	9.0
19	Journey to the Center of Attention	Feb 22, 1992	9.5
20	A Midwinter Night's Dream (1)	Feb 29, 1992	9.0
21	A Midwinter Night's Dream (2)	Feb 29, 1992	10.0
22	Rose: Portrait Of A Woman	Mar 7, 1992	9.0
23	Home Again, Rose (1)	Apr 25, 1992	9.0
24	Home Again, Rose (2)	May 2, 1992	10.0
25	One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (1)	May 9, 1992	10.0
26	One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (2)	May 9, 1992	10.0

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