The Golden Girls The Golden Girls aired on NBC for seven season, 1985-1992. The 80’s into the early nineties was a time in television that played to the growing over 50+ age group with shows like Matlock, Columbo and Murder She Wrote all receiving high ratings from all generations of viewers. This show however, was different and so successful due to the complex issues and character development that encompassed its 108 episodes. Three women, Dorothy, Blanche, and Rose are housemates after widowhood or divorce changed their lives. Dorothy, a former school teacher and teen-mom, is recently retired and in her 60’s. She is a feminist, and is unyielding in belief that a woman value is not set by her looks, which often creates conflict between
