The Golden Palace

The Golden Palace is an American sitcom television series produced as a sequel to The Golden Girls, a continuation without Bea Arthur (though she did guest star in a double episode) that originally aired on CBS from September 1992 to May 1993. It starred Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, Cheech Marin, and Don Cheadle. Billy L. Sullivan also co-starred for the first half of its run. Not as popular as its predecessor, the series aired for a single 24-episode season and was cancelled by CBS.

Ratings were solid early on, but viewership fell steadily as the season progressed. A second season was to be greenlit according to McClanahan, although network executives changed their mind overnight and opted not to renew the series, canceling it in May 1993. Harris attributed the series' failure to Arthur's absence, saying it did not work without her.

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The Golden Palace is an American sitcom television series produced as a sequel to The Golden Girls, a continuation without Bea Arthur (though she did guest star in a double episode) that originally aired on CBS from September 1992 to May 1993. It starred Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, Cheech Marin, and Don Cheadle. Billy L. Sullivan also co-starred for the first half of its run. Not as popular as its predecessor, the series aired for a single 24-episode season and was cancelled by CBS.

Ratings were solid early on, but viewership fell steadily as the season progressed. A second season was to be greenlit according to McClanahan, although network executives changed their mind overnight and opted not to renew the series, canceling it in May 1993. Harris attributed the series' failure to Arthur's absence, saying it did not work without her.

Following the cancellation, White joined the short-lived second season of Bob, which had aired in the same block as The Golden Palace for its first season. Getty went on to portray Sophia in the later seasons of another Golden Girls spin-off, Empty Nest. The character returned to the rebuilt Shady Pines retirement home, which had burned down in the previous series. What became of the characters of Rose, Blanche, Roland, Chuy, and the hotel is left unresolved.

In recognition of what would have been White's 100th birthday, Hulu announced The Golden Palace would be available on their streaming platform starting January 10, 2022. -Per Wikipedia

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