Post by jasonb on Aug 28, 2018 7:54:06 GMT
"It was like a table.. It was missing a leg."- Betty White..
Now, this should rev up some fans...
During Season 7 of the Golden Girls, the show clearly ending, as Bea Arthur had finally called time on her time on the show after 7 years she decided to leave the show (as she called it in interviews 'it was the right time to leave. while the show was still 'on top' or that she had been in TV since 1972 and called herself the 'sitcom queen', after Golden Girls had ended she returned to broadway and made a handful of appearances on TV. Her last award nomination was for her guest episode on Malcom in the Middle ) but by season 7 the show ranked for the first time in 7 years out of the top 10 it ranked 30, and according to the cast and crew documentary they had already planned their continuation series. The Golden Palace, NBC offered 13 episodes but they took it to CBS for the full 24.
It spent its only season ranked 57th.
This little tidbit from The GPs Wikipedia page tells a story:
CBS used The Golden Palace as one of four comedies assembled on Friday night in an effort to combat ABC's TGIF comedy block; The Golden Palace was grouped with Major Dad, Designing Women, and Bob, all of which were either successful comedies prior to the move, or in the case of Bob, featured a previously successful sitcom star (Bob Newhart). The premiere garnered solid ratings, and the show won its timeslot for its first few weeks, but viewership fell steadily for the entire block as the season progressed. CBS had scheduled the show for a second season, but cancelled the show (and the entire block) the night before they announced their 1993 fall schedule. The only one of the four aforementioned shows to get picked up for the 1993–94 season was Bob, which hired Betty White to join its revamped cast. Twenty-four episodes of The Golden Palace were produced.
Now some fans of the Golden Girls will tell you that The Golden Palace wasn't a good idea, and that it should have just been Golden Girls. Some fans even refuse to acknowledge the existence of the series. Others are happy knowing it does exist, myself? I'm on the fence. Always will be.
As everyone who has watched the series knows that Blanche sold the iconic house and bought a hotel, taking Rose and Sophia with her. And the usual hijinks happen when they are running the hotel, Stan makes one final appearance, and Bea comes back for a two parter, and more disappointingly break up Rose and Miles (spoilers if you haven't seen it, BUT its been almost 20 years... and even if you hate Miles it was unfair how they wrote it and how it was done).
What is even more surprising is that stars of the Golden Palace including Don Cheadle and Cheech Marin haven't mentioned in interviews their time on the show, there was always the before interview on joining such a well known cast, but I think I only ever found one interview from Don, Cheech never mentioned it again, and the staff and crew even agreed that it shouldn't have happened that they 'we were all tired. and should've had Bea's good sense to walk away'. now, i'm not blaming anyone, but if you have a successful series, it is worth seeing where you can take a continuation series if it is possible, but the sad thing is no one wanted it or even asked for it. Sadly the series went into oblivion with many other series that were continuations like Archie Bunker's Place.
After the show ended Betty went onto other projects including another go at series TV with 1999s "Ladies Man", Rue was always around TV and did several appearances on series tv, Estelle finished off in the last few seasons of Empty Nest before retiring in 2001 due to ill health.
In a way it was a good idea to try and continue the golden girls brand but a mistake to continue without one of its biggest names.
Now, this should rev up some fans...
During Season 7 of the Golden Girls, the show clearly ending, as Bea Arthur had finally called time on her time on the show after 7 years she decided to leave the show (as she called it in interviews 'it was the right time to leave. while the show was still 'on top' or that she had been in TV since 1972 and called herself the 'sitcom queen', after Golden Girls had ended she returned to broadway and made a handful of appearances on TV. Her last award nomination was for her guest episode on Malcom in the Middle ) but by season 7 the show ranked for the first time in 7 years out of the top 10 it ranked 30, and according to the cast and crew documentary they had already planned their continuation series. The Golden Palace, NBC offered 13 episodes but they took it to CBS for the full 24.
It spent its only season ranked 57th.
This little tidbit from The GPs Wikipedia page tells a story:
CBS used The Golden Palace as one of four comedies assembled on Friday night in an effort to combat ABC's TGIF comedy block; The Golden Palace was grouped with Major Dad, Designing Women, and Bob, all of which were either successful comedies prior to the move, or in the case of Bob, featured a previously successful sitcom star (Bob Newhart). The premiere garnered solid ratings, and the show won its timeslot for its first few weeks, but viewership fell steadily for the entire block as the season progressed. CBS had scheduled the show for a second season, but cancelled the show (and the entire block) the night before they announced their 1993 fall schedule. The only one of the four aforementioned shows to get picked up for the 1993–94 season was Bob, which hired Betty White to join its revamped cast. Twenty-four episodes of The Golden Palace were produced.
Now some fans of the Golden Girls will tell you that The Golden Palace wasn't a good idea, and that it should have just been Golden Girls. Some fans even refuse to acknowledge the existence of the series. Others are happy knowing it does exist, myself? I'm on the fence. Always will be.
As everyone who has watched the series knows that Blanche sold the iconic house and bought a hotel, taking Rose and Sophia with her. And the usual hijinks happen when they are running the hotel, Stan makes one final appearance, and Bea comes back for a two parter, and more disappointingly break up Rose and Miles (spoilers if you haven't seen it, BUT its been almost 20 years... and even if you hate Miles it was unfair how they wrote it and how it was done).
What is even more surprising is that stars of the Golden Palace including Don Cheadle and Cheech Marin haven't mentioned in interviews their time on the show, there was always the before interview on joining such a well known cast, but I think I only ever found one interview from Don, Cheech never mentioned it again, and the staff and crew even agreed that it shouldn't have happened that they 'we were all tired. and should've had Bea's good sense to walk away'. now, i'm not blaming anyone, but if you have a successful series, it is worth seeing where you can take a continuation series if it is possible, but the sad thing is no one wanted it or even asked for it. Sadly the series went into oblivion with many other series that were continuations like Archie Bunker's Place.
After the show ended Betty went onto other projects including another go at series TV with 1999s "Ladies Man", Rue was always around TV and did several appearances on series tv, Estelle finished off in the last few seasons of Empty Nest before retiring in 2001 due to ill health.
In a way it was a good idea to try and continue the golden girls brand but a mistake to continue without one of its biggest names.
