The Golden Girls: Three older, nearing-retirement-age (plus one elderly) women share a fashionable house in Miami, Florida. Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) owned the house; Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), who found an ad for the house in the newspaper; and Rose Nylund (Betty White), who responded to an ad looking for roommates on the bulletin board of a local grocery store. Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy were later joined by Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), when Sophia's retirement home, Shady Pines, burned down. In the pilot episode, the character Coco (played by Charles Levin), a gay man who was the ladies' cook, was also featured, but was dropped from the show after the pilot. Originally, the character of Sophia was intended to appear only sporadically, but Getty's portrayal proved so popular with test audiences that the decision was made to drop Coco, and hastily write Sophia into the earliest scripts (Many of Sophia's famous zingers and one liners were originally written for the Coco character.)

The show starred Beatrice Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak; Betty White as Rose Nylund; Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux; and Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, Dorothy's mother.

Originally, McClanahan was cast as Rose and White was cast as Blanche, but both actresses felt the roles were too similar to those they had played previously. White had portrayed man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, while McClanahan had co-starred as sweet but scatterbrained Vivian Harmon opposite Arthur in Maude. Anxious not to be stereotyped, the two suggested they switch roles, and the producers agreed.

During its original run, The Golden Girls won 65 Emmy nominations, 11 Emmy awards, 4 Golden Globe Awards, and 2 Viewers for Quality Television awards. All the lead actresses won Emmy Awards for their performances on the show.

Display: Full Screen Version

Region Code: Region FREE. Will play in any DVD player or PC.

Number of discs: 21 DVD's

Language: Original English Audio

Subtitle: English (can be switched on/off using your DVD remote control)

Condition: Brand New, Factory Sealed

International Release Edition