The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls was a popular television sitcom that originally aired Saturday nights on the NBC network from September 14, 1985 to September 7, 1992. It can now be seen in syndication frequently on the Lifetime cable network in the United States, Prime in Canada and Living TV in the UK.

After cancellation

Syndication

American syndicated reruns began in the fall of 1990, distributed by Buena Vista Television, the syndication arm of The Walt Disney Company, whose Touchstone Pictures division produced the series. Starting in 1997, the Lifetime cable network acquired the exclusive rights to repeat the episodes in the US, which they still have as of 2005.

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1990 - The Walt Disney Company - Touchstone Pictures - 1997 - 2005

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In 2003, Lifetime Television hosted a special Golden Girls retrospective, showing some popular episodes as well as a reunion special featuring Arthur, McClanahan and White reminiscing about their times on the show. Herb Edelman, who had played Dorothy's unorganized ex-husband Stan, had passed away before the reunion was broadcast. Arthur paid tribute to Edelman, saying that he was very nice and was not like his character of Stan.

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2003 - Lifetime Television - Herb Edelman

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DVD

On November 23, 2004, the first season of the series went on sale on DVD in Region 1 and on June 28, 2005, in Region 2. The second season went on sale in Region 1 on May 17, 2005, while the second season went on sale in Region 2 on August 1, 2005. The third season goes on sale in Region 1on November 22, 2005. These discs are the only way to see uncut episodes of the series; these versions have not seen the light of day since their original network airings, and include snippets of dialogue and entire scenes that do not appear in the current syndicated versions.

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November 23 - 2004 - DVD - June 28 - 2005 - May 17 - August 1 - November 22

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