Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “The Golden Girls”
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Veronica Wells
The Idea
Brandon Tartikoff was NBC’s go-to-guy. And for good reason. He turned the company around bringing “Hill Street Blues,” “Law & Order,” “ALF” “Seinfield,” “The Cosby Show” and several other hit shows to the network. He originally conceived of the idea for “The Golden Girls” after visiting his elderly aunt. He watched as she bickered with her next-door neighbor, who just so happened to be her best friend. From there, he solicited the help of Paul Junger Witt and Peter Thomas to write the show. Junger Witt said he would present the idea to his wife, Susan Harris, who was supposed to be going into retirement. She found the idea so interesting that she postponed it to work on the show.
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