List of The Golden Girls episodes

The Golden Girls is a television sitcom that ran on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. A total of 180 episodes were produced, including 7 one-hour episodes.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired		Rank	Rating	Viewers (millions)
			First aired	Last aired
1	25		September 14, 1985 (1985-09-14)	May 10, 1986 (1986-05-10)	7 [1]	21.8	—
2	26		September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27)	May 16, 1987 (1987-05-16)	5 [2]	24.5	—
3	25		September 19, 1987 (1987-09-19)	May 7, 1988 (1988-05-07)	4 [3]	21.8	—
4	26		October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08)	May 13, 1989 (1989-05-13)	6 [4]	21.4	33.1
5	26		September 23, 1989 (1989-09-23)	May 5, 1990 (1990-05-05)	6 [5]	20.1	30.8
6	26		September 22, 1990 (1990-09-22)	May 4, 1991 (1991-05-04)	10 [6]	16.5	24.6
7	26		September 21, 1991 (1991-09-21)	May 9, 1992 (1992-05-09)	30 [7]	13.1	19.2

Episodes

Season 1 (1985–86)

Main article: The Golden Girls season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Rating/share (households)
1	1	"The Engagement"	Jay Sandrich	Susan Harris	September 14, 1985 (1985-09-14)	001	25.0/43 [8]
2	2	"Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?"	Paul Bogart	Winifred Hervey	September 21, 1985 (1985-09-21)	004	22.5/40 [9]
3	3	"Rose the Prude"	Jim Drake	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	September 28, 1985 (1985-09-28)	006	19.0/32 [10]
4	4	"Transplant"	Paul Bogart	Susan Harris	October 5, 1985 (1985-10-05)	005	21.8/37 [11]
5	5	"The Triangle"	Jim Drake	Winifred Hervey	October 19, 1985 (1985-10-19)	009	18.6/30 [12]
6	6	"On Golden Girls"	Jim Drake	Liz Sage	October 26, 1985 (1985-10-26)	007	18.6/31 [13]
7	7	"The Competition"	Jim Drake	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	November 2, 1985 (1985-11-02)	010	19.6/31 [14]
8	8	"Break-In"	Paul Bogart	Susan Harris	November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09)	003	19.0/29 [15]
9	9	"Blanche and the Younger Man"	Jim Drake	James Berg and Stan Zimmerman	November 16, 1985 (1985-11-16)	011	23.2/36 [16]
10	10	"The Heart Attack"	Jim Drake	Susan Harris	November 23, 1985 (1985-11-23)	013	23.6/37 [17]
11	11	"Stan's Return"	Jim Drake	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	November 30, 1985 (1985-11-30)	012	23.2/37 [18]
12	12	"The Custody Battle"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey	December 7, 1985 (1985-12-07)	014	20.3/33 [19]
13	13	"A Little Romance"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14)	015	21.9/36 [20]
14	14	"That Was No Lady"	Jim Drake	Liz Sage	December 21, 1985 (1985-12-21)	008	19.3/33 [21]
15	15	"In a Bed of Rose's"	Terry Hughes	Susan Harris	January 11, 1986 (1986-01-11)	016	24.0/38 [22]
16	16	"The Truth Will Out"	Terry Hughes	Susan Beavers	January 18, 1986 (1986-01-18)	017	24.2/39 [23]
17	17	"Nice and Easy"	Terry Hughes	Stuart Silverman	February 1, 1986 (1986-02-01)	018	22.8/37 [24]
18	18	"The Operation"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey	February 8, 1986 (1986-02-08)	019	21.5/34 [25]
19	19	"Second Motherhood"	Gary Shimokawa	Christopher Lloyd	February 15, 1986 (1986-02-15)	020	21.7/33 [26]
20	20	"Adult Education"	Jack Shea	James Berg and Stan Zimmerman	February 22, 1986 (1986-02-22)	021	25.2/41 [27]
21	21	"The Flu"	Terry Hughes	James Berg and Stan Zimmerman	March 1, 1986 (1986-03-01)	023	24.6/41 [28]
22	22	"Job Hunting"	Paul Bogart	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	March 8, 1986 (1986-03-08)	002	22.3/37 [29]
23	23	"Blind Ambitions"	Terry Hughes	Bob Colleary	March 29, 1986 (1986-03-29)	024	21.8/38 [30]
24	24	"Big Daddy"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	May 3, 1986 (1986-05-03)	022	21.7/39 [31]
25	25	"The Way We Met"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Winifred Hervey, Mort Nathan, and Barry Fanaro	May 10, 1986 (1986-05-10)	025	19.9/38 [32]

Season 2 (1986–87)

Main article: The Golden Girls season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Rating/share (households)
26	1	"End of the Curse"	Terry Hughes	Susan Harris	September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27)	026	25.6/45 [33]
27	2	"Ladies of the Evening"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	October 4, 1986 (1986-10-04)	027	27.3/47 [34]
28	3	"Take Him, He's Mine"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11)	028	24.6/40 [35]
29	4	"It's a Miserable Life"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	November 1, 1986 (1986-11-01)	034	25.0/43 [36]
30	5	"Isn't It Romantic?"	Terry Hughes	Jeffrey Duteil	November 8, 1986 (1986-11-08)	029	27.3/45 [37]
31	6	"Big Daddy's Little Lady"	David Steinberg	Russell Marcus	November 15, 1986 (1986-11-15)	035	25.3/42 [38]
32	7	"Family Affair"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey	November 22, 1986 (1986-11-22)	036	26.8/43 [39]
33	8	"Vacation"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey	November 29, 1986 (1986-11-29)	030	25.0/41 [40]
34	9	"Joust Between Friends"	Terry Hughes	Scott Spencer Gordon	December 6, 1986 (1986-12-06)	031	23.6/39 [41]
35	10	"Love, Rose"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	December 13, 1986 (1986-12-13)	037	23.8/40 [42]
36	11	"'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	December 20, 1986 (1986-12-20)	038	23.5/41 [43]
37	12	"The Sisters"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	January 3, 1987 (1987-01-03)	039	27.0/41 [44]
38	13	"The Stan Who Came to Dinner"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	January 10, 1987 (1987-01-10)	041	26.6/41 [45]
39	14	"The Actor"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	January 17, 1987 (1987-01-17)	040	25.0/40 [46]
40	15	"Before and After"	Terry Hughes	Bob Rosenfarb	January 24, 1987 (1987-01-24)	032	26.4/42 [47]
41	16	"And Then There Was One"	Terry Hughes	Russell Marcus	January 31, 1987 (1987-01-31)	042	21.8/35 [48]
42	17	"Bedtime Story"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Mort Nathan, and Barry Fanaro	February 7, 1987 (1987-02-07)	043	24.1/39 [49]
43	18	"Forgive Me, Father"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	February 14, 1987 (1987-02-14)	045	23.7/38 [50]
44	19	"Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21)	046	24.5/41 [51]
45	20	"Whose Face Is This, Anyway?"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey	February 28, 1987 (1987-02-28)	044	25.8/43 [52]
46	21	"Dorothy's Prized Pupil"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	March 14, 1987 (1987-03-14)	033	23.8/38 [53]
47	22	"Diamond in the Rough"	Terry Hughes	Jan Fischer and William Weidner	March 21, 1987 (1987-03-21)	047	23.3/39 [54]
48	23	"Son-in-Law Dearest"	Terry Hughes	Patt Shea and Harriet Weiss	April 11, 1987 (1987-04-11)	048	23.0/38 [55]
49	24	"To Catch a Neighbor"	Terry Hughes	Russell Marcus	May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02)	049	19.5/36 [56]
50	25	"A Piece of Cake"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Mort Nathan, and Barry Fanaro	May 9, 1987 (1987-05-09)	050	19.2/37 [57]
51	26	"Empty Nests"	Jay Sandrich	Susan Harris	May 16, 1987 (1987-05-16)	051	17.8/34 [58]

Season 3 (1987–88)

Main article: The Golden Girls season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Rating/share (households)
52	1	"Old Friends"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	September 19, 1987 (1987-09-19)	055	23.0/41 [59]
53	2	"One for the Money"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, and Winifred Hervey Stallworth	September 26, 1987 (1987-09-26)	057	22.3/40 [60]
54	3	"Bringing Up Baby"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	October 3, 1987 (1987-10-03)	052	24.4/44 [61]
55	4	"The Housekeeper"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey Stallworth	October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17)	058	20.3/36 [62]
56	5	"Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	October 24, 1987 (1987-10-24)	056	24.2/43 [63]
57	6	"Letter to Gorbachev"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	October 31, 1987 (1987-10-31)	060	18.9/34 [64]
58	7	"Strange Bedfellows"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	November 7, 1987 (1987-11-07)	054	23.1/41 [65]
59	8	"Brotherly Love"	Terry Hughes	Jeffrey Ferro and Fredric Weiss	November 14, 1987 (1987-11-14)	061	22.2/39 [66]
60	9	"A Visit from Little Sven"	Terry Hughes	David Nichols	November 21, 1987 (1987-11-21)	059	21.7/33 [67]
61	10	"The Audit"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey Stallworth	November 28, 1987 (1987-11-28)	053	22.9/39 [68]
62	11	"Three on a Couch"	Terry Hughes	Jeffrey Ferro and Fredric Weiss	December 5, 1987 (1987-12-05)	064	23.7/41 [69]
63	12	"Charlie's Buddy"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	December 12, 1987 (1987-12-12)	062	21.0/37 [70]
64	13	"The Artist"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	December 19, 1987 (1987-12-19)	065	22.0/40 [71]
65	14	"Blanche's Little Girl"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	January 9, 1988 (1988-01-09)	067	23.8/36 [72]
66	15	"Dorothy's New Friend"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16)	066	23.8/39 [73]
67	16	"Grab That Dough"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey Stallworth	January 23, 1988 (1988-01-23)	063	21.9/36 [74]
68	17	"My Brother, My Father"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	February 6, 1988 (1988-02-06)	068	24.6/39 [75]
69	18	"Golden Moments"	Terry Hughes	Story by : Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman Teleplay by : Mort Nathan and Barry Fanaro	February 13, 1988 (1988-02-13)	069	24.4/40 [76]
70	19					070
71	20	"And Ma Makes Three"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey Stallworth	February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20)	071	18.0/28 [77]
72	21	"Larceny and Old Lace"	Terry Hughes	Story by : Jeffrey Ferro and Fredric Weiss Teleplay by : Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27)	072	18.2/28 [78]
73	22	"Rose's Big Adventure"	Terry Hughes	Jeff Abugov	March 12, 1988 (1988-03-12)	075	21.4/36 [79]
74	23	"Mixed Blessings"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	March 19, 1988 (1988-03-19)	073	22.5/38 [80]
75	24	"Mister Terrific"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	April 30, 1988 (1988-04-30)	074	20.5/37 [81]
76	25	"Mother's Day"	Terry Hughes	Story by : Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman Teleplay by : Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	May 7, 1988 (1988-05-07)	076	21.2/40 [82]

Season 4 (1988–89)

Main article: The Golden Girls season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
77	1	"Yes, We Have No Havanas"	Terry Hughes	Mort Nathan and Barry Fanaro	October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08)	078	32.6 [83]
78	2	"The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	October 22, 1988 (1988-10-22)	077	28.7 [84]
79	3	"The One That Got Away"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)	080	31.3 [85]
80	4	"Yokel Hero"	Terry Hughes	Martin Weiss and Robert Bruce	November 5, 1988 (1988-11-05)	081	34.5 [86]
81	5	"Bang the Drum, Stanley"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	November 12, 1988 (1988-11-12)	079	33.1 [87]
82	6	"Sophia's Wedding: Part 1"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	November 19, 1988 (1988-11-19)	082	35.7 [88]
83	7	"Sophia's Wedding: Part 2"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	November 26, 1988 (1988-11-26)	083	38.2 [89]
84	8	"Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	December 3, 1988 (1988-12-03)	084	34.5 [90]
85	9	"Scared Straight"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10)	086	34.2 [91]
86	10	"Stan Takes a Wife"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey-Stallworth	January 7, 1989 (1989-01-07)	087	35.2 [92]
87	11	"The Auction"	Terry Hughes	Eric Cohen	January 14, 1989 (1989-01-14)	085	33.5 [93]
88	12	"Blind Date"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	January 28, 1989 (1989-01-28)	089	32.8 [94]
89	13	"The Impotence of Being Ernest"	Steve Zuckerman	Story by : Kevin Abbott Teleplay by : Rick Copp and David A. Goodman	February 4, 1989 (1989-02-04)	090	36.3 [95]
90	14	"Love Me Tender"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	February 6, 1989 (1989-02-06)	088	34.8 [96]
91	15	"Valentine's Day"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Barry Fanaro, and Mort Nathan	February 11, 1989 (1989-02-11)	101	36.0 [96]
92	16	"Two Rode Together"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	February 18, 1989 (1989-02-18)	091	34.9 [97]
93	17	"You Gotta Have Hope"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan	February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25)	092	34.9 [98]
94	18	"Fiddler on the Ropes"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman	March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04)	093	35.9 [99]
95	19	"Till Death Do We Volley"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)	096	30.8 [100]
96	20	"High Anxiety"	Terry Hughes	Martin Weiss and Robert Bruce	March 25, 1989 (1989-03-25)	097	31.1 [101]
97	21	"Little Sister"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	April 1, 1989 (1989-04-01)	098	30.7 [102]
98	22	"Sophia's Choice"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	April 15, 1989 (1989-04-15)	099	29.7 [103]
99	23	"Rites of Spring"	Terry Hughes	Eric Cohen	April 29, 1989 (1989-04-29)	102	27.8 [104]
100	24	"Foreign Exchange"	Terry Hughes	Harriet B. Helberg and Sandy Helberg	May 6, 1989 (1989-05-06)	100	29.3 [105]
101	25	"We're Outta Here"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Kathy Speer, and Terry Grossman	May 13, 1989 (1989-05-13)	094	30.2 [106]
102	26					095

Season 5 (1989–90)

Main article: The Golden Girls season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
103	1	"Sick and Tired: Part 1"	Terry Hughes	Susan Harris	September 23, 1989 (1989-09-23)	103	34.8 [107]
104	2	"Sick and Tired: Part 2"	Terry Hughes	Susan Harris	September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)	104	34.8 [108]
105	3	"Accurate Conception"	Terry Hughes	Gail Parent	October 14, 1989 (1989-10-14)	105	28.4 [109]
106	4	"Rose Fights Back"	Terry Hughes	Marc Sotkin	October 21, 1989 (1989-10-21)	106	30.7 [110]
107	5	"Love Under the Big Top"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	October 28, 1989 (1989-10-28)	108	28.8 [111]
108	6	"Dancing in the Dark"	Terry Hughes	Phillip Jayson Lasker	November 4, 1989 (1989-11-04)	110	31.0 [112]
109	7	"Not Another Monday"	Terry Hughes	Gail Parent	November 11, 1989 (1989-11-11)	109	32.2 [113]
110	8	"That Old Feeling"	Terry Hughes	Tom Whedon	November 18, 1989 (1989-11-18)	107	33.6 [114]
111	9	"Comedy of Errors"	Terry Hughes	Don Reo	November 25, 1989 (1989-11-25)	113	31.3 [115]
112	10	"All That Jazz"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	December 2, 1989 (1989-12-02)	111	30.1 [116]
113	11	"Ebb Tide"	Terry Hughes	Marc Sotkin	December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09)	112	31.4 [117]
114	12	"Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas"	Terry Hughes	Tom Whedon	December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16)	115	31.2 [118]
115	13	"Mary Has a Little Lamb"	Terry Hughes	Harold Apter	January 6, 1990 (1990-01-06)	117	34.8 [119]
116	14	"Great Expectations"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	January 13, 1990 (1990-01-13)	116	32.2 [120]
117	15	"Triple Play"	Terry Hughes	Gail Parent	January 27, 1990 (1990-01-27)	119	33.0 [121]
118	16	"Clinton Avenue Memoirs"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy & Tracy Gamble	February 3, 1990 (1990-02-03)	114	32.4 [122]
119	17	"Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom"	Terry Hughes	Phillip Jayson Lasker	February 10, 1990 (1990-02-10)	120	31.0 [123]
120	18	"An Illegitimate Concern"	Terry Hughes	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12)	118	28.2 [124]
121	19	"72 Hours"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	February 17, 1990 (1990-02-17)	121	31.3 [124]
122	20	"Twice in a Lifetime"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	February 24, 1990 (1990-02-24)	122	32.1 [125]
123	21	"Sisters and Other Strangers"	Terry Hughes	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	March 3, 1990 (1990-03-03)	123	31.0 [126]
124	22	"Cheaters"	Terry Hughes	Tom Whedon	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)	124	30.3 [127]
125	23	"The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present"	Terry Hughes	Phillip Jayson Lasker	March 31, 1990 (1990-03-31)	125	30.0 [128]
126	24	"All Bets Are Off"	Terry Hughes	Eugene B. Stein	April 28, 1990 (1990-04-28)	126	22.4 [129]
127	25	"The President's Coming! The President's Coming!"	Lex Passaris	Marc Sotkin, Gail Parent, Martin Weiss, Robert Bruce, Philip Jayson Lasker, Tom Whedon, Marc Cherry, and Jamie Wooten	May 5, 1990 (1990-05-05)	127	24.1 [130]
128	26					128

Season 6 (1990–91)

Main article: The Golden Girls season 6

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
129	1	"Blanche Delivers"	Matthew Diamond	Gail Parent and Jim Vallely	September 22, 1990 (1990-09-22)	129	27.9 [131]
130	2	"Once, in St. Olaf"	Matthew Diamond	Harold Apter	September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)	131	26.6 [132]
131	3	"If At Last You Do Succeed"	Matthew Diamond	Robert Spina	October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06)	132	25.4 [133]
132	4	"Snap Out of It"	Matthew Diamond	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	October 13, 1990 (1990-10-13)	130	24.5 [134]
133	5	"Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy!"	Matthew Diamond	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	October 20, 1990 (1990-10-20)	133	21.7 [135]
134	6	"Feelings"	Matthew Diamond	Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian	October 27, 1990 (1990-10-27)	134	24.6 [136]
135	7	"Zborn Again"	Matthew Diamond	Mitchell Hurwitz	November 3, 1990 (1990-11-03)	135	23.2 [137]
136	8	"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?"	Matthew Diamond	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	November 10, 1990 (1990-11-10)	136	27.5 [138]
137	9	"Mrs. George Devereaux"	Matthew Diamond	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	November 17, 1990 (1990-11-17)	138	26.7 [139]
138	10	"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Before They Die"	Matthew Diamond	Gail Parent and Jim Vallely	November 24, 1990 (1990-11-24)	139	27.7 [140]
139	11	"Stand By Your Man"	Matthew Diamond	Tom Whedon	December 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)	137	23.1 [141]
140	12	"Ebbtide's Revenge"	Matthew Diamond	Marc Sotkin	December 15, 1990 (1990-12-15)	140	25.6 [142]
141	13	"The Bloom Is Off the Rose"	Matthew Diamond	Phillip Jayson Lasker	January 5, 1991 (1991-01-05)	142	27.2 [143]
142	14	"Sister of the Bride"	Matthew Diamond	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	January 12, 1991 (1991-01-12)	141	29.8 [144]
143	15	"Miles to Go"	Matthew Diamond	Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian	January 19, 1991 (1991-01-19)	145	23.3 [145]
144	16	"There Goes the Bride: Part 1"	Matthew Diamond	Story by : Gail Parent, Jim Vallely, and Mitchell Hurwitz Teleplay by : Mitchell Hurwitz	February 2, 1991 (1991-02-02)	143	26.3 [146]
145	17	"There Goes the Bride: Part 2"	Matthew Diamond	Gail Parent and Jim Vallely	February 9, 1991 (1991-02-09)	144	26.4 [147]
146	18	"Older and Wiser"	Matthew Diamond	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	February 16, 1991 (1991-02-16)	146	17.4 [148]
147	19	"Melodrama"	Matthew Diamond	Robert Spina	February 16, 1991 (1991-02-16)	147	22.2 [148]
148	20	"Even Grandmas Get the Blues"	Robert Berlinger	Gail Parent and Jim Vallely	March 2, 1991 (1991-03-02)	149	23.8 [149]
149	21	"Witness"	Zane Buzby	Mitchell Hurwitz	March 9, 1991 (1991-03-09)	148	24.0 [150]
150	22	"What a Difference a Date Makes"	Lex Passaris	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	March 23, 1991 (1991-03-23)	150	24.6 [151]
151	23	"Love for Sale"	Peter D. Beyt	Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian	April 6, 1991 (1991-04-06)	151	22.0 [152]
152	24	"Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home"	Matthew Diamond	Story by : Gail Parent Teleplay by : Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy, Tom Whedon, and Mitchell Hurwitz	April 27, 1991 (1991-04-27)	153	21.0 [153]
153	25			Story by : Jim Vallely Teleplay by : Richard Vaczy, Tracy Gamble, Don Seigel, and Jerry Perzigian		154
154	26	"Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser"	Judy Pioli	Tom Whedon	May 4, 1991 (1991-05-04)	152	22.0 [154]

Season 7 (1991–92)

Main article: The Golden Girls season 7

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
155	1	"Hey, Look Me Over"	Lex Passaris	Mitchell Hurwitz	September 21, 1991 (1991-09-21)	155	20.3 [155]
156	2	"The Case of the Libertine Belle"	Lex Passaris	Tom Whedon	September 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)	157	15.7 [156]
157	3	"Beauty and the Beast"	Lex Passaris	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	October 5, 1991 (1991-10-05)	158	18.2 [157]
158	4	"That's for Me to Know"	Lex Passaris	Kevin Abbott	October 12, 1991 (1991-10-12)	159	19.2 [158]
159	5	"Where's Charlie?"	Lex Passaris	Gail Parent and Jim Vallely	October 19, 1991 (1991-10-19)	156	15.5 [159]
160	6	"Mother Load"	Lex Passaris	Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian	October 26, 1991 (1991-10-26)	160	15.2 [160]
161	7	"Dateline: Miami"	Peter D. Beyt	Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten	November 2, 1991 (1991-11-02)	163	18.7 [161]
162	8	"The Monkey Show"	Lex Passaris	Mitchell Hurwitz and Marc Sotkin	November 9, 1991 (1991-11-09)	161	24.7 [162]
163	9					162
164	10	"Ro$e Love$ Mile$"	Lex Passaris	Don Seigel, Jerry Perzigian, Richard Vaczy, and Tracy Gamble	November 16, 1991 (1991-11-16)	164	20.3 [163]
165	11	"Room 7"	Peter D. Beyt	Tracy Gamble and Richard Vaczy	November 23, 1991 (1991-11-23)	165	19.7 [164]
166	12	"From Here to the Pharmacy"	Lex Passaris	Gail Parent and Jim Vallely	December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)	166	17.6 [165]
167	13	"The Pope's Ring"	Lex Passaris	Kevin Abbott	December 14, 1991 (1991-12-14)	167	16.6 [166]
168	14	"Old Boyfriends"	Peter D. Beyt	Jamie Wooten and Marc Cherry	January 4, 1992 (1992-01-04)	168	20.5 [167]
169	15	"Goodbye, Mr. Gordon"	Lex Passaris	Gail Parent and Jim Vallely	January 11, 1992 (1992-01-11)	169	19.8 [168]
170	16	"The Commitments"	Lex Passaris	Tracy Gamble and Richard Vaczy	January 25, 1992 (1992-01-25)	170	18.9 [169]
171	17	"Questions and Answers"	Lex Passaris	Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian	February 8, 1992 (1992-02-08)	171	19.9 [170]
172	18	"Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan"	Lex Passaris	Marc Sotkin	February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15)	172	16.0 [171]
173	19	"Journey to the Center of Attention"	Lex Passaris	Jamie Wooten and Marc Cherry	February 22, 1992 (1992-02-22)	173	17.8 [172]
174	20	"A Midwinter Night's Dream"	Lex Passaris	Kevin Abbott	February 29, 1992 (1992-02-29)	174	21.9 [173]
175	21			Tom Whedon		175
176	22	"Rose: Portrait of a Woman"	Lex Passaris	Robert Spina	March 7, 1992 (1992-03-07)	176	19.4 [174]
177	23	"Home Again, Rose: Part 1"	Peter D. Beyt	Gail Parent	April 25, 1992 (1992-04-25)	177	17.7 [175]
178	24	"Home Again, Rose: Part 2"	Peter D. Beyt	Jim Vallely	May 2, 1992 (1992-05-02)	178	20.0 [176]
179	25	"One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest"	Lex Passaris	Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian	May 9, 1992 (1992-05-09)	179	27.2 [177]
180	26			Mitchell Hurwitz		180

Television special

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments	Andrew Solt	Andrew Solt, Greg Vines	June 2, 2003 (2003-06-02)
Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Betty White host a Golden Girls retrospective featuring a montage of clips from their favorite episodes and musical moments from the show, never-before-seen bloopers and outtakes, as well as interviews with executive producers Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, and creator/writer Susan Harris. Estelle Getty was unable to participate due to failing health. This special aired not on NBC, but on the Lifetime cable channel, which was running reruns of the series at the time.

Ratings

The Golden Girls : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
	1	25.0	22.5	19.0	21.8	18.6	18.6	19.6	19.0	23.2	23.6	23.2	20.3	21.9	19.3	24.0	24.2	22.8	21.5	21.7	25.2	24.6	22.3	21.8	21.7	19.9	–
	2	25.6	27.3	24.6	25.0	27.3	25.3	26.8	25.0	23.6	23.8	23.5	27.0	26.6	25.0	26.4	21.8	24.1	23.7	24.5	25.8	23.8	23.3	23.0	19.5	19.2	17.8
	3	23.0	22.3	24.4	20.3	24.2	18.9	23.1	22.2	21.7	22.9	23.7	21.0	22.0	23.8	23.8	21.9	24.6	24.4	24.4	18.0	18.2	21.4	22.5	20.5	21.2	–
	4	32.6	28.7	31.3	34.5	33.1	35.7	38.2	34.5	34.2	35.2	33.5	32.8	36.3	34.8	36.0	34.9	34.9	35.9	30.8	31.1	30.7	29.7	27.8	29.3	30.2	30.2
	5	34.8	34.8	28.4	30.7	28.8	31.0	32.2	33.6	31.3	30.1	31.4	31.2	34.8	32.2	33.0	32.4	31.0	28.2	31.3	32.1	31.0	30.3	30.0	22.4	24.1	24.1
	6	27.9	26.6	25.4	24.5	21.7	24.6	23.2	27.5	26.7	27.7	23.1	25.6	27.2	29.8	23.3	26.3	26.4	17.4	22.2	23.8	24.0	24.6	22.0	21.0	21.0	22.0
	7	20.3	15.7	18.2	19.2	15.5	15.2	18.7	24.7	24.7	20.3	19.7	17.6	16.6	20.5	19.8	18.9	19.9	16.0	17.8	21.9	21.9	19.4	17.7	20.0	27.2	27.2

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research ^[178]

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157. Donlon, Brian (October 9, 1991). "Cable pulls network's plug". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
158. Donlon, Brian (October 16, 1991). "Hearings score a win for NBC". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
159. Donlon, Brian (October 23, 1991). "CBS bats one out of the park". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
160. Donlon, Brian (October 30, 1991). "Close Series wins big for CBS". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
161. Donlon, Brian (November 6, 1991). "Ratings contest narrows". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
162. Donlon, Brian (November 13, 1991). "NBC's hurricane windfall". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
163. Donlon, Brian (November 20, 1991). "'60 Minutes' clocks a 3rd win". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
164. Donlon, Brian (November 27, 1991). "CBS scores a strong win". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
165. Donlon, Brian (December 11, 1991). "Football a winner for NBC". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
166. Donlon, Brian (December 18, 1991). "St. Nick arrives early for CBS". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
167. Donlon, Brian (January 8, 1992). "CBS tops a week of firsts". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
168. "Pigskin plays in to CBS win". Life. USA Today . January 15, 1992. p. 3D.
169. Donlon, Brian (January 29, 1992). "NBC's horror tale surprise". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
170. Donlon, Brian (February 12, 1992). "CBS mines Olympic gold". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
171. Donlon, Brian (February 19, 1992). "CBS wins, but ABC gets silver". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
172. Donlon, Brian (February 26, 1992). "CBS' all-around Olympic win". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
173. Donlon, Brian (March 4, 1992). "Last-place Fox is rising fast". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
174. Donlon, Brian (March 11, 1992). "'Indy' boosts ABC". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
175. Gable, Donna (April 29, 1992). "ABC wins with news, goodbyes". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
176. Gable, Donna (May 6, 1992). "'Cosby' goes out on top". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
177. Donlon, Brian (May 13, 1992). "Finales put NBC in first". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
178. See individual ratings citations in this article.

External links

• The Golden Girls at IMDb
• The Golden Girls at epguides.com