Thank you for being a friend, Doris Roberts and Selma Diamond, because without you, there would be no The Golden Girls.
The Golden Girls celebrates its 40th anniversary on September 14th, and with it, fans can celebrate how this show sprang out of a chance crossover of Remington Steele, Night Court, and Miami Vice. Sorta.
Picture it: Burbank. 1984. NBC decided to film a special to advertise its fall slate of programming, including a hot new show called Miami Vice. A show of sex and drugs and Don Johnson’s pastel suits. And who better way to sell this show full of bikini bods and death-defying detectives than the 58-year-old Roberts and 63-year-old Diamond?