Betty White Dead At 99: How ‘The Golden Girls’ Changed TV— OK! Special Report

By that point, Tartikoff was already ruminating on a similar sitcom idea after watching his elderly aunt bicker with her friends on a visit to Florida. Enter Soap and Benson producers Paul Witt and Tony Thomas, who pitched NBC a show about a lady lawyer. The network’s VP of comedy, Warren Littlefield, wasn’t interested, but he shared Brandon’s brainstorm with them. Paul brought the concept home to his wife, Susan Harris, knowing she’d love it. “As soon as Paul used the word ‘older,’ that got me,” Susan told author Jim Colucci, who chronicled the show’s history in his book Golden… Read Full Article