The development that really threatens to upset the applecart is when Blanche tells the girls that the man she's seeing (isn't she always) has proposed to her, and she's considering saying yes. First is that Dorothy's mother, Sophia (Estelle Getty) shows up, her retirement home (RIP, Shady Pines) having burned down. Rather than tell the origin story of how Blanche (Rue McClanahan), Rose (Betty White), and Dorothy (Bea Arthur) became roommates (that would be handled in the Season 1 finale/faux clip show "The Way We Met"), the Golden Girls pilot begins as the girls have already been living together, though two rather momentous events occur that threaten to shake up that arrangement, in good and less-good ways.
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In this new Primetimer feature, we'll look back at pilot episodes of some of the most culturally sticky TV shows in recent memory and see how their initial offerings hold up.
The fun thing about revisiting the pilots of long-running shows is in seeing which elements changed and evolved from the original concept, and which were present from the jump. Even more so when the show goes on to be a huge hit and continues for years, embedding itself in the cultural consciousness. Often written and filmed long before the rest of the series, and subject to tinkering by networks and creators before the show can continue, the TV pilot is a fascinating creature. The campaign garnered enough traction online that it eventually caught the attention of SNL creator Lorne Michaels, who invited White, then 88, to host the show in May 2010.Everything good has to start somewhere, and for beloved TV shows, that usually means the pilot episode. She was so beloved that some determined fans launched a Facebook campaign to convince Saturday Night Live to have White host an episode. Or when she crassly endorsed the Deadpool movie, did vodka shots with David Letterman, or paid tribute to hip hop legend Queen Latifah on VH1’s Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens. Like when she roasted William Shatner for a Comedy Central special and stunned the audience with her unexpectedly racy speech. With a knowing wink, White used her persona as the adorably gullible Rose in later years to shock audiences with unexpectedly bawdy humor. “She is just one of the most spectacular people on the planet,” Junger Witt told Vulture in 2017. When Golden Girls went into syndication, and then became available for streaming, White’s understated comedic brilliance was introduced to a new generation-and they loved her. She also landed guest spots on That 70s Show, Boston Legal, and Bones, and had a memorable turn as “Gammy” in the 2009 rom-com The Proposal. She later turned what was supposed to be a guest spot on Hot in Cleveland into a full-time gig when she was 88 years old. She joined the cast of Bob opposite Bob Newhart in 1993. White was in her early 70s when she said goodbye to Rose for good–but her career was far from finished.
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When the show ended, White continued playing Rose on the spin-off series The Golden Palace, which lasted only one season. The Golden Girls aired on NBC for seven years beginning in 1985, and White was nominated for Outstanding Actress for every year of the show’s run.
White played the daft Rose brilliantly, and won her third Primetime Emmy in her very first season portraying the St.
Why not have her be Rose?'” creator Susan Harris told Vulture in 2017. “When Betty came in, she read the part of Blanche, but Jay Sandrich said, ‘Why have her do Blanche? She already played that character on Mary Tyler Moore. White came in and auditioned to play the seductive homeowner, but the director soon had a stroke of brilliance.
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