Episode 1: Who Actually Created The Golden Girls? The Executives and Producers S [5:00-6:24]

and you write it, then we'd have to put it on the air because you're wonderful. I mean, it's the script that will compel us. So we co-need up money for Susan Harris to write a script. The first draft that she delivered was sensational. I was running around reading scenes out loud to anyone who would listen, not that I could perform them well, but they were so memorably, memorably funny. The characters were so rich and so strong. And we knew we had something. And then the casting session, Susan wrote, really, with those actresses in mind. But the casting session was like an all-star. This was a pool of talent. And it was similar to what we learned when we did the Cosby show. We were looking at a pool of talent that wasn't being tapped. 50 plus women were not being given jobs in television. They certainly weren't starring in feature films. We had our pick. And that cast was magical. What I went to the taping of that show, sensational. I raced to the phone. I called Brandon and I said, hit show, hit show. I promise you, they never looked back. We knew we had it.