The Golden Ladies was a comedy powerhouse for seven seasons on NBC, till it concluded its run in 1992 — due largely to Bea Arthur‘s disinterest in persevering with with the present. Whereas rankings had been declining a bit in the course of the seventh season, the present had been a high 10 hit for its first six seasons, in addition to an awards magnet — not the kind of present that stars often flee. However Arthur left for 2 causes — one in all which needed to do along with her disappointment about how the present dealt with her character.
Although some imagine Arthur left the present due to her on-again, off-again, often icy relationship with co-star Betty White, that basically wasn’t it. Regardless of their extraordinarily totally different personalities, each stars had a ton of respect for one another.