History Series / GoldenPalace

The successor to the now-classic TV series ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', sans Creator/BeaArthur as Dorothy Zbornak. ''The Golden Palace'' saw Rose Nylund, Blanche Devareaux, and Sophia Petrillo sell their Miami home and move to South Beach to become the owners of an upscale hotel. What they didn't know is that the hotel was in dire straits financially and only two employees were kept on by the previous owners to run the entire hotel: the jack-of-all-trades manager Roland (played by a then-unknown Creator/DonCheadle), and a wisecracking Mexican cook named Chuy (played by [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]]). Adding to the chaos is Oliver, a pre-teen boy who lives at the hotel and is fostered by Roland. Everybody is at odds with each other at first, but they all find a way to work things out as the series progresses and eventually become one big, happy family...for the most part.

* ButtMonkey: Blanche often ends up being this to Rose quite a bit in this show. As a matter of fact, Rose is much more assertive here than she ever was in ''The Golden Girls''. This is {{Lampshaded}} by Dorothy when she makes an appearance on the show...she sees Rose trying to comfort Chuy when he runs into some trouble and exclaims "When did ''Rose'' become the strong one?"

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Rose has come a long way, but she's still pretty ditzy at times.
** Sophia seems to be entering into {{Cloudcuckooland}} territory as well during the show's run.

The successor to the now-classic TV series ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', sans Creator/BeaArthur as Dorothy Zbornak. ''The Golden Palace'' saw Rose Nylund, Blanche Devareaux, and Sophia Petrillo sell their Miami home and move to South Beach to become the owners of an upscale hotel. What they didn't know is that the hotel was in dire straits financially and only two employees were kept on by the previous owners to run the entire hotel: the jack-of-all-trades manager Roland (played by a then-unknown Don Cheadle), and a wisecracking Mexican cook named Chuy (played by Cheech Marin). Adding to the chaos is Oliver, a pre-teen boy who lives at the hotel and is fostered by Roland. Everybody is at odds with each other at first, but they all find a way to work things out as the series progresses and eventually become one big, happy family...for the most part.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Blanche's aforementioned brother Tad, whom Rose and Sophia didn't know existed until he showed up. She unconvincingly handwaves it by saying [[YouNeverAsked it's not the sort of thing that readily comes up in conversation]]. Rose and Sophia (and presumably Dorothy) knew she'd been visiting him for years; in the episode, Blanche has just visited him and says "I saw my special gentleman friend and we had a lovely time and that's all you need to know." It makes sense that she'd be ashamed of Tad, as she was for a long time of her other brother (who is gay), but to pretend Tad doesn't exist seems a bit extreme.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Blanche's aforementioned brother Tad, whom Rose and Sophia didn't know existed until he showed up. She unconvincingly handwaves it by saying [[YouNeverAsked it's not the sort of thing that readily comes up in conversation]]. She seems to harbor some of the same shame she felt over her other brother (who is gay), but acting as if Tad didn't exist seems a bit extreme.

* ButtMonkey: Blanche often ends up being this to Rose quite a bit in this show. As a matter of fact Rose is much more assertive here than she ever was in ''The Golden Girls''.
** This is {{lampshaded}} by Dorothy when she makes an appearance on the show...she sees Rose trying to comfort Chuy when he runs into some trouble and exclaims "When did ROSE become the strong one?"

* CoolOldLady
* CousinOliver: Oliver, natch. Eventually the writers realized just how much of a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] he was and wrote him out of the series.

--> '''Roland:''' "Rose, an old woman upstairs just asked me if she could swim in my piano sized pool. Who do you suppose that could be?"
--> '''Rose:''' "I have no idea."
--> '''Roland:''' "Rose, Vivian is in this hotel!"
--> '''Rose:''' "I don't know what you're talking about."

--> '''Rose:''' "And I'm offended you'd even say such a thing."

!The Golden Palace contains examples of tropes such as:

* SharedUniverse: With the other ''Golden Girls'' spinoffs, ''Empty Nest'' and ''Nurses''. (Once this show left the air, Creator/EstelleGetty's Sophia became a regular on ''Empty Nest''.)

* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Just like the final season of ''The Golden Girls'', an ending tag would usually play over the closing credits. Thanks to Lifetime having a thing for [[CreditsPushback credit crunches]], these weren't seen during their brief run on the channel and haven't been seen on American television since their initial broadcast (they can be seen in international airings, however).

* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Just like the final season of ''The Golden Girls'', an ending tag would usually play over the closing credits. Thanks to Lifetime having a thing for {{Credit Crunch}}es, these weren't seen during their brief run on the channel and haven't been seen on American television since their initial broadcast (they can be seen in international airings, however).

* AfterShow

The series is often forgotten or even unknown except to die-hard ''Golden Girls'' enthusiasts, and never quite lived up to the standards set by its predecessor. There were several things working against it: the show aired on Creator/{{CBS}} during its one-season run, rather than the original show's home of Creator/{{NBC}}, and was placed in the FridayNightDeathSlot against ''Series/FamilyMatters''. The show's radically-changed premise from ''The Golden Girls'' -- a misguided attempt by creator Susan Harris to put a "fresh new spin" on said series -- also alienated longtime ''Golden Girls'' fans and snapped new viewers' WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Further, ratings for ''The Golden Girls'' had already began to slip in the final few seasons of its run, and many felt that the network (and to a certain extent, the remaining ladies) were just milking a cash cow. Perhaps the biggest blow to the series was the undeniable absence of Bea Arthur...the show was funny, but never truly reached the comedic heights it once did without Bea as DeadpanSnarker Dorothy.

In recent years the show has been aired on Lifetime, but only in limited runs (usually as a virtual "eighth season" before the episodes rolled back to Season 1); it was generally excluded from the main ''Golden Girls'' lineup. It has yet to see a DVD release but many fans are still holding out hope.

[[caption-width-right:301:Clockwise from left: Blanche, Sophia and Rose.]]

The series is often forgotten or even unknown except to die-hard ''Golden Girls'' enthusiasts, and never quite lived up to the standards set by its predecessor. There were several things working against it: the show aired on Creator/{{CBS}} during its one-season run, rather than the original show's home of Creator/{{NBC}}, and was placed in what was known at the time as the "death slot" on Friday nights against ''Series/FamilyMatters''. The show's radically-changed premise from ''The Golden Girls'' -- a misguided attempt by creator Susan Harris to put a "fresh new spin" on said series -- also alienated longtime ''Golden Girls'' fans and snapped new viewers' WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Further, ratings for ''The Golden Girls'' had already began to slip in the final few seasons of its run, and many felt that the network (and to a certain extent, the remaining ladies) were just milking a cash cow. Perhaps the biggest blow to the series was the undeniable absence of Bea Arthur...the show was funny, but never truly reached the comedic heights it once did without Bea as DeadpanSnarker Dorothy.