The extra male characters constant presence. The show was always great because it was the Golden GIRLS four women now they got rid of Dorothy leaving a wonderful comedy team of Estelle,Rue and Betty. Which would of worked. Adding annoying characters including a kid in the 90s always leads to a fail. Also story lines like rebel flag after blanche already did that in the Golden girls realizing she's like a pinch Jewish. So being that they added a black man they felt the need to reteach blanche AGAIN that that kind of world is disgusting. I still watched it of course but it was DOA. I'll never say the show ran it's course because to this day I watch the exact same Golden girls episodes every night. The palace is honestly disrespectful to one of the funniest shows ever. How do you fail this badly.