Cashodeen, "The Golden Girls" got their start in 1985, not 1986. The first episode aired on September 14, 1985, and Rue and Betty were both on it.
I've known about the 1982 copyright thing for a LONG time. I thought the way "Mama's Family" worked was really weird, because they started mid-season during the 1982-83 TV season (it's hard to believe it was 20 years ago now!), then they went on for all of the 1983-84 TV season, and NBC cut them off and they didn't come back for the 1984-85 or 1985-86 season, but it came back in June 1986, over a month after the regular TV season had ended. They then ran until January 1990, and that was the end.
I've always wondered what was up with that..
