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The Chew Celebrates Halloween “The Chew”’s biggest Halloween extravaganza in seven seasons will serve up a ghoulishly good time with a seven-course Halloween event! Our talented team of award-winning co-hosts will deliver a spooktacular celebration featuring festive cocktails, delicious main dishes, and an impressive feast of costumes. Check out this irresistible treat with sneak peek of Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Clinton Kelly and Carla Hall as the Golden Girls. You are not going to want to miss the 28 costumes, 24 wigs and headpieces, 18 pairs of shoes, 17 pairs of pants, 12 pairs of glasses, 6 dresses, 5 scarves, 4 pairs of earrings and 2 necklaces on “The Chew”’s Halloween Bash airing Tuesday, October 31 (1 p.m. ET, noon CT/PT) on ABC. Video Courtesy Of: ABC / Disney

**** TELEVISION **** The Golden Girls Trying to figure out how to spend your Mother’s Day? Well, TV Land has made that decision a little bit easier for you! TV Land’s “The Golden Girls” marathon pays tribute to the mother of all mothers, Sophia Petrillo (played by Estelle Getty), the very entertaining but tough-love mom to Dorothy (Bea Arthur). Tune in for the Mom-athon event this Sunday, May 11th from 7pm-10pm ET/PT. TV Land kicks off “The Golden Girls” marathon with “Mother’s Day,” an episode where the girls reminisce about past Mother’s Days as they wait for phone calls from their children. In another episode entitled “Two Rode Together,” Dorothy (Bea Arthur) wants to spend some "quality" time with Sophia (Getty) so she takes her away for the weekend to Disney World. However, her attempts fail when a fed up Sophia storms out. Meanwhile, Rose (Betty White) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) try their hand at writing children's stories. The marathon...

Betty White Betty White as “Hot in Cleveland’s” Elka Ostrovsky faces off against Betty White as “The Golden Girls’” Rose Nylund in a battle of sitcom wits during a hilarious marathon event! Which Betty White will win? Tune in to TV Land today at 5pm ET/PT to root for your favorite!

**** CLASSIC TELEVISION **** Betty White TV Land will debut the Emmy® Award-winning comedy “The Golden Girls” on Saturday, March 16th. Marathons will launch on Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17, from 3-11pm, followed by a week-long primetime tribute to each of the characters. Then, fans take over the air! Viewers can go online now* and choose their favorite episodes on TV Land’s Facebook Page, then watch the results on Friday, March 22 from 7-10pm. After launch week, the show will settle into its regular timeslot of 7pm, Monday through Saturday, and 5pm on Sundays. Fans of “The Golden Girls” can keep up with the series on Facebook and TV Land’s Tumblr, which will be posting fun activities like tips for throwing the best viewing party and character “sass-offs” all week long and beyond! The show revolves around Dorothy (Bea Arthur), Rose (Betty White), Blanche (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia (Estelle Getty), four single women “of a certain age” who live together in ...

**** THE WORLD MORNS GOLDEN GIRL RUE MCCLANAHAN **** Wedding Of Rue McClanahan And Morrow Wilson Rue McClanahan Old friend Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit television show "The Golden Girls," has died of a stroke. She was 76 years old. This is a very sad day in American television history and a very sad for us here at Times Square Gossip. Rue was a old time actress with old time values. She came from the days when stars were really stars and knew how to act like one. I was very lucky to have shot her wedding to actor Morrow Wilson on Christmas day at the famed Waldorf Astoria. Jack Klugman was there and Honeymooner Joyce (Trixie) Randolph as well as many more stars to help her celebrate. The paparazzi were swarming everywhere, but somehow we managed to keep them away and I got the exclusive shots that went worldwide. She looked stunning and was all smiles even know she was fighting ...