Fake news website Empirenews tried to make people believe on January 26th 2017 that "The Golden Girls" was getting rebooted on Netflix. Their fake announcement read:
Betty White has always said that she plans to work up until the day she dies, and at 96 years young, she's not kidding. The actress, who is perhaps best known for her role on the 80s sitcom The Golden Girls, says that she has inked a deal with Netflix, who acquired the rights to the show from NBC, to appear once again as her iconic character, Rose Nylund, for a series reboot filming this year.
In fact, the rights to the show belong to Viacom and it has recently been announced that Hulu will be streaming the old episodes. Netflix has not announced anywhere that they will be making a reboot.
Also, Empirenews includes this disclaimer on their website:
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So don't be fooled like all the people who shared the news online, as this graph created with Trendolizer shows:
