Editing Empty Nest (section)

==Production notes==
In 1991, ''Empty Nest'' spawned its own spinoff, ''[[Nurses (American TV series)|Nurses]]'', a sitcom about a group of nurses working in the same hospital as Dr. Weston. The three series (''Empty Nest'', ''The Golden Girls'' and ''Nurses'') represented one of the few times in American television history that three shows from the same producer, all taking place in the same city and explicitly set up with the characters knowing each other from the very beginning, aired on the same network in one night. On at least two occasions, Harris wrote storylines which carried through all three series as [[fictional crossover]]s.

[[Richard Mulligan]] and [[Dinah Manoff]] (who depict father Harry and daughter Carol in ''Empty Nest'') had previously appeared as onscreen father-in-law and daughter-in-law characters in the show ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', created by the same production team. [[Jay Johnson (ventriloquist)|Jay Johnson]], who had appeared on ''Soap'' as Mulligan's son, also made a guest appearance.

===Theme song===
The show's theme song is "Life Goes On", written by [[John Bettis]] and [[George Tipton]] and performed by [[Billy Vera]]. For the first three seasons, the song is presented in a slower, more melancholy yet comical arrangement. The original opening titles sequence shows Harry Weston taking Dreyfuss for a walk around town, with still images of the other regular cast members shown as they are credited.

When the third season began, a new opening sequence debuted, made up of footage from the series' episodes and showing each of the regular cast members.

For the final four seasons the theme song is presented in a higher, more upbeat arrangement with female backup singers, and the same title sequence introduced in the third season.