Cast
- Betty White as Rose Nylund, a jack-of-all-trades in the hotel. This series sees Rose being of a notably stronger will than her previous incarnation (as Dorothy Zbornak noted in her guest appearance, "When did she become the strong one?").
- Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux, who served as the main operator of the hotel. Her character traits, particularly her promiscuity and vanity, are significantly toned down in this series, although she retains her generally chipper demeanor.
- Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo Weinstock, the hotel's co-chef. In this series, her character is beginning to show signs of senile dementia, and is somewhat more kind and gentle than in the original series.
- Don Cheadle as Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager. He is one of only two staff members retained by the previous ownership. Roland has a notably serious, all-business demeanor and has the least comedic role of any of the characters in the show.
- Cheech Marin as Chuy Castillos, the other co-chef and the other staff member held on by the previous ownership. He nearly quits after getting into a fight with Sophia over Italian vs. Mexican food, but comes back and remains with the staff for the rest of the series run.
- Billy L. Sullivan as Oliver Webb, Roland's foster child for episodes 1-6, 11, and 14. A streetwise, arrogant preteen, Oliver was written out of the series fairly early on, with the character's birth mother retaking custody of him in episode 14.
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