IIRC, Jean Smart was supposed to return to DW from time to time. For whatever reason, though, that never happened. (Of course, that could've been just the "party line" to placate viewers who'd be upset by the loss of one-half of the show's original cast).
I think Betty White said it best in her Emmy acceptance speech: she, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan (or "McCallahan," as Howie Mandel still pronounces it) were a matching set, you couldn't split 'em up. Even if they had replaced Bea/Dorothy with another actress with similar energy, it would not have been the same as having those four ladies sitting around in that kitchen, discussing their romantic and other dilemmas over a cheesecake.
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