Designing Women

Designing Women

6.6/10
CBS Ended Comedy

7 Seasons · 163 Episodes · Premiered September 29, 1986 · Ended May 24, 1993

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield, and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner of and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced single-parent who is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is a naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne Sugarbaker is a self-centered ex-beauty queen who has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

22 episodes
E01
Designing Women
Mon, Sep 29 1986 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Suzanne shocks her co-workers when she begins dating Mary Jo's ex-husband.
E02
The Beauty Contest
Mon, Oct 6 1986 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Suzanne's substantial beauty contest expertise rises to the fore with surprising results when Charlene sponsors Mary Jo's daughter in the Miss Pre-Teen Atlanta Contest.
E03
A Big Affair
Mon, Oct 20 1986 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Suzanne's intimate dinner party, planned to impress an important client, goes awry before it begins when she arranges a date between a more-than-hefty man and a reluc-tant Charlene.
E04
Julia's Son
Mon, Oct 27 1986 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
When Julia's nineteen-year-old son brings his girlfriend home from college, diplomacy becomes impossible when Julia finds that the girl is a forty-year-old professor.
E05
Mary Jo's First Date
Mon, Nov 3 1986 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Concerned that Mary Jo is not having any fun since her divorce, Suzanne arranges a blind date for her with an old acquaintance, while Julia tries to get through an I. R. S. audit with a man she verbally abused when he tried to pick up the women.
E06
Design House
Mon, Nov 17 1986 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Suzanne is tired of her image as front bimbo for Sugarbaker's and wants to be a dec-orator. But she gets discouraged when her first design project burns to the ground.
E07
Perky's Visit
Mon, Nov 24 1986 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Julia and Suzanne's mother arrives with a friend hoping to escape the dull routine of their retirement home by visiting Sugarbakers for Thanksgiving and they find more excitement than they had ever hoped.
E08
I Do, I Don't
Thu, Dec 4 1986 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Julia and her current beau go out for a celebratory dinner and on a whim decide to get married. The next morning finds Julia wanting to get out of the marriage until Reese shows up with the annulment papers.
E09
The IT Men
Thu, Dec 4 1986 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Although Charlene still has a relationship with Mason, she begins dating another man. Unfortunately, unknown to Charlene, her new boyfriend is married.
E10
The Slumber Party
Thu, Dec 18 1986 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
When Suzanne has a voodoo death curse placed on her by her maid, she convinces Julia, Charlene and Mary Jo to spend the night with her so she won't die alone.
E11
New Year's Daze
Thu, Jan 1 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Gala Plans for a New Year's Eve celebration bite the dust when it seems that Charlene's date is the "armed and dangerous" prison escapee Shadow.
E12
Old Spouses Never Die (1)
Sun, Feb 1 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Mary Jo finds the road to romance more than usually rocky and Charlene receives dis-turbing medical news.
E13
Old Spouses Never Die (2)
Sun, Feb 1 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Mary Jo finds the road to romance more than usually rocky and Charlene receives dis-turbing medical news.
E14
Monette
Sun, Feb 8 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
A dilemma faces Sugarbaker's when they ponder the morality of their latest -- and most lucrative -- client.
E15
And Justice for Paul
Sun, Feb 15 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
The women of Sugarbaker's are delighted to pick up sane authentic antique furniture at bargain prices until they wind up in jail for buying stolen furniture.
E16
Reese's Friend
Sun, Feb 22 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Jealousy takes a giant step forward when Julia assumes her friend Reese is overly pre-occupied with the beautiful new attorney in his law office.
E17
Nashville Bound
Mon, Mar 16 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
A chance meeting with a hot-shot promoter at a party convinces Charlene that she will be the next big Nashville music star.
E18
Oh, Suzannah
Mon, Mar 23 1987 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Suzanne brings a new meaning to mother love when she agrees to become a temporary foster mother.
E19
Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene
Mon, Apr 6 1987 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
When Mary Jo's father arrives in Atlanta for a visit and takes a fancy to Charlene, Mary Jo's imagination goes wild.
E20
Seams from a Marriage
Mon, Apr 13 1987 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Integrity and values are tested when Sugarbaker's acquires a flamboyant, spendthrift couple as their latest client.
E21
Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am
Mon, May 4 1987 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
When Suzannes ex-husband, pro baseball player Jack Dent, writes his autobiography detailing his off-the-field activities, she decides to get even and play hardball herself .
E22
Bachelor Suite
Mon, May 11 1987 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
Sexual harassment becomes the order of the day when Mary Jo is subjected to special attention and pressure from a wealthy client.

Season 2

22 episodes

Season 3

22 episodes

Season 4

28 episodes

Season 5

24 episodes

Season 6

23 episodes

Season 7

22 episodes
Annie Potts
Annie Potts as Mary Jo Shively
Dixie Carter
Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker
Delta Burke
Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker
Jean Smart
Jean Smart as Charlene Frazier
Meshach Taylor
Meshach Taylor as Anthony Bouvier
Jan Hooks
Jan Hooks as Carlene Frazier
Alice Ghostley
Alice Ghostley as Bernice Clifton
Judith Ivey
Judith Ivey as B.J. Poteet
Julia Duffy
Julia Duffy as Allison Sugarbaker

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