For other uses, see Designing Women (disambiguation).
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Designing Women
Original cast (1986–1991)
Genre
Sitcom
Created by
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Starring
Dixie Carter
Annie Potts
Meshach Taylor
Delta Burke
Jean Smart
Alice Ghostley
Jan Hooks
Julia Duffy
Judith Ivey
Opening theme
"Georgia on My Mind" (Performed by Doc Severinsen, seasons 1–2) (Performed by Bruce Miller, seasons 3–5) (Performed by Ray Charles, season 6)
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
7
No. of episodes
163 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
22-24 minutes
Production companies
Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
September 29, 1986 (1986-09-29) – May 24, 1993 (1993-05-24)
Related
Women of the House (1995)
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Designing Women is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS between September 29, 1986 and May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. It was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS.
The series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an interior design firm in 1980s Atlanta, Georgia, called Sugarbaker & Associates. It originally starred Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker, president of the design firm; Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker, the design firm's silent partner and Julia's ex-beauty queen sister; Annie Potts as head designer Mary Jo Shively; and Jean Smart as office manager Charlene Frazier. In the third season, Meshach Taylor was given a starring role for his previously recurring character of delivery man and later partner Anthony Bouvier. Later in its run, the series gained notoriety for its well-publicized behind-the-scenes conflicts and cast changes. Julia Duffy and Jan Hooks replaced Burke and Smart for season six, but Duffy was not brought back for the seventh and final season, and she was replaced by Judith Ivey.
DesigningWomen is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS between September 29, 1986 and May 24, 1993, producing...
The DesigningWomen Reunion is a 2003 American television special that reunited the cast of the 1986–1993 sitcom DesigningWomen. It originally aired on...
her leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom DesigningWomen, in which she starred from 1986 to 1991. She went on to win five Primetime...
DesigningWomen. The series began airing on September 29, 1986 and the final episode aired on May 24, 1993. During its seven-year run, 163 Designing Women...
an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom DesigningWomen (1986–1993) and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law (1999–2002)...
American television and movie actor, best known as JD Shackleford in DesigningWomen (1986–1992). Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas to parents Richard...
The fourth season of DesigningWomen premiered on CBS on September 18, 1989, and concluded on May 21, 1990. The season consisted of 28 episodes. Created...
Women of the House is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of DesigningWomen that aired on CBS from January 4 to August 18, 1995, and the...
The first season of DesigningWomen premiered on CBS on September 29, 1986, and concluded on May 11, 1987. The season consisted of 22 episodes. Created...
The second season of DesigningWomen premiered on CBS on September 14, 1987, and concluded on March 28, 1988. The season consisted of 22 episodes. Created...
television, Potts played Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom DesigningWomen (1986–1993). She was nominated for a 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for...
The sixth season of DesigningWomen premiered on CBS on September 16, 1991, and concluded on May 4, 1992. The season consisted of 23 episodes. Created...
actor, widely known for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the CBS sitcom DesigningWomen (1986–93), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award...
1987, and he later starred as Bill Stillfield in the hit CBS series DesigningWomen from 1988 to 1991. The first feature film in which he starred was the...
Award for Best Supporting Actor. Goldwyn appeared on the comedy series DesigningWomen, in which he played a young interior designer named Kendall Dobbs,...
original Maggie Campbell on Baby Talk (1991) and Allison Sugarbaker on DesigningWomen (1991–1992). In the 2000s, Duffy appeared in guest roles on Reba and...
The seventh and final season of DesigningWomen premiered on CBS on September 25, 1992, and concluded on May 24, 1993. The season consisted of 22 episodes...
Yeti) in Friends and had a recurring role as Julia's son Payne in DesigningWomen. He is also known for his long-running role as the voice of Superman...
the Best Interest of the Children” and was a recurring character in the television series DesigningWomen as Randa Oliver . Lexi Randall at IMDb v t e...
From 1986 to 1989, Holbrook had a recurring role as Reese Watson on DesigningWomen, opposite his wife Dixie Carter. Over a short period between 1988 and...
The fifth season of DesigningWomen premiered on CBS on September 17, 1990, and concluded on May 13, 1991. The season consisted of 24 episodes. Created...
subsequent work included a regular role on the last two seasons of DesigningWomen, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and a number of other film...
starring roles in Major Dad and Promised Land, and appeared twice on DesigningWomen. McRaney portrayed business mogul Adam Brock in the last eight episodes...
The third season of DesigningWomen premiered on CBS on November 14, 1988, and concluded on May 22, 1989. The season consisted of 22 episodes. Created...
(1970–71) on Mayberry R.F.D., and as Bernice Clifton (1986–93) on DesigningWomen, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress...
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