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Series · Comedy

Designing Women (1986)Season 5

★ 6.8 · 40 votes7 seasons · 163 episodesComedy1986

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

Creator
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Writers
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Norma Safford Vela, Michael Ross
Network
CBS
Country
United States
Language
English
First aired
September 29, 1986
Status
Ended

Cast

  • Dixie CarterJulia Sugarbaker
  • Annie PottsMary Jo Shively
  • Meshach TaylorAnthony Bouvier
  • Jean SmartCharlene Frazier Stillfield
  • Delta BurkeSuzanne Sugarbaker
  • Alice GhostleyBernice Clifton
  • Jan HooksCarlene Frazier Dobber
  • Julia DuffyAllison Sugarbaker
  • Judith IveyBonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet
  • Richard GillilandJ.D. Shackleford
  • Douglas BarrColonel Bill Stillfield
  • Priscilla WeemsClaudia Shively
  • Brian LandoQuinton Shively
  • Hal HolbrookReese Watson
  • Sheryl Lee RalphEtienne Toussant Bouvier
  • Michael GoldfingerRusty
  • Scott BakulaTed Shively
  • Olivia BrownVanessa Hargraves
  • Lexi RandallRanda Oliver
  • George NewbernPayne McIlroy

Episodes

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  1. Episode 1: A Blast From the Past30 min · Sep 17, 1990
  2. Episode 2: Papa Was a Rolling Stone30 min · Sep 24, 1990
  3. Episode 3: Working Mother30 min · Oct 1, 1990
  4. Episode 4: Miss Trial30 min · Oct 15, 1990
  5. Episode 5: The Bachelor Auction30 min · Oct 22, 1990
  6. Episode 6: Charlene Buys a House30 min · Oct 29, 1990
  7. Episode 7: Old Rebels and Young Models30 min · Nov 5, 1990
  8. Episode 8: Nowhere To Run To30 min · Nov 12, 1990
  9. Episode 9: A Class Act30 min · Nov 19, 1990
  10. Episode 10: Keep the Home Fires Burning30 min · Nov 26, 1990
  11. Episode 11: My Daughter, Myself30 min · Dec 10, 1990
  12. Episode 12: And Now, Here's Bernice30 min · Dec 17, 1990
  13. Episode 13: Pearls of Wisdom30 min · Jan 7, 1991
  14. Episode 14: High Noon in a Laundry Room30 min · Jan 14, 1991
  15. Episode 15: How Long Has This Been Going On?30 min · Jan 28, 1991
  16. Episode 16: The Emperor's New Nose30 min · Feb 4, 1991
  17. Episode 17: Maybe, Baby30 min · Feb 11, 1991
  18. Episode 18: This is Art?30 min · Feb 25, 1991
  19. Episode 19: Blame it on New Orleans30 min · Mar 4, 1991
  20. Episode 20: I'll See You in Court30 min · Mar 18, 1991
  21. Episode 21: The Big Circle30 min · Apr 8, 1991
  22. Episode 22: Friends and Husbands30 min · Apr 29, 1991
  23. Episode 23: Fore!30 min · May 6, 1991
  24. Episode 24: The Pride of Sugarbakers30 min · May 13, 1991
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