Women of the House (1995– )

Following the death of her husband, Ray, Suzanne Sugarbaker moved to Washington to fill her husband's seat in congress, dragging along her retarded brother, Jim, and adopted daughter, Desi.... See full summary »

Creator:

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Stars:

Delta Burke, Teri Garr, Patricia Heaton

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Delta Burke	...	Suzanne Sugarbaker (12 episodes, 1995)
Teri Garr	...	Sissy Emerson (12 episodes, 1995)
Patricia Heaton	...	Natalie Hollingsworth (11 episodes, 1995)
Valerie Mahaffey	...	Jennifer Malone (5 episodes, 1995)
Lisa Rieffel	...	Veda Walkman (5 episodes, 1995)
William Newman	...	Dave (5 episodes, 1995)

Storyline

Following the death of her husband, Ray, Suzanne Sugarbaker moved to Washington to fill her husband's seat in congress, dragging along her retarded brother, Jim, and adopted daughter, Desi. When she arrived, the only ones willing to work under her were Sissy, the drunk; Natty, the square; and Malone, the frail housewife.

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Plot Keywords:

daughter | television | working woman | politician | u.s. congress | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 January 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mozark Productions, Perseverance Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Natty: There is no such thing as a little mistake in Washington. It doesn't matter that George Bush was never mystified by a supermarket scanner, or that Bill Clinton's haircut never held up any aiplane. All that matters is that it's repeated over and over again until it becomes fact and/or sells enough newspapers and the retractions are printed on page 78!

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Connections

Spun-off from Designing Women (1986)

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Soundtracks

"Something to Talk About"
Performed by Shirley Elkhard

User Reviews

Never had a chance

Okay, it wasn't as funny as "Designing Women" but this was a funny show. It had an excellent cast... had it been given more of a chance, it may actually have been better than the show it spun off from. Suzanne Sugarbaker was back and was better than ever! The rest of the characters were pretty much darker versions of the characters on "DW". Teri Garr was a recovering alcoholic and journalist... with a sarcasm similar to Mary Jo. Malone was a wide-eyed innocent divorced Charlene with two children who idolized the Menendez Brothers. Natalie was Suzanne's adviser... she exuded the class and sophistication of Julia but was a Conservative... and had an affair with a married Congressman who was now in jail.