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Designing Women

  • TV Series
  • 1986–1993
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
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Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
Trailer for Designing Women: The Complete First Season
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The misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.The misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.The misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Creator
    • Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
  • Stars
    • Delta Burke
    • Dixie Carter
    • Annie Potts
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    7.5K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,515
    10
    • Creator
      • Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
    • Stars
      • Delta Burke
      • Dixie Carter
      • Annie Potts
    • 38User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 22 wins & 39 nominations total

    Episodes163

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    Funny Women of Television
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    Funny Women of Television
    Designing Women: The Final Season
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    Designing Women: The Final Season
    Designing Women: The Final Season
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    Designing Women: The Final Season
    Designing Women: The Complete Sixth Season
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    Designing Women: The Complete Sixth Season
    Designing Women: The Complete Fifth Season
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    Designing Women: The Complete Fifth Season
    Designing Women: Season 2
    Clip 1:23
    Designing Women: Season 2
    Designing Women: The Complete First Season
    Trailer 1:32
    Designing Women: The Complete First Season

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    Delta Burke
    Delta Burke
    • Suzanne Sugarbaker
    Dixie Carter
    Dixie Carter
    • Julia Sugarbaker
    Annie Potts
    Annie Potts
    • Mary Jo Shively
    Meshach Taylor
    Meshach Taylor
    • Anthony Bouvier
    Jean Smart
    Jean Smart
    • Charlene Frazier Stillfield
    Alice Ghostley
    Alice Ghostley
    • Bernice Clifton
    Jan Hooks
    Jan Hooks
    • Carlene Frazier Dobber
    Julia Duffy
    Julia Duffy
    • Allison Sugarbaker
    Judith Ivey
    Judith Ivey
    • B.J. Poteet
    Richard Gilliland
    Richard Gilliland
    • J.D. Shackelford
    Douglas Barr
    Douglas Barr
    • Bill Stillfield…
    Priscilla Weems
    • Claudia Shively
    Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook
    • Reese Watson
    Brian Lando
    • Quinton Shively
    Sheryl Lee Ralph
    Sheryl Lee Ralph
    • Etienne Toussaint Bouvier
    Michael Goldfinger
    • Rusty
    Scott Bakula
    Scott Bakula
    • Dr. Ted Shively
    Lexi Randall
    Lexi Randall
    • Randa Oliver
    • Creator
      • Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Of the original cast, Jean Smart was the only one not born in the south or southeastern United States. She was born and raised in Seattle, Washington.
    • Goofs
      In several episodes the characters reference going to the fast-food restaurant Carl's Jr. There are no Carl's Jr. restaurants in the Southeast. In this region they have always been Hardee's.
    • Quotes

      Julia: Excuse me, aren't you Marjorie Leigh Winnick, the current Miss Georgia World?

      Marjorie: Why, yes I am.

      Julia: I'm Julia Sugarbaker, Suzanne Sugarbaker's sister. I couldn't help over hearing part of your conversation.

      Marjorie: Well, I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone was here.

      Julia: Yes, and I gather from your comments there are a couple of other things you don't know, Marjorie. For example, you probably didn't know that Suzanne was the only contestant in Georgia pageant history to sweep every category except congeniality, and that is not something the women in my family aspire to anyway. Or that when she walked down the runway in her swimsuit, five contestants quit on the spot. Or that when she emerged from the isolation booth to answer the question, "What would you do to prevent war?" she spoke so eloquently of patriotism, battlefields and diamond tiaras, grown men wept. And you probably didn't know, Marjorie, that Suzanne was not just any Miss Georgia, she was the Miss Georgia. She didn't twirl just a baton, that baton was on fire. And when she threw that baton into the air, it flew higher, further, faster than any baton has ever flown before, hitting a transformer and showering the darkened arena with sparks! And when it finally did come down, Marjorie, my sister caught that baton, and 12,000 people jumped to their feet for sixteen and one-half minutes of uninterrupted thunderous ovation, as flames illuminated her tear-stained face! And that, Marjorie - just so you will know - and your children will someday know - is the night the lights went out in Georgia!

    • Connections
      Featured in The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Georgia on My Mind
      by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell

      Performed by Doc Severinsen

      (seasons 1-5)

    User reviews38

    Featured review
    9/10

    Great, Funny Show

    Loved this show for 5 seasons. It was witty, funny, sad, sentimental and had a lot of good moral lessons; like Suzanne's speech at her high school reunion after everyone made fun of her for being fat. Sometimes the producers pushed their personal political agenda too much, but overall it all evened out. Delta Burke and Dixie Carter carried the show with solid support from Jean Smart, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor and Alice Ghostly. When Delta and Jean left, the show took a real nose dive. I just don't like Julia Duffy. I will give her the benefit of the doubt and say it's the characters she plays; I didn't like her on Newhart either. A lot of the problem was that she wasn't southern, and it threw off the cohesiveness of the characters. Jan Hooks was okay, but the show just didn't work anymore without Delta and Jean. When Judith Ivey joined in Season 7 it was on it's way to being good again; but by that point it was too late to save it, the audience was gone. I'm amazed at reviews that say the show wasn't funny; they must not have watched the same shows I was watching. Also people who kept comparing it to the Golden Girls; aside from being four women, I don't find them at all similar.
    • zombiemockingbird
    • Nov 30, 2019
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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mann muss nicht sein
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 26, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Bloodworth-Thomason
      • Columbia Pictures Television
      • Mozark Productions
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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