Designing Women
TVPG
Sitcom
Four women run an interior decorating business in Atlanta.
Cast & Crew
Delta Burke Suzanne Sugarbaker
Dixie Carter Julia Sugarbaker
Jean Smart Charlene Frazier Stillfield
Annie Potts Mary Jo Shively
Meshach Taylor Anthony Bouvier
Alice Ghostley Bernice Clifton
Judith Ivey B.J. Poteet
Hal Holbrook Reese Watson
Richard Gilliland J.D. Shackleford
Julia Duffy Allison Sugarbaker
Jan Hooks Carlene Frazier Dobber
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, December 19
All About Odes to Atlanta
Season 6 • Episode 19
Carlene enters an Atlanta theme-song contest and gets a groupie.
Thursday, December 19
I Enjoy Being a Girl
Season 6 • Episode 20
Carlene involves her colleagues when she takes over leadership of an unruly Girl Scout troop.
Friday, December 20
A Little Night Music
Season 6 • Episode 22
Julia is depressed after learning she may need a hysterectomy, until she meets a special doctor.
Friday, December 20
Shades of Vanessa
Season 6 • Episode 23
Anthony falls for the daughter of a potential client after Sugarbakers asks him to woo her.
Sunday, December 22
Second Time Around
Season 2 • Episode 14
Charlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend (Doug Barr).
Sunday, December 22
Oh, Brother
Season 2 • Episode 15
Suzanne and Julia learn that their half-brother wants to be a stand-up comic.
Sunday, December 22
There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
Season 2 • Episode 16
The father of a black student refuses to let him date Claudia.
Sunday, December 22
The Return of Ray Don
Season 2 • Episode 17
Suzanne runs into trouble with the IRS, and resorts to desperate measures.
Monday, December 23
Of Human Bondage
Season 7 • Episode 1
A wealthy widow (Judith Ivey) offers to bail out near-bankrupt Sugarbakers.
Monday, December 23
Sex and the Single Women
Season 7 • Episode 2
Anthony is shocked when he finds Carlene in his bed with her ex-husband (Ray McKinnon).
Tuesday, December 24
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Season 2 • Episode 12
A hired Santa steals all the gifts under the tree at Sugarbakers.
Tuesday, December 24
Tales Out of School
Season 6 • Episode 13
Anthony sees opportunity when his law professor is attracted to Charlene.
Thursday, December 26
Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed
Season 6 • Episode 11
Julia and Mary Jo suspect someone has stolen their decorating ideas for the Yuletide Home Tour.
Thursday, December 26
Mary Jo vs. the Terminator
Season 7 • Episode 3
Mary Jo explodes at Julia hours before they are to appear together in a fashion show.
Thursday, December 26
On the Road Again
Season 7 • Episode 4
Bernice drives Julia and Mary Jo crazy when she accompanies them on a road trip to Nashville, Tenn.
Friday, December 27
Screaming Passage
Season 7 • Episode 5
Julia is worried about the reaction of her new beau when he learns she is going through menopause.
Friday, December 27
Viva Las Vegas
Season 7 • Episode 6
Anthony speedily woos a Las Vegas chorus girl (Sheryl Lee Ralph).
Sunday, December 29
High Rollers
Season 2 • Episode 18
Suzanne visits Atlantic City, N.J., hoping to win enough to pay her back taxes.
Sunday, December 29
Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
Season 2 • Episode 19
Prejudice rears its ugly head when Julia and Suzanne are accepted into a very exclusive club.
Sunday, December 29
How Great Thou Art
Season 2 • Episode 20
Julia's solo with the Atlanta Symphony gives Charlene courage to oppose her minister.
Sunday, December 29
Ted Bare
Season 2 • Episode 21
Mary Jo faces a personal crisis when her ex-husband, Ted (Scott Bakula), re-enters her life.
Monday, December 30
Fools Rush In
Season 7 • Episode 7
A desperate Anthony invents various schemes to extricate himself from his hasty marriage.
Monday, December 30
Gone With the Whim
Season 7 • Episode 21
Sugarbakers redecorate a mansion, according to a woman's bad taste.
Wednesday, January 1
Gone With the Whim
Season 7 • Episode 22
Sugarbakers redecorate a mansion, according to a woman's bad taste.
Wednesday, January 1
101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
Season 2 • Episode 1
A scruffy gas station owner (Jonathan Banks) wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers.
Thursday, January 2
Love Letters
Season 7 • Episode 8
B.J. finds love letters from another woman in her late husband's safe-deposit box.
Thursday, January 2
The Vision Thing
Season 7 • Episode 9
Anthony wonders whether he made a mistake by marrying Etienne; the ladies throw a wedding shower.
Friday, January 3
Trial and Error
Season 7 • Episode 10
When Anthony agrees to testify in court for Mary Jo, he reluctantly becomes her legal adviser.
Friday, January 3
Too Dumb to Date
Season 7 • Episode 11
Mary Jo's colleagues cannot understand why she's interested in her dumb boyfriend, a top male model.
Sunday, January 5
Reservations for Eight
Season 2 • Episode 22
An avalanche strands the ladies and their male companions at a ski resort.
Sunday, January 5
Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula
Season 3 • Episode 1
A voluptuous maid disrupts a romantic Thanksgiving at the beach.
Sunday, January 5
The Candidate
Season 3 • Episode 2
Julia's on-camera lashing of a local leader (Jason Bernard) launches her political career.
Sunday, January 5
E.P. Phone Home
Season 3 • Episode 3
Charlene wins tickets to a VIP tour of Graceland, so the ladies and Anthony head to Memphis, Tenn.
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