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, November 21
Miss Trial
Season 5 • Episode 4
Julia misses dinner with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter when she is placed on a sequestered jury.
Thursday, November 21
The Bachelor Auction
Season 5 • Episode 5
An embarrassed Suzanne wins a date with Anthony at a bachelor charity auction.
Friday, November 22
Charlene Buys a House
Season 5 • Episode 6
Charlene hires Sugarbakers to decorate her new house, which appears to be haunted.
Friday, November 22
Old Rebels & Young Models
Season 5 • Episode 7
Mary Jo harbors a favorite teacher (Meg Wyllie) who has escaped from a nursing home.
Sunday, November 24
Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene
Season 1 • Episode 19
Mary Jo's divorced father takes a romantic interest in Charlene.
Sunday, November 24
Seams From a Marriage
Season 1 • Episode 20
The Sugarbakers suspect a lucrative assignment means compromise.
Sunday, November 24
Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am
Season 1 • Episode 21
Suzanne's baseball star ex-husband reveals intimate details in his autobiography.
Sunday, November 24
Bachelor Suite
Season 1 • Episode 22
Mary Jo is sexually harassed by a handsome and wealthy client.
Monday, November 25
Nowhere to Run To
Season 5 • Episode 8
Julia becomes obsessed with fitness when Mary Jo gets her to start jogging.
Monday, November 25
A Class Act
Season 5 • Episode 9
Anthony becomes a partner; Charlene fends off an amorous professor.
Tuesday, November 26
Keep the Home Fires Burning
Season 5 • Episode 10
While Bill is away, Charlene befriends a man she meets at a support group.
Tuesday, November 26
Perky's Visit
Season 1 • Episode 7
Julia and Suzanne's mother and her friend visit Sugarbakers for Thanksgiving.
Thursday, November 28
My Daughter, My Self
Season 5 • Episode 11
Mary Jo objects to her daughter's older beau, then dates him.
Thursday, November 28
And Now, Here's Bernice
Season 5 • Episode 12
A handsome client breaks Mary Jo's heart; Bernice gets her own late night television show.
Friday, November 29
Pearls of Wisdom
Season 5 • Episode 13
Mary Jo switches her fake pearls for Suzanne's real ones as a joke, but then loses them.
Friday, November 29
High Noon in a Laundry Room
Season 5 • Episode 14
Anthony tests his manhood by confronting a neighborhood bully.
Sunday, December 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.
Sunday, December 1
Ted & Tammy
Season 2 • Episode 2
Mary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife.
Sunday, December 1
Anthony Jr.
Season 2 • Episode 3
Anthony is desperate to impress the wealthy parents of his latest girlfriend (Dayna Winston).
Sunday, December 1
Killing All the Right People
Season 2 • Episode 4
A decorator (Tony Goldwyn) who has AIDS asks the ladies to plan his funeral.
Monday, December 2
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Season 5 • Episode 15
Anthony and the ladies spy on Julia when she begins acting mysteriously.
Monday, December 2
The Emperor's New Nose
Season 5 • Episode 16
The ladies are shocked when they see the results of Bernice's nose job.
Tuesday, December 3
Maybe Baby
Season 5 • Episode 17
Suzanne takes up smoking; Mary Jo decides to have another baby.
Tuesday, December 3
This Is Art?
Season 5 • Episode 18
Julia becomes Atlanta's hottest new artist; Suzanne accidently glues her lips together.
Wednesday, December 4
Blame It on New Orleans
Season 5 • Episode 19
At a designer's convention, Mary Jo's new attitude leads her to an all-night rendezvous.
Wednesday, December 4
I'll See You in Court
Season 5 • Episode 20
Mary Jo spots the man who once mugged her and has him arrested.
Thursday, December 5
The Big Circle
Season 5 • Episode 21
Julia copes with Reese's unexpected death by caring for a lonely child.
Thursday, December 5
Friends and Husbands
Season 5 • Episode 22
Charlene must readjust to married life when Bill returns from the Persian Gulf.
Friday, December 6
Fore!
Season 5 • Episode 23
Anthony is invited to be the first black member of an exclusive country club.
Friday, December 6
The Pride of Sugarbaker's
Season 5 • Episode 24
Mary Jo and Julia share coaching duties for a Little League team.
Sunday, December 8
Half an Air Bubble Off
Season 2 • Episode 5
An eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests.
Sunday, December 8
Dash Goff, the Writer
Season 2 • Episode 6
Suzanne's ex-husband is depressed because his latest book won't be released as a paperback.
Sunday, December 8
Heart Attacks
Season 2 • Episode 7
Reese suffers a heart attack after an arm-wrestling match with an old buddy.
Sunday, December 8
Cruising
Season 2 • Episode 8
Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.
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