Designing Women (1986)
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Designed to keep you laughing!
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.
- Released: 1986-09-29
- Genres: Comedy
- Seasons: 7, 163 episodes
- Episode length: 30m
- Network: CBS
- Status: Ended
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 39 votes
Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason.
Top cast
- Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker
- Annie Potts as Mary Jo Shively
- Jan Hooks as Carlene Frazier Dobber
- Judith Ivey as Bonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet
- Meshach Taylor as Anthony Bouvier
Where to watch Designing Women
- United States: stream on Hulu; watch free on Tubi TV
- Canada: stream on Crave
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