Designing Women

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 29, 1986
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    Feb 5, 2014
    50
    Funny, yes. Wildly funny, no...As an addition to pop literature about women in groups, Designing Women appears more derivative than innovative, but being derivative hardly ever hurts in prime-time television. [29 Sept 1986, p.C3]
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: John J. O'Connor
    Feb 5, 2014
    50
    Ms. Bloodworth-Thomason is no Susan Harris, whose crackling humor keeps "The Golden Girls" popping steadily from week to week. On the other hand, Designing Women has a first-rate cast.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Howard Rosenberg
    Feb 5, 2014
    40
    The premiere of Designing Women...provides fewer answers than indications. And the indications are that even good performers in an appealing setting won't make Designing Woman funny without better-designed scripts. Snappy, yes. Laughs, no.