Designing Women: Season 4

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 18, 1989

Starring: Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Meshach Taylor

Summary: Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter), Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), Charlene Frazier-Stillfield (Jean Smart) and Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia Sugarbaker is the owner of Sugarbaker and Associates and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorcedJulia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter), Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), Charlene Frazier-Stillfield (Jean Smart) and Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia Sugarbaker is the owner of Sugarbaker and Associates and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced single-parent who 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 Sugarbaker is the self-centered ex-beauty queen who has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

At the end of Season 5 Delta Burke was fired from the series and Jean Smart left to pursue other goals. Two new characters were introduced: Allison Sugarbaker (Julia Duffy) and Carlene Frazier Dobber (Jan Hooks). Soon, Julia Duffy was taken out of the series and a final cast change brought in Bonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet (Judith Ivey).

The series was very successful for CBS, lasting 7 seasons (163 episodes). Reruns from the series continue to air on Lifetime. In 1995, Delta Burke reconciled with the series creators and reprised her role of Suzanne Sugarbaker for the far less successful spin-off Women of the House, which co-starred Teri Garr and Patricia Heaton. Carter, Burke, and Bloodworth-Thomason had all previously worked together on the 1982-83 sitcom Filthy Rich, from which a lot of dialogue in Designing Women was recycled.
Nielsen Ratings:
(Top 30 or Better)

#23 in the 1989- 1990 Season
#11 in the 1990- 1991 Season
#6 in the 1991- 1992 Season… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 4 Episodes

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S4:E27. La Place Sans Souci
Air Date: May 21, 1990
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S4:E27. Their Finest Hour
Air Date: May 9, 1990
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S4:E26. Anthony's Graduation
Air Date: May 14, 1990

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Ken Tucker

Jun 7, 2013

At its weakest, Designing Women tends to be preachy, with Dixie Carter given five minutes for a show-stopping lecture about some Big Issue. But most of the time, it's raucously funny. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: July 28, 2003
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 1992
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 16, 1991
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 17, 1990
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 1989
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  S4:E27. La Place Sans Souci
  Air Date: May 21, 1990
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  S4:E27. Their Finest Hour
  Air Date: May 9, 1990
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  S4:E26. Anthony's Graduation
  Air Date: May 14, 1990
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  S4:E26. Their Finest Hour
  Air Date: May 9, 1990
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  S4:E25. Their Finest Hour
  Air Date: May 9, 1990
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  S4:E24. Have Faith
  Air Date: May 7, 1990
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  S4:E23. Suzanne Goes Looking For a Friend
  Air Date: April 9, 1990
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  S4:E22. Foreign Affairs
  Air Date: April 30, 1990
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  S4:E21. It's A Wonderful Life
  Air Date: March 19, 1990
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  S4:E20. Tough Enough
  Air Date: March 12, 1990
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  S4:E19. Tornado Watch
  Air Date: February 26, 1990
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  S4:E18. Payne Grows Up
  Air Date: February 19, 1990
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  S4:E17. Anthony and Vanessa
  Air Date: February 5, 1990
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  S4:E16. Oh, What a Feeling
  Air Date: January 29, 1990
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  S4:E15. The Fur Flies
  Air Date: January 15, 1990
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  S4:E14. The Mistress
  Air Date: January 8, 1990
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  S4:E14. The First Day of the Last Decade of the 20th Century
  Air Date: January 1, 1990
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  S4:E13. The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth ...
  Air Date: January 1, 1990
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  S4:E13. The First Day of the Last Decade of the 20th Century
  Air Date: January 1, 1990
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  S4:E12. You Got to Have Friends
  Air Date: December 18, 1989
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  S4:E11. They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
  Air Date: December 11, 1989
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  S4:E10. Manhunt
  Air Date: December 4, 1989
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  S4:E9. Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
  Air Date: November 27, 1989
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  S4:E8. Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
  Air Date: November 20, 1989
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  S4:E7. Bernice's Sanity Hearing
  Air Date: November 13, 1989
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  S4:E6. The Rowdy Girls
  Air Date: October 30, 1989
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  S4:E5. The Girlfriend
  Air Date: October 23, 1989
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  S4:E4. Nightmare From Hee Haw
  Air Date: October 16, 1989
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  S4:E3. There She Is
  Air Date: October 2, 1989
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  S4:E2. One Night With You
  Air Date: September 25, 1989
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  S4:E1. The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders
  Air Date: September 18, 1989
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: November 14, 1988
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 14, 1987
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 29, 1986