Designing Women

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Designing Women is an American television sitcom that aired from 1986 to 1993, focusing on the personal and professional lives of four women running an interior design firm in Atlanta.

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instanceOf American television sitcom
airedInDecade 1980s
1990s
audioFormat Stereo
broadcastFormat Color
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
distributor Columbia Pictures Television
executiveProducer Harry Thomason
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
filmingLocation Los Angeles, California
genre Sitcom
Television comedy
hasSpinOffRelation Women of the House
mainCharacter Anthony Bouvier
Charlene Frazier Stillfield
Julia Sugarbaker
Mary Jo Shively
Suzanne Sugarbaker
narrativeFocus Interior design firm Sugarbaker & Associates
Personal lives of four women
Professional lives of four women
notableFor Julia Sugarbaker monologues
Strong feminist themes
numberOfEpisodes 163
numberOfSeasons 7
originalChannelType Broadcast television
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
originalReleaseEnd 1993-05-24
originalReleaseStart 1986-09-29
pictureFormat 4:3
portrayedBy Annie Potts
Delta Burke
Dixie Carter
Jan Hooks
Jean Smart
Judith Ivey
Julia Duffy
Meshach Taylor
productionCompany Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions
linked to: Mozark Productions

Columbia Pictures Television
setInLocation Atlanta, Georgia
linked to: Atlanta
targetAudience Primetime television viewers
theme Female friendship
Social and political issues
Southern culture
Women in the workplace

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Dixie Carter notableWork Designing Women
Jan Hooks performedIn Designing Women
Paddy Edwards notableWork Designing Women
Annie Potts notableWork Designing Women
Annie Potts characterIn Designing Women
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. notableWork Designing Women
George Newbern notableWork Designing Women
George Newbern appearedIn Designing Women
Women of the House isSpinOffOf Designing Women
Women of the House relatedWork Designing Women
Women of the House basedOnCharacterFrom Designing Women
Jean Smart notableWork Designing Women
Beth Brickell notableWork Designing Women
David Steinberg notableWork Designing Women
Judith Ivey notableWork Designing Women
Columbia Pictures Television notableWork Designing Women
Ben Murphy notableWork Designing Women
Harry Thomason notableWork Designing Women
Harry Thomason coCreatorOf Designing Women
Harry Thomason producerOf Designing Women
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason notableWork Designing Women
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason creatorOf Designing Women
Julia Sugarbaker appearsIn Designing Women
Julia Sugarbaker firstAppearanceInSeries Designing Women, Season 1
linked to: Designing Women
Julia Sugarbaker fictionalUniverse Designing Women universe
linked to: Designing Women
Dixie Carter notableWork Designing Women
subject linked to: Melba Helen Heath
Dixie Carter notableWork Designing Women
subject linked to: Dixie Virginia Carter
Janet Vivian Hooks notableWork Designing Women
Janet Vivian Hooks performedIn Designing Women
Dixie Carter notableWork Designing Women
subject linked to: Janice Felts
Mariann Aalda notableWork Designing Women