Designing Women on CBS

[1986, TV Show]

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Savvy single women run Sugarbakers, an Atlanta decorating business, in this saucy sitcom with feminist sensibilities, which also endured its share of tabloid notoriety (thanks in some measure to Delta Burke's fluctuating weight and her departure from the series in 1991). Created by Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the series garnered 11 Emmy nominations.

Delta Burke Checks In to a Psychiatric Hospital | Today's News: Our Take | 2/6/2008
Delta Burke checked herself into a psychiatric hospital last week, she told TMZ, to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and hoarding. In an interview, the former Designing Women star, 51, discusses her hoarding condition, a disorder in which individuals collect items to an unhealthy extent. While Burke says that the illness has "ruined" her life, she believes that she'll be able to overcome it, ostensibly starting with her hospital treatment. — Anna Dimond read more
Bewitched's Alice Ghostley Dead at 81 | Today's News: Our Take | 9/23/2007
Alice Ghostley, who is best known to television audiences for her roles on Bewitched and Designing Women, died on Friday after a long battle with colon cancer. She was 81. In the 1960s, the AP notes, Ghostley received a Tony nod for the comedy The Beauty Part and eventually won the award for The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. From 1969 to '72, she played good witch/ditzy housekeeper Esmeralda on Bewitched. From '87 to '93 she was Designing Women's Bernice, a role for which she netted an... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/12/2007
What did she know, and when did she know it? Such questions apply not only to Desperate Housewives' devious Gloria, but read more
November 12, 2006: Children and Art | Desperate Housewives | 11/13/2006
Well, you knew that after last week's standout shoot-out episode, tonight was going to be somewhat of a letdown no matter what. How can you top last week? Since my expectations were already lowered, I was able to enjoy tonight for the most part — especially the Bree and Orson scenes. Continuing in the tradition of casting the very best actresses in the business to play the mothers of the characters, Dixie Carter acted up a storm as Gloria, Orson's mother of a mother. As soon as Bree... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/20/2006
Jean Smart wants to make a cheesy little movie called 'All t read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/20/2006
With its Jan. 22 broadcast, WB's read more
Televisionary | 4/19/2005
Question: I actually have two questions. First, didn't Patricia Heaton play in a comedy that ran for a short time with D read more
Ask Matt | 8/23/2004
Question: I love Roseanne on Nick at Nite and I wanted to get your opinion on why this great television comedy was never read more
Ask Matt | 5/3/2004
Question: I have noticed a recent trend towards including political controversies in beloved dramas. For instance, it ca read more
FlickChick | 3/11/2004
Question: I don't know if you answer questions about TV-movies but I seem to remember a made-for-TV movie in the 1990s a read more
Today's News: My Take | 2/26/2004
Chloe Sevigny has been tapped to play one of a polygamist's three wives in HBO's drama pilot Big Love... NYPD Blue's Gar read more
Today's News: My Take | 2/26/2004
Chloe Sevigny has been tapped to play one of a polygamist's three wives in HBO's drama pilot Big Love... NYPD Blue's Gar read more
The Watercooler | 2/16/2004
SUNDAY The Surreal Life Just when you think this goofball show is nothing more than a load of contrived, carefully c read more
Televisionary | 5/20/2003
Question: What was the name of the plumber who starred on Designing Women for a few episodes, and was the butt of some c read more
Televisionary | 4/1/2003
Question: What's the name of the actress who played Bull's girlfriend on Night Court? She is short with short hair and h read more
Televisionary | 11/26/2002
Question: Why did Delta Burke leave Designing Women? Wasn't it because of her weight? — Debi L., Oswego, N.Y. Televi read more
Ask Matt | 11/25/2002
Question: Jean Smart is obviously one heck of an actress: She shone as Charlene on Designing Women and won an Emmy for h read more
Televisionary | 7/16/2002
Question: Please answer a question that has been bugging me for years. What was the name of the town in New England on read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 4/15/2002
Forget the critics' disses of Family Law, folks. Tonight's episode — airing at 10 pm/ET on CBS — is a must-see m read more
Televisionary | 4/10/2001
Question: Maybe I was dreaming during the mid-'80s, but I'm pretty sure I remember Jeff Conaway on an ABC medieval fanta read more

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Premiered: September 29, 1986, on CBS

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Premise: Savvy single women run Sugarbakers, an Atlanta decorating business, in this saucy sitcom with feminist sensibilities, which also endured its share of tabloid notoriety (thanks in some measure to Delta Burke's fluctuating weight and her departure from the series in 1991). Created by Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the series garnered 11 Emmy nominations.

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