Designing Women season 1
| Designing Women | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| Starring | Dixie Carter Annie Potts Delta Burke Jean Smart |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 29, 1986 – May 11, 1987 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of Designing Women premiered on CBS on September 29, 1986, and concluded on May 11, 1987. The season consisted of 22 episodes. Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the series was produced by Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
The series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia called Sugarbaker & Associates. It originally starred Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker, president of the design firm; Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker, Julia's ex-beauty queen sister and the design firm's silent partner; Annie Potts as head designer, Mary Jo Shively; and Jean Smart as office manager, Charlene Frazier.
Broadcast history
When the show debuted on CBS' Monday-night lineup in 1986 (9:30 pm, EST) it garnered respectable ratings; however, CBS moved the show several times to other time slots. After dismal ratings on Sunday night and Thursday night time slots, CBS placed it on hiatus and was ready to cancel the show, but a viewer campaign saved the show and returned it to its original Monday night slot. The show's ratings solidified, and it regularly landed in the top 20 rankings.[1]
Cast
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Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Designing Women" | Ellen Falcon | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | September 29, 1986 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Beauty Contest" | Jack Shea | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | October 6, 1986 |
| 3 | 3 | "A Big Affair" | Jack Shea | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | October 20, 1986 |
| 4 | 4 | "Julia's Son" | Jack Shea | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | October 27, 1986 |
| 5 | 5 | "Mary Jo's First Date" | Jack Shea | Cheryl Gard | November 3, 1986 |
| 6 | 6 | "Design House" | Jack Shea | Joan Brooker & Nancy Eddo | November 17, 1986 |
| 7 | 7 | "Perky's Visit" | Jack Shea | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | November 24, 1986 |
| 8 | 8 | "I Do, I Don't" | Jack Shea | Emily Marshall | December 4, 1986 |
| 9 | 9 | "The IT Men" | Jack Shea | Emily Marshall | December 11, 1986 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Slumber Party" | Jack Shea | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | December 18, 1986 |
| 11 | 11 | "New Year's Daze" | David Steinberg | Trish Vrandenburg | January 1, 1987 |
| 12–13 | 12–13 | "Old Spouses Never Die" | Barnet Kellman | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | February 1, 1987 |
| 14 | 14 | "Monette" | Barnet Kellman | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | February 8, 1987 |
| 15 | 15 | "And Justice for Paul" | Jack Shea | Trish Vrandenburg | February 15, 1987 |
| 16 | 16 | "Reese's Friend" | Arlene Sanford | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | February 22, 1987 |
| 17 | 17 | "Nashville Bound" | Harry Thomason | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | March 16, 1987 |
| 18 | 18 | "Oh, Suzannah" | Matthew Diamond | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | March 23, 1987 |
| 19 | 19 | "Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene" | Jack Shea | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | April 6, 1987 |
| 20 | 20 | "Seams from a Marriage" | Jack Shea | E. Jack Kaplan | April 13, 1987 |
| 21 | 21 | "Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am" | Barnet Kellman | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | May 4, 1987 |
| 22 | 22 | "Bachelor Suite" | Jack Shea | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | May 11, 1987 |
DVD release
The first season was released on DVD by Shout! Factory on May 26, 2009. Special features include the 2006 reunion bringing together the original cast mates and creator of the show, as well as a seven-page booklet written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason introducing the series.[2]
References
- ^ VIRGINIA ROHAN (April 14, 2002). "'Once & Again' won't be back". North Jersey Media Group. Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
- ^ "The Complete 1st Season" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at TVShowsOnDVD.com