Designing Women season 4
| Designing Women | |
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| Season 4 | |
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| Starring | Dixie Carter Annie Potts Delta Burke Jean Smart Meshach Taylor |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 18, 1989 – May 21, 1990 |
| Season chronology | |
The fourth season of Designing Women premiered on CBS on September 18, 1989, and concluded on May 21, 1990. The season consisted of 28 episodes. Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the series was produced by Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Mondays at 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) on CBS. From 1989 through 1992, Designing Women and Murphy Brown aired back-to-back, creating a very successful hour-long block for CBS, as both shows were thought to appeal to similar demographics. The show was a top 30 hit for three consecutive seasons (1989–92), making it the most successful at the time. The high ratings also helped CBS's ratings overall, which had struggled around the late 1980s.[1]
Cast
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Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 67 | 1 | "The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders" | Harry Thomason | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | September 18, 1989 |
| 68 | 2 | "One Night with You" | David Trainer | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | September 25, 1989 |
| 69 | 3 | "There She Is" | David Trainer | Pam Norris | October 2, 1989 |
| 70 | 4 | "Nightmare from Hee Haw" | David Trainer | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | October 16, 1989 |
| 71 | 5 | "The Girlfriend" | David Trainer | Pam Norris | October 23, 1989 |
| 72 | 6 | "The Rowdy Girls" | David Trainer | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | October 30, 1989 |
| 73 | 7 | "Bernice's Sanity Hearing" | David Trainer | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | November 13, 1989 |
| 74 | 8 | "Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence" | David Trainer | Pam Norris | November 20, 1989 |
| 75 | 9 | "Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure" | Dwayne Hickman | Pam Norris | November 27, 1989 |
| 76 | 10 | "Manhunt" | David Trainer | Pam Norris | December 4, 1989 |
| 77 | 11 | "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" | Harry Thomason | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | December 11, 1989 |
| 78 | 12 | "You Got to Have Friends" | David Trainer | Pam Norris | December 18, 1989 |
| 79 80 | 13 14 | "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century" | Harry Thomason | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | January 1, 1990 |
| 81 | 15 | "The Mistress" | Iris Dugow | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | January 8, 1990 |
| 82 | 16 | "The Fur Flies" | Hal Holbrook | Pam Norris | January 15, 1990 |
| 83 | 17 | "Oh, What a Feeling" | David Trainer | Paul Clay | January 29, 1990 |
| 84 | 18 | "Anthony and Vanessa" | David Trainer | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | February 5, 1990 |
| 85 | 19 | "Payne Grows Up" | David Trainer | Pam Norris | February 19, 1990 |
| 86 | 20 | "Tornado Watch" | William Crain | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | February 26, 1990 |
| 87 | 21 | "Tough Enough" | David Trainer | Pam Norris | March 12, 1990 |
| 88 | 22 | "It's a Wonderful Life" | David Trainer | Thom Bray and Michael Ross | March 19, 1990 |
| 89 | 23 | "Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend" | David Trainer | Dee LaDuke & Mark Alton Brown | April 9, 1990 |
| 90 | 24 | "Foreign Affairs" | David Trainer | Cheryl Bascom | April 30, 1990 |
| 91 | 25 | "Have Faith" | David Trainer | Paul Clay and Pam Norris | May 7, 1990 |
| 92 | 26 | "Their Finest Hour" | Ellen Falcon, Harry Thomason and David Trainer | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | May 9, 1990 |
| 93 | 27 | "Anthony's Graduation" | David Trainer | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | May 14, 1990 |
| 94 | 28 | "La Place sans Souci" | Iris Dugow | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | May 21, 1990 |
DVD release
The fourth season was released on DVD by Shout! Factory on September 14, 2010.[2]
References
- ^ Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable Shows 1946–present," 7th edition
- ^ "The Complete 4th Season" Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine at TVShowsOnDVD.com
