Designing Women

"Designed to keep you laughing!"

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom 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 is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

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Created By	Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Status	Ended
Original Name	Designing Women
First Air Date	September 29, 1986
Last Air Date	May 24, 1993
Seasons	7
Episodes	163
Episode Runtime	30min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United States of America
Production Companies	Columbia Pictures Television Mozark Productions Embassy Television
Networks	CBS

S07E22

Gone With a Whim (2)

With Julia continuing to fight to save the antebellum Kearney mansion, B.J. struggles to save Sugarbaker's and Poteet Industries from a take over from the Kearneys. However, despite their efforts, Kiki Kearney announces her new plans for ""Kikibaker's,"" Lester Kearney announces that the purchase of Poteet Industries is complete, and the modernizing of the mansion gets under way. Though Anthony and the women are fired for insubordination, when Craig, a friend of Mary Jo's, stumbles on some embarrassing news about the Kearney's illegal financial activities, Poteet Industries and Sugarbaker's are saved from the take over.

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