Designing Women

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Designing Women
Original cast (1986–1991)
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Starring	Dixie Carter Annie Potts Meshach Taylor Delta Burke Jean Smart Alice Ghostley Jan Hooks Julia Duffy Judith Ivey
Opening theme	"Georgia on My Mind" (Performed by Doc Severinsen, seasons 1–2) (Performed by Bruce Miller, seasons 3–5) (Performed by Ray Charles, season 6)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	163 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22-24 minutes
Production companies	Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 29, 1986 (1986-09-29) – May 24, 1993 (1993-05-24)
Related
Women of the House (1995)
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Designing Women is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS between September 29, 1986 and May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. It was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS.

The series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an interior design firm in 1980s Atlanta, Georgia, called Sugarbaker & Associates. It originally starred Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker, president of the design firm; Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker, the design firm's silent partner and Julia's ex-beauty queen sister; Annie Potts as head designer Mary Jo Shively; and Jean Smart as office manager Charlene Frazier. In the third season, Meshach Taylor was given a starring role for his previously recurring character of delivery man and later partner Anthony Bouvier. Later in its run, the series gained notoriety for its well-publicized behind-the-scenes conflicts and cast changes. Julia Duffy and Jan Hooks replaced Burke and Smart for season six, but Duffy was not brought back for the seventh and final season, and she was replaced by Judith Ivey.