Designing Women

1986–1993 · 7 seasons · 163 episodes · Comedy

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.

7.3IMDb · 8.2k votes

Best season: 8.0; Season 4. Weakest is season 7, at 6.6
Top episode: 9.4; S2 E4 · Killing All the Right People
Lowest episode: 5.0; S6 E12 · Real, Scary Men
Finale: 6.3; −1.2 against the show's 7.5 average

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	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	7.7	8.5	6.9	8.1	7.7	7.8	8.0	7.4	7.8	7.9	7.6	7.6	7.8	8.0	7.4	7.4	7.2	8.8	7.2	7.6	7.7	7.7
Season 2	7.5	7.3	6.8	9.4	7.5	8.3	7.6	7.7
Season 3	7.7	7.6	8.0	7.6	8.2	7.0	7.5	8.4
Season 4	8.3	7.7	8.6	7.9	6.7	8.1	8.7	8.0
Season 5	8.5	7.5	7.6	8.4	8.3	7.9	8.1	7.6
Season 6	6.9	7.1	6.9	7.0	5.9	6.4	7.1	6.7
Season 7	7.4	6.7	7.3	6.6	6.7	6.4	6.7	7.1

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