EPISODE
SEASON
The misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
7 September 1947, Dallas, Texas, USA
29 September 1981
29 June 1929, New York City, New York, USA
30 December 1962, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
October 20, 1946 in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
1963
1958, Canada
16 January 1920, New York City, New York, USA
18 June 1908, Montrose, Iowa, USA
22 July 1946, San Francisco, California, USA
4 March 1971, Bronx, New York, USA
27 March 1947, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
17 August 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 July 1945, Reinbeck, Iowa, USA
16 November 1913, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
22 December 1946, USA
27 June 1953, Griffin, Georgia, USA
August 22, 2019
Great writing, acting and intent.May 29, 2018
Already tiresomely pegged as a younger version of The Golden Girls.May 29, 2018
To look at the Nielsen ratings, where Designing Women remains lodged in the top 10, it appears that fans are indeed loyal to the show.May 29, 2018
The infectious onscreen chemistry between the costars suggested that they were friends offscreen. And the hunch was right, because they were.May 24, 2018
The show looks like four terrific actresses in search of a workable sitcom.May 29, 2018
What we have here is The Golden Girls overdosing on estrogen: Four independent, over-21 women engaging in locker-room talk about breast size, lust, jealousy, sleeping around, alimony, vibrators and general gynecology.May 29, 2018
When the right elements are in place, a sitcom can make us laugh while serving slices of social commentary on the world-at-large.July 18, 2018
Designing Women was worth watching for Dixie Carter's impassioned monologues alone.May 29, 2018
Punchless punch lines that leave this very good cast all dressed up with no place to go.May 24, 2018
Each episode found them dealing with the persistent problems of professional women-balancing work and home lives, handling career setbacks, and meeting men.