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The staff of Sugarbaker and Associates returns as the sizzle and shake of the South in the second season of Designing Women.
Suzanne (Delta Burke), Julia (Dixie Carter), Mary Jo (Annie Potts) and Charlene (Jean Smart) bring their sexy, strong, smart and sweet Southern style to the Sugarbaker interior design firm. Personalities collide, power struggles ensue, egos are bruised: it is all in a days work. Having joined the women midway through the first season, Anthony Bouvier (Meshach Taylor) continues on as a series regular and part of the Sugarbaker team as the ex-con with a heart of gold turned male sounding board. This second season also offers the delightful, and now regular, presence of the 'just a little off the beam' feisty widow Bernice Clifton (Alice Ghostley). Guest stars include Gerald McRaney (who would later go on to wed Delta Burke in real life), Scott Bakula and Billy Baldwin.
Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Designing Women aired on CBS from 1986 to 1993, running seven seasons strong. A perfect marriage of smart and funny, the series achieved critical acclaim through its run and remains one of the most groundbreaking series to ever hit the airwaves.
Editor's Note
Shot through with Southern sass, DESIGNING WOMEN features four of the finest, funniest sitcom characters in TV history: the strong-willed entrepreneur Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter); her ex-beauty queen sister, Suzanne (Delta Burke); the sly, recently divorced Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts); and the aw-shucks small-town girl Charlene Frazier (Jean Smart). As the four principal players in a small Georgia-based decorating firm, the women took care of business--and each other--with grace, strength, and buckets of wit. Even though the show is called DESIGNING WOMEN, the series receives much of its hilarity from Meshach Taylor, who plays assistant Anthony Bouvier. This collection includes every episode from the sitcom?s 1987 season on CBS, including guest appearances from Gerald McRaney, Scott Bakula, and Billy Baldwin.
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