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Apr 22, 2024 · 'Designing Women' Creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason Accuses Les Moonves of Ruining Her Career. Speaking to her relationship with Bloodworth-Thomason, whom she’d worked with prior to the...
- None of The Lead Actresses Had to Audition For Their roles.
- Anthony Bouvier Was Not Intended to Be A Regular character.
- A Letter-Writing Campaign Saved The Show from Cancellation.
- Dixie Carter Had Some “Design” Work of Her Own Done After The First season.
- Sadly, “Killing All The Right People” Was Based on A Real-Life experience.
- Dixie Carter Felt Uneasy Delivering Many of Her Famous Rants.
- Annie Potts Had to Hide Her pregnancy.
- Suzanne Sugarbaker and Dash Goff Were Also Married … eventually.
- Charlene and Bill Were Not A Real-Life Couple, But Charlene and J.D. were.
- 227’s Jackée Harry Was Considered as A Replacement For Burke.
When Linda Bloodworth-Thomason decided to create a show about four intelligent, sassy Southern women, she had Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, and Annie Potts in mind from the start. She’d previously worked with Burke and Carter on a short-lived series called Filthy Rich, and Smart and Potts had guest-starred together on an episode of the Rob...
Anthony Bouvier was originally supposed to make a one-time appearance in the sixth episode of season one. The script for the episode wasn’t yet complete when Meshach Taylor auditioned, so instead he was instructed to improvisewith the other cast members. The producers were so impressed with the chemistry between Taylor and the four female stars tha...
Midway through season one, CBS movedDesigning Women from its Monday night time slot to Thursday, directly opposite NBC’s Night Court. The show plummeted to number 65 in the Nielsen ratings and was put on hiatus, which was network code for “this is close to being cancelled.” Executive producer Harry Thomason contacted a grassroots organization calle...
Dixie Carter was 47 years old when Designing Women debuted in 1986. Keen-eyed fans probably noticed a slight difference in Julia Sugarbaker’s appearance between seasons one and two. That’s because after Carter watched the screening of the pilot episode she thought, “If this turns out to be my first big success, after all these years of performing, ...
The title of the Emmy-nominated season two episode was inspired by an actual quote series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason overheard in a hospital corridor. In late 1986 her mother was dying of AIDS following a contaminated blood transfusion, and Thomason kept a vigil at her bedside while simultaneously writing the early scripts for Designing Wome...
Julia Sugarbaker was a staunch liberal who never hesitated to launch into one of her trademark Terminator Tirades if someone got her dander up. Dixie Carter, however, was a registered Republican who sometimes felt a little uncomfortable with Julia’s politics. She reached a compromise with Harry and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason: for every instance wher...
The actress was in a family way during season six but the producers decided that they didn't want her character, Mary Jo, to be a single mom. So Annie had to spend much of that season hidden behind furniture or oversized shirts. There was a brief attempt at a pregnancy plot—with Mary Jo longing for a baby and visiting a sperm bank—but the writers h...
Gerald McRaney edged out John Ritter to win the role of Suzanne Sugarbaker’s first ex-husband, writer Dash Goff. There was an immediate attraction between the actors when they first metat a publicists’ lunch in 1987, which only strengthened when he was cast on the show. One scene called for the pair to kiss, and the two were inseparable afterward. ...
Richard Gilliland was cast in a recurring role as Mary Jo’s boyfriend, J.D. Shackleford, in season one. But it was Jean Smart who sat across from Gilliland during the first table read and decided that she needed to get to know him better. “I asked Delta to find out if he was married,” Smart recalled to Ladies Home Journal in 1990. “Naturally, Delta...
Season six started out with two new cast members, since Jean Smart had decided that she’d had enough of the sitcom format and work schedule and wanted to spend some time at home with her infant son. Julia Duffy (Newhart) was cast as Allison Sugarbaker and Jan Hooks (Saturday Night Live) was brought in as Charlene’s sister (and replacement) Carlene....
Apr 19, 2024 · Opening up for the first time in decades, Burke recalled how she looked to series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, whom she worked with on the sitcom Filthy Rich before Designing Women, as...
After years of bickering, Burke and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason reunited for the second life of Suzanne Sugarbaker in the 1995 sitcom Women of the House. While the show only lasted a season, its ultimate legacy is the professional and personal mending of fences between the actress and the writer.
In 1986, Burke was cast as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women; she left 1st and Ten in order to appear on the show. Designing Women was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who had previously cast Burke in her show Filthy Rich.
YearTitleRoleNotes2019Ellie HolderEpisode: "If I Had Wings"2012NonieTV pilot episode2009Tessa WellsEpisode: "Make Me a Match"2008Bridal FeverDahlia MarchandTV movieJan 10, 2022 · While Delta Burke left her signature role on her most famous project under murky, even controversial circumstances, CBS and "Designing Women" creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason were able to lure...
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Oct 3, 2016 · Creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and stars Annie Potts, Jean Smart, and Delta Burke look back at the CBS comedy that defied stereotypes for women — and Southerners — on TV.
