Sugarbaker & Associates Have Designs On You! When four strong, sassy and sexy Southern women running a fledgling interior decorating firm hit the television airwaves as Designing Women in 1986, they brought a new kind of Southern spirit to American television. Smart, ambitious and outspoken — they embodied the "new" Southern woman. The series starred Delta Burke as the alimony-rich beauty queen Suzanne Sugarbaker; Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker, who’s nobody's fool and runs the operation; Annie Potts as Mary Jo Shively, the sweet-natured, recently divorced mother; and Jean Smart as small-town gal Charlene Frazier. All the women are devoted to the business, and each one is devoted to the other. Includes 20 original classic episodes from the first five seasons!