Designing Women Lifetime (TV network) Schedule April 27, 2006 May 17, 2006

April 27
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Stand and Fight" 	Mary Jo discovers that the man who mugged her the year before is working as a busboy in the local pizza parlor. She has him arrested, only to discover that the rigors of bringing him to trial are more punishing than the sentence he will eventually receive. Dan Dillon, Ann Ghostley, Dona Hardy, Donna Lynn Leavy, and P.R. Paul guest star. Starring: Delta Burke, Meshach Taylor, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Annie Potts, Dan Dillon, Alice Ghostley, Donna Lynn Leavy, P.R. Paul, Dona Hardy   [CC] [TV-PG D]
April 27
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Stand and Fight" 	
	 	
April 27
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Big Circle" 	Julia finds a way of coping with the sudden death of her good friend Reese when she agrees to look after a tiny terror named Randa Oliver, the unruly child of Julia's vacationing clients. Starring: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Lyndsey Fields, Alice Ghostley, Peter Jolly, Jennifer Rhodes, Meshach Taylor, Lexi Randall   [CC] [TV-PG D]
April 27
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Big Circle" 	
	 	
April 28
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Friends and Husbands" 	Charlene is thrilled when Bill comes home from the Mideast, but soon she and Mary Jo discover that they must make many readjustments to accommodate him. Doug Barr, Alice Ghostley, and Lexi Randall guest star. Starring: Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Meshach Taylor, Dixie Carter, Alice Ghostley, Lexi Randall, Doug Barr   [CC] [TV-PG D]
April 28
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Friends and Husbands" 	
	 	
April 28
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Fore!" 	Anthony accepts an invitation to join one of Atlanta's most exclusive -- and all white -- country clubs, leaving Suzanne green with envy. Jay Bell, Rena Craig, Alice Ghostley, Gracie Harrison, Mark Neely, and Lexi Randall guest star. Starring: Jay Bell, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Rena Craig, Gracie Harrison, Meshach Taylor, Jean Smart, Lexi Randall, Annie Potts, Mark Neely, Alice Ghostley   [CC] [TV-PG D]
April 28
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Fore!" 	
	 	
May 1
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The Big Desk" 	When Allison Sugarbaker, a cousin of Julia and Suzanne, buys out Suzanne's share of the business as an investment, everyone at Sugarbaker's mistakenly assumes that she is not actually planning to work there. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, Michael Goldfinger   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 1
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The Big Desk" 	
	 	
May 1
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Big Desk" 	When Allison Sugarbaker, a cousin of Julia and Suzanne, buys out Suzanne's share of the business as an investment, everyone at Sugarbaker's mistakenly assumes that she is not actually planning to work there. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Michael Goldfinger, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jean Smart   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 1
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Big Desk" 	
	 	
May 2
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "A Toe in the Water" 	Intent on proving that Julia is afraid to start dating again, Allison questions the sexual preference of Julia's new beau. Meanwhile, Anthony and Allison continue their feud over the house they both claim rights to, with Anthony scoring a legal coup that has Allison -- temporarily -- at his beck and call. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 2
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "A Toe in the Water" 	
	 	
May 2
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Dwayne's World" 	When Carlene's ex-husband, Dwayne, arrives and gives her his permission to date, an infuriated Carlene and Mary Jo lie about her already having a boyfriend. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Patrick Duffy   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 2
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Dwayne's World" 	
	 	
May 3
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Marriage Most Foul" 	Sugarbaker's becomes a hive of frenzied pre-wedding activity when Allison's old flame, wealthy financier Barry Binsford, is released from prison and immediately proposes marriage to her. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, Annie Potts, Jan Hooks, Marla Maples   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 3
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Marriage Most Foul" 	
	 	
May 3
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Picking a Winner" 	Julia gives the money-conscious Allison one week to get an overdue payment from their wealthy client Les Pittman, while Mary Jo decides to go to a sperm bank so she can get pregnant again. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 3
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Picking a Winner" 	
	 	
May 4
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Last Tango in Atlanta" 	Anthony persuades his reluctant co-workers to participate in an outreach program at the prison he once called home, and it's an experience none of them will forget. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, M.C. Gainey, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 4
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Last Tango in Atlanta" 	
	 	
May 4
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita" 	The atmosphere at Sugarbaker's heats up quickly when a discussion about Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill and the issue of sexual harassment turns into a war between the sexes. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, Alice Ghostley, Michael Goldfinger   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 4
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita" 	
	 	
May 5
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Just Say Doe" 	Mary Jo's macho brother wants to take his nephew, Quint, on a male-bonding hunting trip, but when Allison meets Quint, she plans a little hunting expedition of her own. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Patrick Duffy, Jan Hooks, Alice Ghostley, Brian Lando   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 5
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Just Say Doe" 	
	 	
May 5
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree" 	When Julia grants Rusty's birthday wish by going out with him, even stranger matches follow. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks, Michael Goldfinger, Alice Ghostley   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 5
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree" 	
	 	
May 8
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed"	While snooping in the home of a famous Atlanta newscaster, Julia and Mary Jo are forced into hiding under his bed when he and his girlfriend return unexpectedly. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Michael Goldfinger, Julia Duffy, Alice Ghostley   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 8
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed"	
	 	
May 8
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Real, Scary Men" 	An antiquing trip in the Georgia woods turns wild and woolly when the staff of Sugarbaker's becomes stranded as the unwelcome guests at a men's club retreat. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 8
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Real, Scary Men" 	
	 	
May 9
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Tales Out of School" 	When Anthony realizes that his unfriendly law professor seems to like Carlene, he enlists her help to score points with him. Starring: Dixie Carter, Alice Ghostley, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 9
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Tales Out of School" 	
	 	
May 9
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Driving My Mama Back Home" 	Julia accompanies Mary Jo when she takes her mother home on an overnight bus trip. Meanwhile, Anthony, Carlene and Allison get locked in the storeroom. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 9
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Driving My Mama Back Home" 	
	 	
May 10
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Payne Comes Home" 	When Julia's son Payne comes home for a visit, he confesses that he has left his wife and plans to stay home permanently. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Alice Ghostley, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, George Newbern   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 10
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Payne Comes Home" 	
	 	
May 10
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Carlene's Apartment" 	When Carlene invites her co-workers and Bernice over to share her excitement over her first single apartment, they are shocked by the terrible neighborhood. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Julia Duffy   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 10
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Carlene's Apartment" 	
	 	
May 11
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Mamed" 	Anthony fears he's created a monster when he casts Julia as the lead in a local production of "Mame." Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 11
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Mamed" 	
	 	
May 11
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "A Scene from a Mall" 	When Julia hears that Anthony has been accosted and unjustly accused of criminal activity by security guards at a shopping mall, she vows to teach the mall bigots a lesson. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 11
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "A Scene from a Mall" 	
	 	
May 12
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "All About Odes to Atlanta" 	As Carlene prepares to perform one of her inspired tunes with Julia and Mary Jo in the semi-finals of an Atlanta theme song contest, an eager groupie named Heather offers her services and adulation. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, Alice Ghostley   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 12
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "All About Odes to Atlanta" 	
	 	
May 12
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "I Enjoy Being a Girl" 	After Carlene proudly announces that she is going to be a Girl Scout troop leader, she decides to quit after one chaotic meeting with the troop from hell. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Julia Duffy   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 12
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "I Enjoy Being a Girl" 	
	 	
May 15
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "L.A. Story" 	When Allison invests in a dubious film venture, she invites her co-workers to join her on a trip to Hollywood for a Tinseltown adventure that includes a stay at Charles Nelson Reilly's home. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Julia Duffy, Annie Potts, Jan Hooks, Charles Nelson Reilly   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 15
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "L.A. Story" 	
	 	
May 15
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "A Little Night Music" 	When Julia discovers that she may need a hysterectomy and enters the hospital for further tests before the operation, a potentially terrifying encounter with her surgeon ends up lifting her spirits. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Julia Duffy, Alice Ghostley   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 15
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "A Little Night Music" 	
	 	
May 16
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Shades of Vanessa" 	Anthony falls in love with a dubious debutante named Vanessa, who turns his business pursuits to pleasure and Sugarbaker's plans to turmoil. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, - Jackee, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Julia Duffy   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 16
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Shades of Vanessa" 	
	 	
May 16
Tuesday
8:30 am	 	On the brink of being forced out of business, Anthony and the women of Sugarbaker's meet a wealthy Southern widow, B.J. Poteet, who makes an offer to Julia that will determine Sugarbaker's future. Starring: Dixie Carter, Judith Ivey, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Jan Hooks   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 16
Tuesday
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May 17
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Sex and the Single Woman" 	When her ex-husband, Dwayne, pops into town, Carlene spends the night with him -- in Anthony's bed. Carlene feels terrible when she realizes that she doesn't love Dwayne anymore, but she doesn't know how to tell him. Meanwhile, Anthony may need to seek psychiatric help for the trauma he experienced finding Dwayne and Carlene on his new designer sheets. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Judith Ivey   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 17
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Sex and the Single Woman" 	
	 	
May 17
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Mary Jo vs. the Terminator" 	Mary Jo, sick and tired of Julia's bossiness, finally explodes and tells her off, hours before the two are to appear together in a charity fashion show. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Judith Ivey   [CC] [TV-PG D]
May 17
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Mary Jo vs. the Terminator"