Designing Women Lifetime (TV network) Schedule October 15, 2002 October 23, 2002

October 15
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Nightmare from Hee Haw" 	On their annual trip into the Georgia countryside, the Sugarbaker women and their men have a run-in with a family of local Lotharios who take a fancy to the women. After a brawl in a restaurant, the men end up in the hospital, and Anthony is called upon to take care of the ladies. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Hal Holbrook, Meshach Taylor, Richard Gilliland, M.C. Gainey, Doug Barr, Dub Taylor, S.A. Griffin, Michael Morrison   [CC]
October 15
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Nightmare from Hee Haw" 	
	 	
October 15
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Girlfriend" 	A contractor hired by Sugarbaker's to remodel a client's kitchen is fired for not completing the work on time, and, left with an unfinished kitchen, the women agree to allow Anthony and his ex-convict friends to finish the job. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Robert Ridgely, Mariann Aalda, Charles Levin   [CC]
October 15
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Girlfriend" 	
	 	
October 15
Tuesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Ted Remarries" 	Mary Jo finds herself in a power struggle with another woman for the affection of her children, while Anthony learns a lesson about spending "plastic" money. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Scott Bakula, Priscilla Weems, Brian Lando, Eileen Seeley   [CC]
October 15
Tuesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Ted Remarries" 	
	 	
October 15
Tuesday
12:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor   [CC]
October 15
Tuesday
12:00 am	Designing Women "A Toe in the Water" 	
	 	
October 15
Tuesday
12:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor, Patrick Duffy   [CC]
October 15
Tuesday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Dwayne's World" 	
	 	
October 16
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The Rowdy Girls" 	For the annual Design Arts Center Talent Show, Sugarbaker's decides to lip-synch a Supremes song. To help them choreograph their routine, they hire Charlene's cousin, Mavis. After a vigorous workout at Mavis's home, the women discover that Mavis's husband, Dan, physically and verbally abuses his wife. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Kim Zimmer, Meshach Taylor, Jami Lynne Grenham, Michael J. Cutt   [CC]
October 16
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The Rowdy Girls" 	
	 	
October 16
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Bernice's Sanity Hearing" 	When Bernice's niece, Phyllis, comes to Atlanta, she complains about her aunt's constant habit of singing Bobbie Gentry songs to strangers on the street. Phyllis plans to have Bernice declared mentally incompetent, but the Sugarbaker women come to Bernice's aid. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
October 16
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Bernice's Sanity Hearing" 	
	 	
October 16
Wednesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Anthony Jr." 	Anthony's fabrication of a family pedigree to impress his girlfriend's parents is shattered when an uninvited dinner guest informs him that he is the father of her son. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Bever-Leigh Banfield, David Downiing, Kim Hamilton, Dayna Winston, Joe Barone   [CC]
October 16
Wednesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Anthony Jr." 	
	 	
October 16
Wednesday
12:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Marla Maples   [CC]
October 16
Wednesday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Marriage Most Foul" 	
	 	
October 16
Wednesday
12:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor   [CC]
October 16
Wednesday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Picking a Winner" 	
	 	
October 17
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence" 	After decorating the main hallway of the Governor's mansion for the Governor's Ball, Mary Jo convinces everyone to pose for some silly pictures. During the picture-taking, Julia gets her head stuck in the banister. Starring: Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Ann Hearn, J. Michael Flynn, Loren Janes   [CC]
October 17
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence" 	
	 	
October 17
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure" 	Julia and Suzanne take a weekend trip to Tokyo to see their mother, only to find that she has gone to Paris to care for a sick friend. While they are trying to figure out where they are going to stay, they are robbed of their luggage and money. Meanwhile, Anthony and Mary Jo are stuck with an enormous telephone bill after calling in votes to a television poll. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Henry Cho, Rodney Kageyama   [CC]
October 17
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure" 	
	 	
October 17
Thursday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Killing All the Right People" 	A wonderful young friend enlists the Sugarbaker firm's services for an unusual project -- he is dying of AIDS and wants them to design his funeral. Meanwhile, Mary Jo becomes involved in a PTA debate over sexually active students. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Joan Roberts, Camilla Carr, Tony Goldwyn, Peggy Walton-Walker   [CC]
October 17
Thursday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Killing All the Right People" 	
	 	
October 17
Thursday
12:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, M.C. Gainey   [CC]
October 17
Thursday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Last Tango in Atlanta" 	
	 	
October 17
Thursday
12:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Michael Goldfinger   [CC]
October 17
Thursday
12:30 am	Designing Women "The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita" 	
	 	
October 18
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Manhunt" 	Worried that her busy schedule will condemn her to a life of widowhood, Mary Jo decides to spend a weekend trying to find a man. When Suzanne offers to be her coach for the manhunt, Mary Jo accepts, claiming she could use the moral support. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Adam Carl, Scott Jaeck   [CC]
October 18
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Manhunt" 	
	 	
October 18
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" 	Suzanne's high school class reunion is coming, and she is worried about being too fat. Meanwhile, as part of a campaign to focus attention on world hunger, Anthony enlists Julia and Mary Jo to join him in a two-day food fast. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Michele Buffone, Taylor Leigh, Richard Molnar, Mark Neely, Christina Rich, David Wells, Mark Voland, Kitty Swink, Kristen Lowman, Nancy Sheeber, Gene Jackson, Donny B. Lord, Greg Rusin   [CC]
October 18
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" 	
	 	
October 18
Friday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Half an Air Bubble Off" 	While the women are being driven crazy by an eccentric client with bizarre decorating requests, feisty Bernice Clifton announces she is entering a beauty contest for senior citizens and needs their advice and sponsorship. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Elloitt Reid   [CC]
October 18
Friday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Half an Air Bubble Off" 	
	 	
October 21
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "You Got to Have Friends" 	When Julia notices Mary Jo has been cutting back on her personal expenses, Mary Jo admits her ex-husband is behind in his child support. Julia, Anthony, and Bernice stop at Burger Guy for a fast food meal and come face to face with Burger Guy's new counterperson -- Mary Jo! Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Suzanne Raines, Hartley Silver, James Higdon   [CC]
October 21
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "You Got to Have Friends" 	
	 	
October 21
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Mistress" 	Ancel Pollard, a wealthy Atlanta stockbroker, hires Sugarbaker's to decorate his house and condominium. After learning that the house is for his wife, while the condo is for his mistress, Suzanne insists that none of the other women, particularly Julia, will be able to go through with the deal. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Lloyd Bochner, Patricia Wilson, Constance Towers, Robin Bach, Robina Suwol, Leann Hunley   [CC]
October 21
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Mistress" 	
	 	
October 21
Monday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Dash Goff, the Writer" 	Julia saves the day when Suzanne's ex-husband, author Dash Golf, turns up just in time to announce that he is contemplating suicide because of his many failed writing attempts. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Gerald McRaney, Meshach Taylor   [CC]
October 21
Monday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Dash Goff, the Writer" 	
	 	
October 21
Monday
12:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor, Patrick Duffy, Brian Lando, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
October 21
Monday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Just Say Doe" 	
	 	
October 21
Monday
12:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Michael Goldfinger   [CC]
October 21
Monday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree" 	
	 	
October 22
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century"	With Bill's plane grounded due to bad weather, Charlene goes into labor and is helped to the hospital by Julia, Suzanne, and Mary Jo. Wanting to win a car that is going to be awarded to the first baby born in the New Year, Suzanne anxiously checks on each expectant mother entering the maternity ward, assessing their chances of delivering the first baby. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Dolly Parton, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Doug Barr, Beah Richards, Olivia Brown, Diane Dorsey, Daryle Ann Lindley, Christopher Ginnaven   [CC]
October 22
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century"	
	 	
October 22
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century"	With Charlene in labor on New Year's Eve, Suzanne anxiously hopes her baby will be the first born in the New Year so she will win a car. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Dolly Parton, Meshach Taylor, Doug Barr, Beah Richards, Olivia Brown, Diane Dorsey, Daryle Ann Lindley, Christopher Ginnaven   [CC]
October 22
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century"	
	 	
October 22
Tuesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Heart Attacks" 	Reese hopes to prove he's more fit than his visiting buddy and sometime-rival, and challenges him to an arm wrestling contest. Over Julia's protests, Reese strains himself to the limit and suffers a heart attack. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Hal Holbrook, Meshach Taylor, Jack Bannon, Hugh Benson, Robert Balderson, Erwin Fuller   [CC]
October 22
Tuesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Heart Attacks" 	
	 	
October 22
Tuesday
12:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Michael Goldfinger   [CC]
October 22
Tuesday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed" 	
	 	
October 22
Tuesday
12:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor   [CC]
October 22
Tuesday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Real, Scary Men" 	
	 	
October 23
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The Fur Flies" 	Suzanne is assaulted by animal rights activists while she is modeling a fur coat during a fashion show, and Charlene is forced to look for a new nanny. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Doug Barr, Leslie Sachs, Enid Kent, Davis Permenter, Lois Foraker, Pat Crawford Brown   [CC]
October 23
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The Fur Flies" 	
	 	
October 23
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Oh, What a Feeling" 	When the Sugarbaker ladies decide to purchase a new delivery van, negotiating for a good deal turns into more than they bargained for. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Michael Ross, Mich Regan   [CC]
October 23
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Oh, What a Feeling"