Designing Women Lifetime (TV network) Schedule August 5, 2002 August 13, 2002

August 5
Monday
8:00 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]
August 5
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Picking a Winner" 	
	 	
August 5
Monday
8:30 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]
August 5
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Last Tango in Atlanta" 	
	 	
August 5
Monday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "A Class Act" 	Anthony adjusts to life as the new partner at Sugarbaker's while Charlene fights off an amorous college professor. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Michele Buffone, Richard Sanders, Daniel Henning, Susan Byun, Adam Goldberg   [CC]
August 5
Monday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "A Class Act" 	
	 	
August 5
Monday
12:00 am	Designing Women "The Return of Ray Don" 	The ladies of Sugarbaker's band together when Suzanne learns that her accountant has absconded with all her money, and the Internal Revenue Service has impounded her home. Together the women convince Suzanne not to marry 80-year-old Wilton Oliver, one of the richest men in Atlanta, just to solve her financial crisis. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Arlen Dean Snyder, Ivan Bonar, Dalton Cathey   [CC]
August 5
Monday
12:00 am	Designing Women "The Return of Ray Don" 	
	 	
August 5
Monday
12:30 am	Designing Women "High Rollers" 	Charlene unwittingly puts a bug in Suzanne's ear when she relates the success story of Fred Smith, the founder of Federal Express. Suzanne decides to risk it all gambling in the casinos in Atlantic City and employs Anthony's gambling expertise. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Gracie Harrison   [CC]
August 5
Monday
12:30 am	Designing Women "High Rollers" 	
	 	
August 6
Tuesday
8:00 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]
August 6
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita" 	
	 	
August 6
Tuesday
8:30 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]
August 6
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Just Say Doe" 	
	 	
August 6
Tuesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Keep the Homes Fires Burning" 	While the others at Sugarbaker's get swept up in lottery fever, Charlene copes with Bill being away on a secret mission by joining a military dependents' support group. When she finds a lot in common with a man she befriends, all her romantic fantasies about "keeping the home fires burning" are soon tested. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Peter Crook, Rob Morgan   [CC]
August 6
Tuesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "Keep the Homes Fires Burning" 	
	 	
August 6
Tuesday
12:00 am	Designing Women "The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club"	Suzanne is thrilled when she and Julia are asked to join the exclusive Beaumont Driving Club, but her excitement is temporarily dissipated when Julia expresses her dislike for the club's discriminatory practices. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Gracie Harrison, Maryanne Dorward, Tom Fitzpatrick, Joann Martin, Julie Bryan Moran   [CC]
August 6
Tuesday
12:00 am	Designing Women "The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club"	
	 	
August 6
Tuesday
12:30 am	Designing Women "How Great Thou Art" 	Charlene enlists the help of her friends in making a futile attempt to change her minister's mind about women entering the ministry. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Patrick Tovatt   [CC]
August 6
Tuesday
12:30 am	Designing Women "How Great Thou Art" 	
	 	
August 7
Wednesday
8:00 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]
August 7
Wednesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree" 	
	 	
August 7
Wednesday
8:30 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]
August 7
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed" 	
	 	
August 7
Wednesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "My Daughter, Myself" 	Mary Jo objects to Claudia, her 17-year-old daughter, dating a 34-year-old man, but then decides to date him herself. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Priscilla Weems, Tom Isbell, Michael B. Silver   [CC]
August 7
Wednesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "My Daughter, Myself" 	
	 	
August 7
Wednesday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Ted-Bare" 	When Mary Jo begins seeing her ex-husband, Ted, she thinks he's going to pop the question. After Mary Jo tells Ted that she is in love with J.D., she discovers that Ted only wanted to ask her if Quinton and Claudia could be in his wedding party. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Scott Bakula, Brian Lando, Pamela Hayden, Charles Robert Smithe   [CC]
August 7
Wednesday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Ted-Bare" 	
	 	
August 7
Wednesday
12:30 am	Designing Women "The Candidate" 	Julia is asked to run for the office of Supervisor, but her outspokenness may cost her the election. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Jason Bernard, Peter White   [CC]
August 7
Wednesday
12:30 am	Designing Women "The Candidate" 	
	 	
August 8
Thursday
8:00 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]
August 8
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Real, Scary Men" 	
	 	
August 8
Thursday
8:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
August 8
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Tales Out of School" 	
	 	
August 8
Thursday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "And Now, Here's Bernice" 	Anthony and the ladies help Bernice launch her own cable television show. Meanwhile, Mary Jo gets her heart broken by a handsome client. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Collin Bernsen, Rebecca Balding, Lisa Long, Jerry Hawkins, Lois Hamilton   [CC]
August 8
Thursday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "And Now, Here's Bernice" 	
	 	
August 8
Thursday
12:00 am	Designing Women "E.P., Phone Home" 	When the ladies are given V.I.P. tickets to Elvis Presley's Graceland, Julia's eyes are opened to the powerful role Elvis played in many people's lives. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Pete Willcox, Richard Minchenberg, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Tommy Kramer   [CC]
August 8
Thursday
12:00 am	Designing Women "E.P., Phone Home" 	
	 	
August 8
Thursday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Getting Married and Eating Dirt" 	The women of Sugarbaker's are shocked when their eccentric friend Bernice becomes engaged to a man who proposes to every woman he meets. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Ricahrd Bull, Stuart Nisbet   [CC]
August 8
Thursday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Getting Married and Eating Dirt" 	
	 	
August 9
Friday
8:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Meshach Taylor   [CC]
August 9
Friday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Driving My Mama Back Home" 	
	 	
August 9
Friday
8:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, George Newbern, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
August 9
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Payne Comes Home" 	
	 	
August 12
Monday
8:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
August 12
Monday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Carlene's Apartment" 	
	 	
August 12
Monday
8:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor   [CC]
August 12
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Mamed" 	
	 	
August 12
Monday
5:30 pm	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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Michael Goldfinger   [CC]
August 12
Monday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "The Big Desk" 	
	 	
August 12
Monday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Hard Hats and Lovers" 	While Charlene talks her boyfriend into "dating around," the ladies of Sugarbaker's come up with a solution to end the verbal harassment they've been receiving from a bunch of construction workers. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Doug Barr, Dierk Torsek, John Shearin, Robert Fieldsteel   [CC]
August 12
Monday
12:00 am	Designing Women "Hard Hats and Lovers" 	
	 	
August 12
Monday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Curtains" 	The women of Sugarbaker's find themselves in the middle of a labor dispute when angry picketers surround their building. Starring: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Royce D. Applegate   [CC]
August 12
Monday
12:30 am	Designing Women "Curtains" 	
	 	
August 13
Tuesday
8:00 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
August 13
Tuesday
8:00 am	Designing Women "A Scene from a Mall" 	
	 	
August 13
Tuesday
8:30 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: Annie Potts, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
August 13
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "All About Odes to Atlanta" 	
	 	
August 13
Tuesday
5:30 pm	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: Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, Meshach Taylor, Michael Goldfinger   [CC]
August 13
Tuesday
5:30 pm	Designing Women "The Big Desk"