Designing Women Lifetime (TV network) Schedule October 9, 2003 November 7, 2003

October 9
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Of Human Bondage" 	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]
October 9
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Of Human Bondage" 	
	 	
October 10
Friday
8:30 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]
October 10
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Sex and the Single Woman" 	
	 	
October 12
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "The Beauty Contest" 	Charlene sponsors Mary Jo's daughter in the Miss Pre-Teen Atlanta contest, and despite her depression over her own upcoming 30th birthday, Suzanne coaches Claudia on how to walk and smile. Starring: Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter, Virgina Bingham, Stacy Bloodworth, Pamela Bowen, Brian Lando, Priscilla Weems, Brian Moore   [CC]
October 12
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "The Beauty Contest" 	
	 	
October 12
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "A Big Affair" 	Suzanne's intimate dinner party, planned to impress an important client, goes awry before it begins when she arranges a date between a rather large man and a reluctant Charlene. Starring: Delta Burke, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Walter Olkewicz, David Winn   [CC]
October 12
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "A Big Affair" 	
	 	
October 13
Monday
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]
October 13
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Mary Jo vs. the Terminator" 	
	 	
October 14
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "On the Road Again" 	Mary Jo agrees to drive with Julia to Nashville to meet her new beau, but Bernice tags along, turning their vision of a "Thelma and Louise" trip into hell on wheels. Meanwhile, B.J. is determined to help Anthony and Carlene relax enough to study for their exams, no matter what she has to pull out of her bag of tricks. Starring: Meshach Taylor, Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Judith Ivey, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
October 14
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "On the Road Again" 	
	 	
October 15
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Screaming Passages" 	When Julia learns that she is going through menopause, she prepares herself and her friends for a hormonal action/adventure. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, James Naughton, Alice Ghostley, Judith Ivey, Jan Hooks   [CC]
October 15
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Screaming Passages" 	
	 	
October 16
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Viva Las Vegas" 	Anthony goes to Las Vegas to forget his broken engagement to Vanessa and winds up married to a gorgeous showgirl from the Folies Bergere. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Jan Hooks, Judith Ivey, - Jackee, Sheryl Lee Ralph   [CC]
October 16
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Viva Las Vegas" 	
	 	
October 17
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Fools Rush In" 	Anthony tries to extricate himself from his hasty nuptials, with schemes that range from the practical to the ridiculous. When his attempts to free himself meet more resistance than he expected, B.J. hatches a plan to pay her off -- leading to surprising results. Starring: Dixie Carter, Judith Ivey, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Meshach Taylor, Annie Potts, Alice Ghostley, Jan Hooks   [CC]
October 17
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Fools Rush In" 	
	 	
October 19
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "Julia's Son" 	Julia's nineteen-year-old son, Payne, is bringing his girlfriend home from college for a visit, and Julia wants everything to be perfect for her "baby." Payne then presents his girl, Primmie, who is tall, attractive... and forty years old! Starring: Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter, George Newbern, Natalie Nogulich   [CC]
October 19
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "Julia's Son" 	
	 	
October 19
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "Oh, Suzannah" 	While in Reese's office to sign legal papers, Suzanne offhandedly volunteers to keep a Vietnamese boat child who is being adopted, but needs an interim home for the next four weeks while final papers are being completed. Starring: Delta Burke, Meshach Taylor, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Justine Burnette, Ann Walker, Michael Griswold, Connie Lew, Richard Jamison   [CC]
October 19
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "Oh, Suzannah" 	
	 	
October 20
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Love Letters" 	When B.J. (Judith Ivey) examines her departed husband's safety deposit box, she finds passionate love letters from a strange woman. Meanwhile, Mary Jo (Annie Potts) discovers even more aspects of her aggressive side when she rents a red convertible sportscar and turns into a "road warrior". Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Judith Ivey   [CC]
October 20
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Love Letters" 	
	 	
October 21
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Vision Thing" 	The ladies throw a Las Vegas-style wedding shower for Anthony and Etienne, who is driving her new husband crazy with her overwhelming efforts to become the perfect wife. Starring: Dixie Carter, Judith Ivey, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jan Hooks   [CC]
October 21
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Vision Thing" 	
	 	
October 22
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Trial and Error" 	Anthony agrees to take the witness stand to help Mary Jo in a court battle and winds up her reluctant legal advisor. Running on lack of sleep and a heavy dose of caffeine, Anthony turns an open-and-shut case into an embarrassing display that leaves him doubting his future as a lawyer -- until a surprise visit from a prestigious law firm representative helps him reconsider his plans. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Judith Ivey   [CC]
October 22
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Trial and Error" 	
	 	
October 23
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Old Spouses Never Die" 	Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.   [CC]
October 23
Thursday
8:00 am	Designing Women "Old Spouses Never Die" 	
	 	
October 24
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Too Dumb to Date" 	Anthony and the ladies can't understand why Mary Jo is wasting her time dating a man who is "dumber than mud" -- until they meet him and realize he is Atlanta's top male model. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Judith Ivey, Patrick Warburton   [CC]
October 24
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Too Dumb to Date" 	
	 	
October 26
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "The Slumber Party" 	Arriving at work one morning, Suzanne tells Julia, Mary Jo, and Charlene that when she tried to fire her maid, the maid put a voodoo death curse on her and proclaimed that Suzanne would be gone by midnight. Starring: Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter   [CC]
October 26
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "The Slumber Party" 	
	 	
October 26
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "New Year's Daze" 	It is New Year's Eve, and everyone is dressed in their finest clothes, anticipating a fun-filled night on the town. The identity of Charlene's date is kept secret until a news flash reports that the infamous "Shadow" is the subject of a massive manhunt. Starring: Delta Burke, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Russell Anderson, Thomas Callaway   [CC]
October 26
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "New Year's Daze" 	
	 	
October 27
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Odyssey" 	B.J. arranges to fly the Sugarbaker Design Firm clan to the presidential inauguration on her private jet, but when bad weather grounds the plane, the group races to get to the ball on time by setting out on a nightmare odyssey of commercial flights. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Judith Ivey, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
October 27
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Odyssey" 	
	 	
October 28
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Oh Dog, Poor Dog" 	Bernice, recovering from minor eye surgery at Sugarbaker's, overhears Mary Jo tell Julia her heart-wrenching decision to have the dog put to sleep, but Bernice assumes they are talking about her. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Judith Ivey, Annie Potts, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
October 28
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Oh Dog, Poor Dog" 	
	 	
October 29
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Wedding Redux" 	When the families of Etienne and Anthony meet after having missed the couple's inebriated Las Vegas nuptials, Julia talks the newlyweds into tying the knot again at Sugarbaker's -- only to find she has courted disaster when Etienne's idea of a "simple" ceremony escalates. Starring: Dixie Carter, Judith Ivey, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Beah Richards, Meshach Taylor, Della Reese, Annie Potts, Jan Hooks, Alice Ghostley, Sherman Hemsley   [CC]
October 29
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Wedding Redux" 	
	 	
October 30
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "This Is Art?" 	Julia attends the opening of her former art teacher's exhibition and finds herself on display when he unveils his masterpiece: a nude painting of her for which she never posed. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Judith Ivey, Annie Potts, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
October 30
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "This Is Art?" 	
	 	
October 31
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Charlene Buys a House" 	Charlene buys a haunted house and hires Sugarbaker's to redecorate. Starring: Delta Burke, Meshach Taylor, Jean Smart, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Michael Goldfinger, Charles Levin   [CC]
October 31
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Charlene Buys a House" 	
	 	
November 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "Reese's Friend" 	A disagreement over the theme for the annual country club fundraiser has Julia and Suzanne at odds, but the quibbling is forgotten when Reese appears with a gorgeous young woman on his arm. Starring: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Meshach Taylor, Hal Holbrook, Annie Potts, Richard Gilliland, Michael Griswold, Lisa Puluso, Brian Taylor   [CC]
November 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Designing Women "Reese's Friend" 	
	 	
November 2
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "Nashville Bound" 	The news that Charlene's family -- all ten brothers and sisters -- will be in town at the same time is overshadowed by the news that she is going to become a recording star! Starring: Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Meshach Taylor, Dixie Carter, Andre Rosey Brown, Justine Burnette, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Michael Ross   [CC]
November 2
Sunday
1:30 am	Designing Women "Nashville Bound" 	
	 	
November 3
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "It's Not So Easy Being Green" 	Anthony can't control his jealousy when Etienne's smart, successful and good-looking college friend, Punch, comes to visit. Starring: Dixie Carter, Judith Ivey, Annie Potts, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
November 3
Monday
8:30 am	Designing Women "It's Not So Easy Being Green" 	
	 	
November 4
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers"	Following instructions she received from her deceased husband during a seance, Mrs. Beecham, an overbearing old schoolmistress of Julia's, comes to live with her. Starring: Dixie Carter, Jan Hooks, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Judith Ivey, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
November 4
Tuesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers"	
	 	
November 5
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Lying Game" 	When Carlene discovers she is dating a man who is a cross-dresser, she tries spending the day in male drag to understand what it's like. Starring: Dixie Carter, Meshach Taylor, Jan Hooks, Judith Ivey, Annie Potts, Alice Ghostley   [CC]
November 5
Wednesday
8:30 am	Designing Women "The Lying Game" 	
	 	
November 6
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Gone with a Whim" 	Sugarbaker's takes an unpleasant job to save the firm from bankruptcy. Starring: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Judith Ivey, Alice Ghostley, Jan Hooks, Patrick Warburton   [CC]
November 6
Thursday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Gone with a Whim" 	
	 	
November 7
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Gone with a Whim" 	The women struggle to save Sugarbaker's from a hostile takeover. Starring: Dixie Carter, Judith Ivey, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Patrick Warburton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Gail O'Grady, Alice Ghostley, Jan Hooks   [CC]
November 7
Friday
8:30 am	Designing Women "Gone with a Whim"