Without a doubt, Designing Women was a show about female empowerment, politics, human rights, ethics and, oh yeah -big laughs! It's quite the scene at Sugarbakers in Season Three when Julia runs for the office of Supervisor against a sexist pig, Suzanne brandishes a semiautomatic weapon to protect a pig of her own, Mary-Jo decides getting breast implants might be a good idea, Anthony gets nominated for homecoming Queen and Charlene decides to drag them all down to Graceland for an Elvis nostalgia weekend. Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Designing Women aired on CBS from 1986 -1993 running for seven seasons becoming a premier landmark sitcom in television history.