• How an Ally McBeal spec script got Maggie into a room with Kevin Williamson – and onto the staff of his first show, Dawson's Creek.
• Maggie set her sights on getting into AFI – and did -- because a mean girl told her she couldn’t!
• HE DID IT/SHE LIED: Those T-Shirts from the Designing Women Anita Hill episode – and the impact it had on Maggie.
• Which of the Designing Women are you? Sharon is a Julia, but is Susan Mary Jo – or Anthony?
• “Guns, and AIDS, and condoms – OH MY!” How Designing Women took on all the current issues, that are unfortunately still current today.
• SPOILER ALERT: What happens when you write HUGE CLIFFHANGERS – and then your show gets cancelled!
• Big Hair, Big Shoulders! Was the Atlanta of Designing Women accurate? Susan grew up in Georgia -- and has thoughts.
• Republican Dixie Carter’s deal: “For every liberal rant you make Julia say, I get to sing a song!”
• “Georgia On My Mind”: Ray Charles sings with the Designing Women!
• Young Susan’s brush with fame: Mark Harmon and Peter Scolari – both in one hour!

“WOMEN OF THE HOUSE” – the little-known 1995 “sequel” where Suzanne Sugarbaker goes to Congress to fill her late husband’s house seat.