• Who was Number One on the call sheet at Designing Women?
• Delta Burke was born in Orlando, Florida – and was named “Miss Flame” for the Orlando Fire Department!
• DELTA & GERALD & SIMON & SIMON: Delta Burke met her future husband Gerald McRaney on HIS show “Simon & Simon” – and then she brought him on to HERS…
• SIX DEGREES OF “REMINGTON STEELE”: How many Designing Women also shared the screen with Steele and Laura? Almost all of them…
• Julia Duffy shows up Season 6 as Sugarbaker cousin, Alison. Didjaknow? She almost played Diane Chambers on “Cheers” – and appeared later on that show as Diane’s best friend!
• SNL alum Jan Hooks played Carlene – sister to Charlene.
• MORE SHERYL LEE RALPH! She turns up in Season 7 as Anthony’s new wife.
• Alice Ghostly -- as the hilariously loopy Bernice Clifton – appeared in all 7 seasons!
• BY THE NUMBERS: How many women behind-the-scenes helped created the show? 20 writers, 6 producers, 3 directors – a significant percentage and huge numbers for the 80s!

So join Susan and Sharon as they talk Peter Scolari, “Hacks”, ex-husbands – and our upcoming interview with the creator of Designing Women herself -- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason!