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Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)

Awards

Designing Women

22 wins & 39 nominations

BMI Film & TV Awards

  • 1992 Winner BMI TV Music Award
    • Bruce Miller
  • 1991 Winner BMI TV Music Award
    • Bruce Miller

Casting Society of America, USA

  • 1990 Nominee Artios Award
    • Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic
    • Fran Bascom
  • 1989 Nominee Artios Award
    • Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic
    • Fran Bascom
  • 1987 Nominee Artios Award
    • Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic
    • Fran Bascom

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Harry Thomason
    1990 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
    • Harry Thomason
    For episode "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?".

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Alice Ghostley
    1992 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Alice Ghostley
    For playing: "Bernice Clifton".
  • Harry Thomason
    1991 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Harry Thomason (executive producer)
    • Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (executive producer)
    • Pamela Norris (co-executive producer)
    • Douglas Jackson (supervising producer)
    • Tommy Thompson (supervising producer)
    • David Trainer (producer)
  • 1991 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Costume Design for a Series
    • Cliff Chally (costume designer)
    For episode "Keep The Home Fires Burning".
  • Delta Burke at an event for What Women Want (2000)
    1991 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Delta Burke
    For playing "Suzanne Sugarbaker".
  • Harry Thomason
    1990 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (executive producer)
    • Harry Thomason (executive producer)
    • Pamela Norris (supervising producer)
    • Douglas Jackson (producer)
    • Tommy Thompson (producer)
    • David Trainer (co-producer)

GLAAD Media Awards

  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    1991 Winner GLAAD Media Award
    • Outstanding Comedy Episode

Golden Globes, USA

  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    1991 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    1990 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical

Television Critics Association Awards

  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    1990 Nominee TCA Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

Viewers for Quality Television Awards

  • Dixie Carter in Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
    1992 Nominee Q Award
    • Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series
    • Dixie Carter
  • Alice Ghostley
    1991 Winner Q Award
    • Specialty Player
    • Alice Ghostley
  • Delta Burke at an event for What Women Want (2000)
    1991 Nominee Q Award
    • Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series
    • Delta Burke
  • Dixie Carter in Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
    1991 Nominee Q Award
    • Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series
    • Dixie Carter
  • Meshach Taylor
    1991 Nominee Q Award
    • Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series
    • Meshach Taylor

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • 1991 Nominee WGA Award (TV)
    • Episodic Comedy
    • Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
    For The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1 (1990) & The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2 (1990).

Young Artist Awards

  • Lexi Randall in The War (1994)
    1994 Nominee Young Artist Award
    • Best Youth Actress Recurring or Regular in a TV Series
    • Lexi Randall

Los Angeles Women in Film Festival

  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    1989 Winner Lilian Gish Award
    • Excellence in TV Episodic Comedy
    For episode "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?".

TV Land Awards

  • Ray Charles
    2003 Nominee TV Land Award
    • Favorite Guest Performance by a Musician on a TV Show
    • Ray Charles
  • Dolly Parton
    2003 Winner TV Land Award
    • Most Memorable Female Guest Star in a Comedy as Herself
    • Dolly Parton

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