Since most people who are a fan of one of these sitcoms seem to be a fan of the other, so match up the most alike characters. (And do not, I repeat do NOT say "Anthony - Coco" :lol: ) Here's mine:

Charlene Frazier/Stillfield - Rose Nylund; they're both a little slow, naive, and they're country girls.

Suzanne Sugrabaker - Blanch Devereaux; They're both obsessed with their looks, men, and money.

Mary Jo Shively - Dorothy Zbornak; They're both divorced to jerks, they're both feminazis, and they don't date much.

Julia Sugarbaker - Sophia Petrillo; They're both the oldest, wisest, have great one-liners, and they're both widows.

I've gone through that to myself a million times before! It's amazing how much alike the characters are.

Okay, I got weirded out when I saw "Mary Jo-Dorothy" and "Julia-Sophia", lol.

To me, it's always been:

Dorothy - Julia: They're both the most intimidating, the "bossy/sophisticated" one, and quick with put-downs.

Mary Jo - Sophia: They're both the smallest ones, get inappropriate with their humor, and are the "funny" ones (most one-liners).

And actually I compare not only these 2 shows, but DW, GG, and "Facts of Life":

Julia/Dorothy/Jo
Suzanne/Blanche/Blair
Mary Jo/Sophia/Natalie
Charlene/Rose/Tootie

Agreed...

FOL/DW/GG

Jo/Mary Jo/Dorothy

Blair/Suzanne/Blanche

Tootie/Charlene/Rose

Natalie/Julia/Sophia

I know the Natalie one is a bit questionable, but it always seemed like she was the voice of reason/experience, such as Julia and Sophia.

I agree, the characters do seem alot alike.

I love the Golden Girls, but I'm not really a fan of Designing Women.
But I have watched a few times, and I agree with TALLguyinKY on the characters.

I agree that there are a lot of similarities between the two shows. I would love to have seen Julia Sugarmaker and Dorothy Zbornak in a battle of the words together!!! And can you imagine Blanche and Suzanne together in one room? They couldn't fit both of their egos in Grand Central Station!!! :lol:

I agree that there are a lot of similarities between the two shows. I would love to have seen Julia Sugarmaker and Dorothy Zbornak in a battle of the words together!!! And can you imagine Blanche and Suzanne together in one room? They couldn't fit both of their egos in Grand Central Station!!! :lol:

lol, that would be one very interesting crossover fanfiction! And throw Sophia in the mix, and it gets even crazier (if that's even possible, hehe).

I've always seen a parallel between GOLDEN GIRLS/DESIGNING WOMEN/ LIVING SINGLE:

Dorothy/Julia/Khadijah (the main one)
Rose/Charlene/Synclaire (the naive one)
Blanche/Suzanne/Regine (the sexy one)
Sophia/Mary Jo/Maxine ("Max") (the smart one)