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Originally Posted by douglasjc
I believe that Julia Duffy gets alot of the blame for the decline of Designing Women. Yes, Allison Sugarbaker was an annoying character who never developed, but it is not Duffy's fault. Duffy
had two things going against her. First she had to fill Burke's
shoes, impossible to begin with. Second, She arrived at the end of the Designing Women wars that resulted in Burke leaving under bad conditions. As a result the situation on the set was tense and chaotic. According to Duffy one year on Designing Women was enough.
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Ironically, the Julia Duffy season (1991-92) was the
highest rated of the whole series. But it was really due to a ratings surge from its lead-in,
Murphy Brown, which was having a huge season.