Designing Women reboot in the works TVLine reports that a reboot of the hit ’90s show, Designing Women, is currently in development. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the original series creator, is back at the helm of this update at Sony. As soon as development on the reboot is completed, the show will be made available by networks to snatch up. The official synopsis from the original series is provided by CBS below: Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason used the fictional Atlanta design firm of Sugarbaker and Associates as a witty bully pulpit for caustic social and political humor in Designing Women.