Desperate Housewives

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Desperate Housewives
Genre
Created byMarc Cherry
Starring
Narrated by
  • Brenda Strong (178 episodes)
  • Steven Culp ("
    My Husband, the Pig
    ")
  • Nicollette Sheridan ("
    Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know
    ")
Theme music composerDanny Elfman
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes180 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Charles Skouras III
  • Stephanie Hagen
  • Alexandra Cunningham
  • Jamie Gorenberg
  • Kevin Etten
  • Tracey Stern
  • Patty Lin
  • Annie Weisman
Production locations
EditorKaren Castañeda
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time43 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) –
May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
Related

Desperate Housewives is an American

George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman, and Larry Shaw
.

Set on Wisteria Lane, a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State, Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their friend and neighbor who died by suicide in the pilot episode. The storyline covers fifteen years of the women's lives over eight seasons, set between the years 2004–2008, and later 2013–2018 (the storyline includes a five-year jump in time, as well as flashbacks and flashforwards ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s). They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes, and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—on the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.

The series features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. The supporting cast included Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt, Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair, and Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry. Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences.[1]

Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike, receiving

Screen Actors Guild Awards. From the 2004–05 through the 2008–09 television seasons, its first five seasons were rated amongst the top ten most-watched series.[2] In 2007, it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 120 million[3] and was also reported as the third-most-watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries.[4] In 2012, it remained the most-watched comedy series internationally based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide, which measured ratings across five continents; it has held this position since 2006.[5][6] Moreover, it was the third-highest revenue-earning series for 2010, with $2.74 million per half an hour.[7] The show was ranked at number fifty-six on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list.[8]

In August 2011, it was confirmed that the eighth season of Desperate Housewives would be the show's last; the series finale aired on May 13, 2012.[9][10][11] By the end of the series, it had surpassed Charmed with the most episodes in an hour-long television series featuring all female leads.

Premise

The

Ricardo Antonio Chavira) from discovering that she is having an affair with their gardener, John Rowland (Jesse Metcalfe
). The first season is also marked by mystery surrounding the murder of a neighbour and some secrets revealed about Zach, Mike, and Paul. At the end of the season both Paul and Zach go missing.

The Applewhite house, focus of Desperate Housewives' season-long mystery from 2005 to 2006

The

Matthew Applewhite. Susan's love life becomes even more complicated as she has serious conflicts with Mike, and her ex-husband Karl Mayer (Richard Burgi) who is engaged to Edie, also starts to lean towards Susan. Lynette goes back to her career in advertising while her husband Tom Scavo (Doug Savant
) becomes a stay-at-home father, and Gabrielle decides to be faithful to Carlos, who is now in prison after being double-crossed by a business partner, and begins preparations to have a child. Paul is framed and sent to jail, not for the murder he committed in the previous season, but for a fake one. Paul's son Zack reconnects with his wealthy maternal grandfather.

The

previous season finale, Mike falls into a coma and suffers from amnesia when he wakes up. Edie sees her chance to make her move on Mike, and her family relations are explored throughout the season. Susan loses hope that Mike's memory will return and in the process moves on to a handsome Englishman, Ian Hainsworth (Dougray Scott), whose wife is also in a coma, while her daughter Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen) starts dating Edie's nephew, Austin McCann (Josh Henderson), of which Susan disapproves. Elderly neighbor Karen McCluskey (Kathryn Joosten
) hides something in her freezer. A shooting at the local grocery store leaves two characters dead and changes everyone's lives forever.

The

Bob Hunter (Tuc Watkins)—become residents of Wisteria Lane. A tornado
threatens to destroy everything, and everyone, that the housewives hold dear. In the closing minutes, the characters and their story have flashed forward by five years.

The house of Katherine Mayfair on Wisteria Lane, as seen on Desperate Housewives from 2007 to 2010

The

fifth season premiered on September 28, 2008, with the time period jumping forward five years after the previous season, with some flashbacks to events which happened between the two periods. The season mystery revolves around Edie's new husband, Dave Williams (Neal McDonough), who is looking for revenge on someone on Wisteria Lane (later revealed to be Mike because of a road accident Mike and Susan were involved in that killed Dave's wife and daughter). Susan and Mike are divorced due to the accident putting pressure on their marriage. Susan deals with being a single mother and having a new romance with her painter, while Mike starts dating Katherine. Lynette and Tom learn that their now teenage son Porter is having an affair with a married woman whose husband's nightclub burns down with all of Wisteria Lane's neighbors inside. Gabrielle struggles with Carlos' blindness, triggered in an injury during the tornado in season 4; two overweight young daughters; and a financial crisis. Bree and Orson have marriage problems because Bree had pressured Orson into doing time in prison for running over Mike and he resents her. She has become too focused on her career as a successful cookbook
writer and caterer, and her daughter Danielle had come to claim back her son while Orson was in prison. Edie dies of electrocution after a car crash, before she can expose Dave's motives moments after she discovers his secret.

The

Ana Solis (Maiara Walsh
), Karen McCluskey finding new love, Lynette's attempts to sue her new boss Carlos for firing her for getting pregnant, Katherine's eventual mental breakdown at losing Mike to Susan, and Bree's affair with Karl, which ends tragically when Karl's hired plane crashes into a building with him and Orson inside, killing Karl and leaving Orson paraplegic. The second half of the season focuses on Katherine experimenting with her sexuality, Lynette unknowingly inviting the Fairview strangler to stay with them before discovering the truth, the conflict between Bree and a son of Rex whom he had before meeting her, and the solving of the Bolen mystery.

The

Juanita Solis (Madison De La Garza) (who was switched at birth), which ultimately leads them back to Gabrielle's home town of Las Colinas. A now divorced Bree starts dating her contractor, and reveals the truth about the death of Carlos' mother Juanita at the hands of her son Andrew in the second season, consequently ending the friendship between the Solis family and Bree. Due to financial problems, Susan and her family have moved off the lane, and Susan is forced to earn money by doing pornography. Following a major riot on the lane, Susan is injured and put on the waiting list for a vital organ donation
. Lynette persuades Tom to take an exciting new job, which leads to unprecedented problems in their marriage.

The

Chuck Vance (Jonathan Cake), Bree becomes the main character affected by the cover-up of Alejandro's murder, and is eventually accused of killing Alejandro herself. A new neighbor, Ben Faulkner (Charles Mesure
), moves onto the lane, attracting Renee along the way. Ben is going through severe financial problems, and resorts to a dangerous and unruly loan shark to bail him out. Mike meddles in the business of Ben's loan shark in an attempt to protect Renee, but he is eventually shot dead by the loan shark. During the first half of the season, Susan struggles with the guilt of her involvement in the Alejandro case, and during the second half, she tries to deal with both Julie's unexpected pregnancy at the hands of Lynette's son Preston and Mike's death. Following the cover-up of Alejandro's murder, Carlos develops an alcohol problem, but Gabrielle persuades him to recover in rehab, which eventually results in Gabrielle and Carlos switching house roles. Tom moves out of the family home, and Lynette struggles to come to terms with how quickly Tom seems to have moved on, until she accepts that she is still in love with him, and decides she will try to win him back. Mrs. McCluskey receives worrying news about her health and decides to end it all, but Bree manages to convince her otherwise.

The two-hour series finale, which aired on Sunday, May 13, 2012, featured the conclusion of Bree's court case. To bring the series to a conclusion, there was a wedding, a birth, and a death, and the future of the four main housewives was revealed.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Desperate Housewives cast members and List of Desperate Housewives characters

During its premiere season, the show featured thirteen starring actors, all credited in the

teenage
ones, who had guest starred during the first season, were promoted to series regulars without having their names included in the opening sequence. Instead, they were billed as "also starring" during the first minutes of each episode, together with episode guest stars. This practice continued for the rest of the season.

Legend

  = Starring cast (credited)
  = Also starring cast (credited)
  = Recurring cast (3+)
  = Guest cast (1–2)
Actor Character Season
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Starring
Teri Hatcher Susan Mayer Main
Felicity Huffman Lynette Scavo Main
Marcia Cross Bree Van de Kamp Main
Eva Longoria Gabrielle Solis Main
Nicollette Sheridan Edie Britt Main Does not appear
Steven Culp Rex Van de Kamp Main
Special Guest
 Guest[b] Does not appear Special Guest Does not appear Special Guest[c]
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
 Carlos Solis Main
Mark Moses Paul Young Main Recurring Does not appear Guest[d] Main Guest
Andrea Bowen Julie Mayer Main Guest Also starring Guest Recurring
Jesse Metcalfe John Rowland Main Recurring[e] Special Guest Does not appear Special Guest Does not appear
Cody Kasch
Zach Young
 Main Recurring Does not appear Recurring Does not appear
Brenda Strong Mary Alice Young Main
James Denton Mike Delfino Main
Alfre Woodard Betty Applewhite Special Guest Main Does not appear
Doug Savant Tom Scavo Recurring Main
Richard Burgi Karl Mayer Recurring Main Guest Recurring Does not appear Guest[f]
Kyle MacLachlan Orson Hodge Does not appear Recurring[g] Main Special Guest Recurring[g]
Dana Delany Katherine Mayfair Does not appear Main Does not appear Special Guest
Neal McDonough Dave Williams Does not appear Main Does not appear
Shawn Pyfrom Andrew Van de Kamp Recurring Also starring Main Recurring[g] Special Guest
Drea de Matteo Angie Bolen Does not appear Main Does not appear
Maiara Walsh
Ana Solis
 Does not appear Guest Main Does not appear
Kathryn Joosten Karen McCluskey Guest Recurring Main[h] Also starring
Vanessa Williams Renee Perry Does not appear Main
Kevin Rahm
Lee McDermott
 Does not appear Recurring Main Also starring
Tuc Watkins
Bob Hunter
 Does not appear Recurring Main Also starring
Jonathan Cake
Chuck Vance
 Does not appear Recurring[g] Main[i]
Charles Mesure
Ben Faulkner
 Does not appear Main[j]
Madison De La Garza
Juanita Solis
 Does not appear Recurring Also starring Main
Also starring
Joy Lauren Danielle Van de Kamp Recurring Also starring Guest
Mehcad Brooks Matthew Applewhite Guest Also starring Does not appear
Brent Kinsman
 Preston Scavo Recurring Also starring Guest Does not appear
Max Carver Does not appear Also starring Recurring Guest
Shane Kinsman
 Porter Scavo Recurring Also starring Guest Does not appear
Charlie Carver Does not appear Also starring
Zane Huett Parker Scavo Recurring Also starring Does not appear Guest Does not appear
Joshua Logan Moore Does not appear Also starring
Roger Bart George Williams Recurring Also starring[k] Does not appear Guest[f]
Page Kennedy Caleb Applewhite Does not appear Also starring Does not appear
NaShawn Kearse Does not appear Also starring Does not appear
Josh Henderson Austin McCann Does not appear Also starring Does not appear
Lyndsy Fonseca Dylan Mayfair Does not appear Also starring Does not appear Guest Does not appear
Rachel Fox Kayla Scavo Does not appear Recurring Also starring Does not appear
Kendall Applegate Penny Scavo Does not appear Also starring Does not appear
Darcy Rose Byrnes Does not appear Also starring
Jeffrey Nordling Nick Bolen Does not appear Also starring Does not appear
Beau Mirchoff Danny Bolen Does not appear Also starring Does not appear
Mason Vale Cotton M.J. Delfino Does not appear Recurring Also starring
Cast Notes
  1. ^ Credited as Touchstone Television for first 3 seasons
  2. Voice only
    .
  3. Women and Death
    " (8x17).
  4. I Guess This Is Goodbye
    " (6x23).
  5. Remember, Part 2
    " (2x24) where he is credited as a special guest star.
  6. ^ a b Makes an uncredited cameo appearance in "Finishing the Hat" (8x23).
  7. ^ a b c d Credited as a special guest star in a recurring capacity.
  8. Come on Over for Dinner
    " (7x23). She is credited as "also starring" during the first 22 episodes of the sixth season.
  9. Putting It Together" (8x09). He makes an uncredited cameo appearance in "Finishing the Hat
    " (8x23).
  10. Who Can Say What's True?
    " (8x11) onwards. He is credited as "also starring" in the first 10 episodes of the eighth season.
  11. Remember, Part 2
    " (2x24).

Production

The idea for the series was conceived as

Showtime, and Lifetime all turned the show down.[17] Finally, two new executives at ABC, Lloyd Braun and Susan Lyne, chose to greenlight it,[18] reportedly after The O.C. on Fox premiered in 2003 and showed that a soap opera could succeed in prime time.[19]
Marc Cherry stated: "In April 2002, I was absolutely 'desperate.' I was broke, couldn't even land an interview for a screenplay, and was seriously worried about my future. I had just turned forty and was starting to wonder if I wasn't one of those poor deluded souls wandering around Hollywood convinced they were talented screenwriters when all evidence pointed to the contrary. But since I have a considerable amount of self-esteem [...], I started writing the first draft of Desperate Housewives, convinced it could turn my life around. Guys, if I hadn't seen it right!". Shortly thereafter, Disney had both Braun and Lyne fired, following their approval of another new drama series: Lost.[20]

The ABC executives were not initially satisfied with the name of the new show, suggesting Wisteria Lane and The Secret Lives of Housewives, instead.[21][22] However, on October 23, 2003, Desperate Housewives was announced by ABC, presented as a primetime soap opera created by Charles Pratt Jr., of Melrose Place fame, and Marc Cherry, who declared the new show to be a mix of Knots Landing and American Beauty (1999) with a little bit of Twin Peaks.[23] While Cherry continued his work on the show, Pratt was credited as executive producer for the pilot episode only, remaining linked to the show as a consulting producer during the first two seasons.

On May 18, 2004, ABC announced the 2004–2005 lineup, with Desperate Housewives in the Sunday at 9:00–10:00 p.m. ET slot,[24] which it held all through the run of the show. After only three episodes, on October 20, 2004, ABC announced that Desperate Housewives, along with Lost, had been picked up for a full season.[25] A couple of weeks later after Housewives premiered the owners of NBC called to see who had passed on the series due to its ratings success.

Desperate Housewives was produced by creator Marc Cherry (Cherry Productions), Austin Bagley and, since 2007, ABC Studios. From 2004 to 2007, Desperate Housewives was produced in association with Touchstone Television.[26]

Production crew

Cherry, Tom Spezialy, and Michael Edelstein served as executive producers for the show's first two seasons. Spezialy, who also served as a staff writer, left his previous position as writer and executive producer for Dead Like Me to join the Desperate Housewives crew. He had also worked as writer and co-executive producer on several shows, among them Ed, Jack and Jill, and Parker Lewis Can't Lose, while Edelstein had been the executive producer of Threat Matrix and Hope & Faith.

Second season conflicts arose among the executive producers. Subsequently, Edelstein left the show mid-season, and by the season's end, so did Spezialy.

animated series Rugrats, and for Frasier. Also joining Cherry, Perkins, and Daily for season 4 were John Pardee and Joey Murphy, who had been with the series since the beginning.[29] Both had also worked on Cherry's previous show, The Crew, in 1995, as well as on the sitcom Cybill
.

In the first four seasons, Larry Shaw and David Grossman have been the most prolific directors, together directing more than half of the episodes.

Filming

See also: Wisteria Lane and Colonial Street
The residence of Mary Alice Young (as seen in the premiere episode of Desperate Housewives), on Wisteria Lane

Desperate Housewives was filmed on

35 mm cameras (except for the final season, which was shot digitally on the Arri Alexa).[30] It was broadcast in standard and widescreen high definition, though it was framed for the 4:3 aspect ratio[31]
until the final season.

The set for Wisteria Lane, consisting mainly of facades but also of some actual houses, was located on the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot. It was referred to by film crews as Colonial Street, and has been used for several motion pictures and television shows since the mid-1940s.[32] Notable productions that were filmed here include: So Goes My Love, Leave it to Beaver, The 'Burbs, Providence, Deep Impact, Bedtime for Bonzo, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Gremlins, The Munsters, Psycho, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the Doris Day comedies The Thrill of It All and Send Me No Flowers.[32] For the second season of Desperate Housewives, the street underwent some significant changes. Among the most noticeable of these changes was the removal of a church facade and a mansion in order to make room for Edie's house and a park.[33][34]

Interior sets were built on sound stages at Universal Studios Hollywood, some of which were duplicated in some form on the Wisteria Lane back lot for filming when conditions required it.[35]

Filming for the series ended April 26, 2012.

Opening sequence

The initial idea for the show's opening sequence was Cherry's. After asking 16 companies to come up with suggestions for how best to realize it, the producers finally hired Hollywood-based yU+co to provide the final version.[36] According to the yU+co's official website, the idea behind the sequence is, "to evoke the show's quirky spirit and playful flouting of women's traditional role in society."[37] The images featured are taken from eight pieces of art, portraying domesticity and male–female relations through the ages.[38]

The music for the opening was composed by Danny Elfman, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2005. It also has been awarded both a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music in 2005 and the BMI TV Music Award.[39] In 2005, it was included on the album Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives. In 2017, James Charisma of Paste ranked the show's opening sequence at the 29th position on a list of The 75 Best TV Title Sequences of All Time.[40] When an episode runs long, only the first sequence (the falling apple) is kept. From the fourth season onwards, a shortened synthesized version of the theme (arranged and performed by frequent series composer Steve Jablonsky) is heard, which underscores the falling apple scene, and the photograph of the four lead actresses, crediting Marc Cherry as creator.

Music

In addition to the theme composed by Danny Elfman, the first two episodes scored by Elfman's former Oingo Boingo bandmate Steve Bartek, and the third episode scored by ex-Police Stewart Copeland, the series underscore music, composed by Steve Jablonsky since the fourth episode of the first season, defines the overall sound of the show by creating a musical counterpoint to the writing style. The score is electronic-based, but every scoring session incorporates a live string ensemble. Jablonsky incorporates recurring themes for events and characters into the score.[41] Hollywood Records produced the first soundtrack album, Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives (2005), distributed by Universal Music Group. Several of those songs have been used in subsequent seasons.

Desperate Housewives' unique style combined with the heavy dialogue and a quick-fire writing style limits the amount of

cellist
).

Later seasons

In August 2009, Marc Cherry said that Desperate Housewives would be on television for a few more years, stating that the series still "has a lot of life left in it." He told The Wrap:

Steve McPherson (ABC Entertainment president) and I agree that we shouldn't keep the show going for more than a couple [of] years past my seven-year initial contract. We don't want it to just fade away. We've been in negotiations. I expect to sign my new deal soon to set up a future scenario for the show. Someone else will run the show after season seven and I will serve as executive producer from a distance.

He went on to explain that he felt the program had been revitalized by the five-year leap forward for season five, saying: "Yes, I think it worked well. It was a way to start fresh and let everyone start from scratch in a way".[42]

In October 2009, Cherry signed a two-year deal with ABC that could keep Desperate Housewives on the air until 2013.[43] The stars of Desperate Housewives finalized new deals to make way for the eighth season and signed at the price of $12 million.[44][45][46]

Cherry hinted that Desperate Housewives would end in 2013,

eighth season.[9]

Final season

In August 2011, it was confirmed that the eighth season of Desperate Housewives would be the final season.[10][11] Eva Longoria tweeted about the end of Desperate Housewives:

It's confirmed! We are filming our last season of Desperate Housewives! I am so grateful for what the show has given me! We always knew we wanted to end on top and I thank ABC for giving us our victory lap! And a special thanks to Marc Cherry who forever changed my life![49]

Cherry, the show's creator, made a cameo as a mover in the last scene of the final episode.

Episodes

See also: List of Desperate Housewives episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankAverage viewership
(in millions)		18–49 Rank18–49 Rating
First airedLast aired
123October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22)4[50]24.13[50]310.4[51]
224September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)4[52]23.99[52]39.3[53]
323September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)10[54]19.18[54]56.9[55]
417September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18)6[56]17.83[56]37.0[57]
524September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)9[58]14.80[58]55.3[59]
623September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)20[60]12.82[60]94.8[61]
723September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)26[62]11.17[63]183.8[64]
823September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)37[65]8.76[65]273.6[66]

Reception

Ratings

Season Timeslot (EST) #
Ep. 		Premiere Finale TV season Rank 18–49 average Overall viewership
Date Viewers
(in millions) 		Date Viewers
(in millions)
1
 Sunday
9:00 pm 		23 October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) 21.64[67] May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22) 30.62[68] 2004–05 #4[69] 10.66[70] 23.69[69]
2
 24 September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25) 28.36[71] May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21) 24.23[72] 2005–06 #4[73] 10.09[70] 21.70[73]
3
 23 September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24) 24.09[74] May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20) 18.82[75] 2006–07 #10[76] 7.57[70] 16.70[76]
4
 17 September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30) 19.32[77] May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18) 16.84[78] 2007–08 #6[79] 6.71[70] 17.52[79]
5
 24 September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28) 18.68[80] May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17) 13.96[81] 2008–09 #9[82] 5.29[70] 15.66[82]
6
 23 September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27) 13.64[83] May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16) 12.75[84]
2009–10
 #20[60] 4.25[70] 12.83[60]
7
 23 September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) 13.06[85] May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15) 10.25[86] 2010–11 #26[62] 3.46[70] 11.85[87]
8
 23 September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25) 9.93[88] May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13) 11.12[89] 2011–12 #37[65] 2.74[70] 10.60[65]
Desperate Housewives : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode number
123456789101112131415161718192021222324
121.6420.0320.8721.4922.1424.6024.2127.2421.5622.3425.2024.0925.9522.3024.1824.0824.6125.5525.2725.6926.1025.2830.62–
228.3627.1126.0625.7825.2223.9325.9325.9225.8925.5223.7222.5225.3323.4723.4122.2021.4121.8220.0221.3021.3321.0324.2324.23
324.0921.4220.9620.6419.7121.2422.6522.2721.6321.4318.7116.7617.1418.1018.5118.3115.9316.3515.9117.1717.1616.1318.82–
419.3217.8218.8918.2118.2818.5818.6318.6420.6519.7816.3715.7516.3516.7615.4316.8416.84–
518.6815.6915.5115.4915.9515.9315.8516.8415.8116.0914.3913.7913.0813.8214.0113.6514.6014.7513.8513.6413.4912.2913.9613.96
613.6414.6413.4213.6814.1814.0813.8014.7212.7814.8615.3514.0311.3211.4410.9210.8912.0110.8410.6211.2912.1211.3612.75–
713.0613.2312.3812.6712.1611.1012.7211.9211.3611.6012.1912.8310.259.2010.5811.359.059.1110.159.4410.0010.2510.25–
89.939.168.638.279.179.288.789.298.208.847.917.486.407.658.218.399.038.818.498.029.2211.1211.12–
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[90]

Critical response

The show was the biggest success of the 2004–05 television season, being well received by both critics and viewers. The pilot episode had 21.3 million viewers making it the best new drama for the year, the highest-rated show of the week, and the best performance by a pilot for ABC, since Spin City in 1996.[91]

Along with Lost and Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives was credited to have turned around ABC's declining fortunes.[92] Many critics agreed with Cherry's initial comparison to the popular black comedy film American Beauty,[93] while its themes and appeal to female viewers were compared to those of the award-winning series Sex and the City,[94] and its mysteries were said to resemble those of David Lynch's classic series Twin Peaks.[95] In its first review, USA Today proclaimed the show to be "refreshingly original, bracingly adult and thoroughly delightful" and naming it to be "sort of Knots Landing meets The Golden Girls by way of Twin Peaks".[96]

Following the initial success of the show, the term "desperate housewives" became a cultural phenomenon. This warranted "real-life desperate housewives" features in TV shows, including

The Dr. Phil Show,[97] and in magazines.[98][99] Among the more prominent names to declare themselves fans of the show were Oprah Winfrey,[100] who also dedicated an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to her visit at the film set; and the former First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, who, in a comedic speech during a dinner with White House Correspondents' Association on April 30, 2005, stated, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife", referring to the show.[101] The series ended up being the fourth-most-watched in the United States during the 2004–2005 season, with 23.7 million viewers each week.[102][103] The first-season finale was watched by 30.62 million American viewers becoming the most watched episode of the series.[104]

For its second year, the show still maintained its ratings—with 22.2 million viewers, it reclaimed its position as the number four most-watched series.[105][106] The second season's premiere was watched by 28.4 million viewers.[107] The episode drew in the second largest audience for the series in its history. However, several critics started to notice a declining quality of the show's script,[108][109] and USA Today's Robert Bianco suggested that the part of the series getting "less good" was that showrunner Cherry had left much of the series writing in the hands of others.[110] Midway through the season executive producer Michael Edenstein left the show due to conflicts with Cherry and in May 2006, just a couple of weeks prior to the second-season finale, so did Tom Spezialy.[27] After the end of the season, Cherry agreed that the second year's script had been weaker and also agreed that it had been a mistake to let go too much of the show. He now stated that he was back full-time, claiming that both he and the writing staff had learned from their mistakes.[111][112][113]

The critics generally agreed on the improved quality for the third year,[114][115][116] but the overall ratings fell notably from previous seasons. Due to complications from her pregnancy, Marcia Cross was put on bed rest. After filming one episode from her own personal bedroom she was forced to take maternity leave with eight episodes of season three still remaining. It was predicted that the ratings would be down by over 25% since the premiere year.[117] However, for the last three episodes of the season, the rating turned somewhat, and the season ended up with 17.5 million viewers, falling from number four to number ten on the list of most watched shows.[118] While Cross' departure allowed for the much-underused Edie to have more story, fans noticed a decline in the stories during Cross' departure. Stories such as Lynette's emotional affair with restaurant manager Rick proved unpopular. Furthermore, Susan's contrived triangle with Ian and Mike seemed tiresome to many viewers, particularly in an episode where Susan is lost in the woods trying to find Mike. Notable, however, was that the show's rating among viewers age 18–24 increased from the previous season.[119]

For its fourth season, the series proved to have staying power.

Something's Coming", where 20.6 million viewers tuned in to see the heavily marketed tornado episode. The show once again moved back into the top five highest-rated programs in the 2007–2008 season, being the number-one ABC drama and beating popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy after falling behind it for the first time in the third season. It also became for the first time the number-one scripted series, beating CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
.

Although ratings were down for the fifth season, along with every scripted series on television, Desperate Housewives was still the most-watched scripted series on ABC, consistently beating the other ABC flagship shows, Lost and Grey's Anatomy, although the latter is still number one in the 18–49 demographic, followed by Desperate Housewives.

Similar to the fifth season, ratings were down for the sixth season because of heavy competition in many airings, but the show still managed to remain the second most watched scripted show on ABC and the eleventh most watched scripted show of all broadcast television. The series continued to hit lower ratings, because of competition like the 67th Golden Globe Awards, 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, 2010 Winter Olympics, and the new CBS reality television series Undercover Boss. Nevertheless, the sixth season managed to finish in the top twenty overall, both in total viewers and 18–49 demographic audiences. Among scripted shows, it still ranked in the top ten, in both categories.[121][122][123][124][125]

The seventh season premiered on September 26, 2010, and averaged 11.85 million viewers. The season saw new lows for the series reaching for the first time below 10 million viewers, and saw lows of 2.7 in the 18–49 demographic. For the first half of the season, ratings started strong averaging 12.3 million viewers and 3.9 in the 18–49 demographic which is similar to the second half of the sixth season. However, ratings declined in the second half of the season, after two contiguous episodes had to compete against the 68th Golden Globe Awards and then the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. The show failed to recover to viewer levels hit in the first half of the season, and continued to receive 9–10 million viewers and 2.7–3.1 in the 18–49 demographic. This was the first time in its history that Desperate Housewives would not place in the twenty most watched shows of the season, although it would place in the twenty most-watched scripted shows.

The eighth season continued to see declines in the series' ratings. The season premiered to 9.93 million viewers and a 3.2 in the demo making it the least-watched season premiere in the series' history. The season began with ratings similar to those of the latter half of season 7, averaging 8–9 million viewers, and between a 2.8 to 3.0 in the 18–49 demographic. However, after the mid-season finale the ratings returned lower, hitting the seven million viewer mark and a 2.2–2.5 in the demo. The season also saw the lowest ratings in the show's eight-year run. Opposite the

Searching". The series finale titled "Finishing the Hat" aired May 13, 2012 was viewed by 11.12 million viewers and a 3.2 in the demo.[127] Despite the lows in the ratings the show managed to remain in the top twenty-five-watched shows in the 18–49 demographic, placing at number twenty-five. However, the show dropped out of the top thirty most-watched shows in total viewers, coming in at thirty-fifth place.[128]

In 2006, the American cable network

ChildLine in December 2006, a walk-on part in Desperate Housewives had the highest bid, £17,000, beating Daniel Craig's James Bond tuxedo from Casino Royale.[131][132]

In its first public release of online individual television program rankings, Nielsen Media Research announced that the series had 723,000 unique online viewers in December 2008.[133] Desperate Housewives was the seventh-most-pirated television show of 2009.[134]

In fall 2013, North Korea allegedly executed eighty people for watching banned South Korean soap operas, Desperate Housewives being the most common soap opera. Desperate Housewives was being secretly watched using

hard drives, and DVDs.[135]

In September 2015, Desperate Housewives ranked at number one hundred on The Hollywood Reporter's "Hollywood's 100 Favorite TV Shows", as determined by television industry professionals.[136]

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Desperate Housewives
Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California
on April 18, 2009

For its premiere season, the show was awarded seven

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress – Comedy Series.

The show's second Golden Globe Award for its first year was for

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
.

In 2006, the show continued to receive several nominations. It was awarded with yet another Golden Globe Award for Best Series – Musical or Comedy at the

BAFTA awards but lost to Doctor Who
, which at the time was recently revamped.

The show did continue to be nominated in 2007—Felicity Huffman was granted a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the second time, and guest actresses Laurie Metcalf and Dixie Carter also received Primetime Emmy Award nominations, at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show, along with actresses Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman, received Golden Globe Award nominations at 64th Golden Globe Awards, and Huffman and the cast ensemble were also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. None of the Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, or Screen Actors Guild Award nominations resulted in any actual awards.

2008 yielded the least nominations with none at the 65th Golden Globe Awards and only the cast being nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The show was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, including acting nods towards Polly Bergen and Kathryn Joosten for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Joosten won the show's seventh Primetime Emmy Award and first since its debut year.

Nominations continued to decline in later years. Notable nominations included nods towards

Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Strong and Joosten received Primetime Emmy Award nominations again at 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 and Williams won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
for the series' eight and final season in 2013.

Other notable awards include the

Golden Nymph Awards at Monte-Carlo Television Festivals
, among others.

Broadcast

From 2006 to 2012, it was syndicated on Lifetime in the United States. While the series no longer airs in the United States anymore, it still airs reruns internationally on channels such as Star World in the Middle East and Sky One, Sky Comedy, and Universal TV in Germany.

Internationally, the show aired on networks such as:

TV3 in Latvia and Lithuania, Channel 5 in Singapore, RTS in Serbia, Canal+ and M6
in France, POPTV in Slovenia, A1 Televijza in Macedonia.

Home media and digital downloads

There have only been

Vudu.[139] It is also available on Disney+ in countries that have the Star brand. There has been no Blu-ray
release as of 2021.

Title Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 No. of discs No. of episodes Ref.
The Complete First Season September 20, 2005 October 10, 2005 November 16, 2005 November 28, 2005 July 18, 2006
  • 6
  • 5
    (Region 5)
 23 [140][141]
The Complete Second Season – The Extra Juicy Edition August 30, 2006 November 13, 2006 November 8, 2006 October 4, 2006 June 28, 2007
  • 6
    (Regions 1 and 5)
  • 7
    (Regions 2, 3 and 4)
 24 [142][143]
The Complete Seasons 1–2 — November 13, 2006 — October 24, 2006 — 13 47 [144]
The Complete Third Season – The Dirty Laundry Edition September 4, 2007 November 5, 2007 October 30, 2007 October 17, 2007 April 12, 2011 6 23 [145][146]
The Complete Seasons 1–3 — November 19, 2007 — 19 70 [147]
The Complete Fourth Season – Sizzling Secrets Edition September 2, 2008 November 3, 2008 November 6, 2008 October 29, 2008 April 12, 2011 5 17 [148][149][150]
The Complete Seasons 1–4 — November 3, 2008 — 24 87 [151]
The Complete Fifth Season – The Red Hot Edition September 1, 2009 November 9, 2009 November 3, 2009 October 21, 2009 April 26, 2011
  • 7
  • 6
    (Region 5)
 24 [152][153]
The Complete Seasons 1–5 — November 9, 2009 — 31 111 [154]
The Complete Sixth Season – The All Mighty Edition September 21, 2010 October 4, 2010 September 21, 2010 October 20, 2010 April 26, 2011
  • 5
  • 6
    (Region 3)
 23 [155][156][157][158]
The Complete Seasons 1–6 — October 4, 2010 — October 20, 2010 —
  • 36
    (Region 2)
  • 37
    (Region 4)
 134 [159][160]
The Complete Seventh Season – Wild, Wild Wisteria Edition August 30, 2011 October 31, 2011 October 4, 2011 November 30, 2011 May 15, 2012 5 23 [161][162]
The Complete Seasons 1–7 — October 31, 2011 — 41 157 [163]
The Complete Eighth and Final Season September 25, 2012 September 24, 2012 October 12, 2012 October 3, 2012 — 5 23 [164][165][166]
The Complete Collection September 25, 2012 September 24, 2012 December 7, 2012 — 45 180 [167][168]

Merchandise

Games

computer video game Desperate Housewives: The Game on October 5, 2006, in North America, featuring an original storyline spanning 12 episodes.[169] The game is set on Wisteria Lane, but the player does not play as any of the housewives, although they frequently appear. A couple of months later, Gameloft released a mobile game based on the series.[170] "The inspiration for Gameloft's take on Desperate Housewives comes from the most unlikely place, too—the original Mario Party on the Nintendo 64."[171]

In 2007, British company Re:creation published Desperate Housewives Dirty Laundry Game, a board game based on the third season of Desperate Housewives.[172] Players attempt to guess their opponents' secrets by answering trivia questions, while keeping clues to their own secrets concealed.

In June 2017,

Desperate Housewives: The Game
on App Store and on Google Play. Play as new neighbor on Wisteria Lane.

Soundtrack and literature

Ms.'s Desperate Housewives issue, published in 2005

In September 2005, Hollywood Records released a soundtrack album distributed by Universal Music Group, Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives, featuring music inspired by the series, as well as sound clips taken from the first season of the series. The songs included have been described as promoting "girl power", and among the artists appearing—all being female—were LeAnn Rimes, Gloria Estefan and Shania Twain.[173] Controversially, no music composed for the series was included on the album.

Two books have been officially released within the Desperate Housewives franchise. In September 2005, ABC's sister company

wall calendars, featuring shots taken from the series, were published by Andrews McMeel Publishing for 2006, 2007 and 2008.[176]

Four unauthorized books written from different points of view were released in 2006. Delicious Housewives, A Novel of Erotica, by author Tamarias Tyree (

Jerry Springer Show
.

Reading 'Desperate Housewives': Beyond the White Picket Fence (

ISBN 0-8272-2513-X), author Shawnthea Monroe gives a Christian interpretation of the series.[179]
Also, following the "real life desperate housewives" phenomenon, several books have been released dealing with life strategies for contemporary women.

Fashion dolls and fragrances

In December 2006, it was announced that the characters of Susan, Lynette, Bree, Gabrielle and Edie were to be made into 16 inches (41 cm) tall

blackberries.[186][187][188][189]

Another Desperate Housewife commercials

In conjunction with season six, Marc Cherry was commissioned to write eight "mini-episodes" entitled Another Desperate Housewife. The episodes were written after the previous season's extensive product placement proved unpopular with the fans. The mini-episodes were written to advertise mobile phone company Sprint and involve just three characters.[190] The two main characters are Stephanie (played by Rebecca Staab) and Lance (played by David Chisum) who have moved into the former house of Edie Britt after her death. The third character, Elsa, was Stephanie's friend. It is eventually revealed that Lance and Elsa have been having an affair. Stephanie finds out and tells Lance to break it off. Elsa suggests killing Stephanie, but Lance gets a text message indicating he's seeing another woman and a furious Elsa shoots him. In truth, Stephanie had sent the message herself. The final mini-episode has Elsa being arrested and Stephanie attracted to a handsome policeman at the scene. Each episode ends with a Mary Alice-like narration saying things such as "This is suspicion on the Now Network" or "This is betrayal on the Now Network."[191]

Ask Desperate Housewives

For the sixth season of the series, ABC created "Ask Desperate Housewives" to promote their website. It was presented and sponsored by Sprint, and it was hosted by series creator, Marc Cherry. In each special, Marc Cherry and an actress/actor of the series would answer questions that fans submitted to abc.go.com.

Adaptations

On February 26, 2007,

Disney Media Distribution and the Nigerian television network EbonyLife TV announced that they were producing an African version of Desperate Housewives. The series, titled Desperate Housewives Africa, was scheduled to premiere in summer 2014 on EbonyLife TV. However, it aired its only season during 2015.[197]

Title Region(s) Release Network(s)
Amas de Casa Desesperadas
 		Argentina 2006–07
Canal 13
Amas de Casa Desesperadas
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
 2007
Donas de Casa Desesperadas Brazil 2007–08 RedeTV!
Umutsuz Ev Kadınları Turkey 2011–14
  • Kanal D (2011–13)
  • FOX Turkey
    (2013–14)
Desperate Housewives Africa Nigeria 2015 EbonyLife TV
Desperate Housewives: The Game[198]
 2017 Megazebra

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