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Desperate Housewives

January 07, 2023

Desperate Housewives is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, for a total of 180 episodes. Executive producer Marc Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman, and Larry Shaw.

Desperate Housewives
Genre
Created byMarc Cherry
Starring
Narrated by
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
DistributorBuena Vista Television (2004-2007)
Disney-ABC Domestic Television (2007-2012)
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseOctober 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) –
May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
Chronology
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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 took her life 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 many accolades. It won multiple Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe and 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 Desperate Housewives would be the eighth and final season; 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 first season premiered on October 3, 2004, and introduces the four central characters of the show: Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp and Gabrielle Solis, as well as their families and neighbors on Wisteria Lane. The main mystery of the season is the unexpected suicide of Mary Alice Young, and the involvement of her husband Paul Young (Mark Moses) and their son Zach (Cody Kasch) in the events leading up to it. Susan fights promiscuous neighbour Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) for the affection of new neighbor Mike Delfino (James Denton), Lynette struggles to cope with her four demanding children, Bree fights to save her marriage to Rex Van de Kamp (Steven Culp) while dealing with her rebellious son Andrew Van de Kamp (Shawn Pyfrom), and Gabrielle tries to prevent her husband Carlos Solis (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 second season premiered on September 25, 2005, and its central mystery is that of new neighbor Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard), who moves onto Wisteria Lane with her son Matthew in the middle of the night. She keeps someone prisoner in her basement who tries to escape multiple times. Throughout the season, Bree tries to cope with being a widow, unknowingly begins dating the man who had poisoned her husband, fights alcoholism, and is unable to prevent the gap between her and her son Andrew from growing to extremes, and deals with her daughter Danielle's new romance with 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 third season premiered on September 24, 2006. In the third season, Bree marries Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan), whose past and involvement with a recently discovered dead body becomes the main mystery of the season. Meanwhile, Lynette has to adjust to the arrival of Tom's previously unknown daughter and her mother to the family. The Scavos also experience tension as Tom wants to start a pizzeria. Gabrielle goes through a rough divorce, tries to get back into modelling, but finally finds new love in Fairview's new mayor, Victor Lang. After being run over by Orson in 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 whose wife is also in a coma, while her daughter Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen) starts dating Edie's nephew, 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 fourth season premiered on September 30, 2007,[12] and its main mystery revolves around new neighbor Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany) and her family, who return to Wisteria Lane after twelve years away. Lynette battles cancer; the newlywed—but unhappy—Gabrielle starts an affair with her ex-husband Carlos; Susan and Mike enjoy life as a married couple and learn that they are expecting a child; Bree fakes a pregnancy and plans to raise her teenage daughter's illegitimate child as her own; and Edie schemes to hold on to her new love, Carlos, who has moved in with Mike as an interim arrangement. A gay couple from Chicago—Lee McDermott (Kevin Rahm) and 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 a injury during the tornado in season 4; two overweight young daughters; and a financial crisis. Bree and Orson have marriage problems because Bree had pressurized 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 sixth season premiered on Sunday, September 27, 2009, at 9pm.[13] The main mystery of this season is surrounding new neighbor Angie Bolen (Drea de Matteo) and her family. The first half of the season consists of Julie being strangled by an unknown person, the conflict between Gabrielle and her niece 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 unknownlingly 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 seventh season premiered on September 26, 2010,[14] and its main mystery is Paul's return to Wisteria Lane with a new wife and with plans of punishing the residents for shunning him during his incarceration, while an old nemesis of his still plans to get her own revenge on him. Lynette's best friend from college Renee Perry (Vanessa Williams) moves onto the lane and stirs things up among the other housewives. Gabrielle and Carlos learn an unsettling fact about their daughter 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 eighth and final season premiered on Sunday, September 25, 2011.[15] The main mystery of the season is the death of Gabrielle's perverted stepfather Alejandro Perez (Tony Plana) at Carlos' hands, and its cover-up by the four housewives, which occurred in the previous season finale. After the murder, Bree receives a blackmail letter from an unknown person similar to the one Mary Alice had received in the first season. Due to her relationship with detective 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 opening sequence. For the show's second year, several actors, mainly child and 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.

Actor Character Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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 Guest Does not appear Guest Does not appear Guest
Ricardo Antonio Chavira Carlos Solis Main
Mark Moses Paul Young Main Recurring Does not appear Guest Main Guest
Andrea Bowen Julie Mayer Main Guest Also starring Guest Recurring
Jesse Metcalfe John Rowland Main Guest Does not appear Guest Does not appear
Cody Kasch Zach Young Main Recurring Does not appear Guest Does not appear
Brenda Strong Mary Alice Young Main
James Denton Mike Delfino Main
Alfre Woodard Betty Applewhite Guest Main Does not appear
Doug Savant Tom Scavo Recurring Main
Richard Burgi Karl Mayer Recurring Main Guest Recurring Does not appear Guest
Kyle MacLachlan Orson Hodge Does not appear Recurring Main Guest Recurring
Dana Delany Katherine Mayfair Does not appear Main Does not appear Guest
Shawn Pyfrom Andrew Van de Kamp Recurring Also starring Main Recurring
Neal McDonough Dave Williams Does not appear Main Does not appear
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[a] Also starring
Vanessa Williams Renee Perry Does not appear Main
Kevin Rahm Lee McDermott Does not appear Recurring Main[b] Also starring
Tuc Watkins Bob Hunter Does not appear Recurring Main[c] Also starring
Jonathan Cake Chuck Vance Does not appear Recurring Main[d]
Charles Mesure Ben Faulkner Does not appear Main[e]
Madison De La Garza Juanita Solis Does not appear Recurring Also starring Main[f]
Cast Notes
  1. ^ Katheryn Joosten is credited as a series regular from 6x23 through 7x23. From 6x01 through 6x22 she is credited as also starring and only in the episodes she appears in.
  2. ^ Kevin Rahm is only credited in the episodes he appears in.
  3. ^ Tuc Watkins is only credited in the episodes he appears in.
  4. ^ Jonathan Cake is credited as a series regular through 8x09. In 8x23 he makes an uncredited cameo.
  5. ^ Charles Mesure is credited as a series regular from 8x11 through 8x23. From 8x01 through 8x10 he is credited as also starring and only in the episodes he appears in.
  6. ^ Madison De La Garza is only credited in the episodes she appears in.

Production

The idea for the series was conceived as Marc Cherry and his mother were watching a news report on Andrea Yates.[16] Prior to Desperate Housewives, Cherry was best known for producing and writing episodes of Touchstone Television's hit comedy series The Golden Girls and its successor, The Golden Palace. In addition, he had created or co-created three sitcoms: The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, The Crew, and Some of My Best Friends, none of which lasted longer than a year. Cherry had difficulty getting any television network interested in his new series; HBO, CBS, NBC, Fox, 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] 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.[27] For the third year, Cherry was joined by award-winning writer and producer Joe Keenan—of Frasier fame—and television movie producer George W. Perkins, who had been a crew member of Desperate Housewives since the show's conception. Although receiving praise for his work on the show, Keenan chose to leave Desperate Housewives after one season to pursue other projects.[28] Replacing him as executive producer for season 4 was Bob Daily, who had joined the crew as a writer and co-executive producer during season 3. Daily's previous work include writing for the 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 Panavision 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 popular music used within the series. The series' music supervisor, David Sibley, works closely with the producers to integrate these musical needs into the show. In addition to featured performances by central characters such as Susan Mayer singing along with Rose Royce's "Car Wash" and Lynette's rendition of "Boogie Shoes", several characters have been accomplished musicians, such as Betty Applewhite (a concert pianist) and Dylan Mayfair (a prodigy 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,[47] and in April 2011, Eva Longoria confirmed that there would definitely be an eighth season and expressed hopes for a ninth.[48] Desperate Housewives was officially renewed by ABC on May 17, 2011, for an 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]23.69[50]310.4[51]
224September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)4[52]21.70[52]39.3[53]
323September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)10[54]16.70[54]56.9[55]
417September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18)6[56]17.52[56]46.7[57]
524September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)9[58]15.66[58]45.3[59]
623September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)20[60]12.83[60]144.2[61]
723September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)26[62]11.85[63]203.9[64]
823September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)37[65]10.60[65]253.6[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
121.6420.0320.8721.4922.1424.6024.2127.2421.5622.3425.2024.0925.9522.3024.1824.0824.6125.5525.2725.6926.1025.2830.62N/A
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
324.0921.4220.9620.6419.7121.2422.6522.2721.6321.4318.7116.7617.1418.1018.5118.3115.9316.3515.9117.1717.1616.1318.82N/A
419.3217.8218.8918.2118.2818.5818.6318.6420.6519.7816.3715.7516.3516.7615.4316.8416.84N/A
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
613.6414.6413.4213.6814.1814.0813.8014.7212.7814.8615.3514.0311.3211.4410.9210.8912.0110.8410.6211.2912.1211.3612.75N/A
713.0613.2312.3812.6712.1611.1012.7211.9211.3611.6012.1912.8310.259.2010.5811.359.059.1110.159.4410.0010.2510.25N/A
89.939.168.638.279.179.288.789.298.208.847.917.486.407.658.218.399.038.818.498.029.2211.1211.12N/A
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.[120] The series averaged 18.2 million viewers. Ratings rose in the ninth episode "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 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which featured a tribute to the then-recently deceased entertainer Whitney Houston, and the mid-season premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC, the show fell to a 1.8 rating in adults 18–49 and 6.4 million viewers.[126] However unlike the seventh season, the show's ratings slightly recovered after the series low and leveled around the eight million viewer mark and a 2.6 in the demo. Despite the series lows, the season finale was able to go out on a season high in the ratings and the highest rated episode in over a year and a half, since March 2011 with "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 Bravo launched their reality series, The Real Housewives of..., in the footsteps of the "real life desperate housewives" phenomenon.[129] That program has taken place in areas such as Orange County (California), Atlanta, and two series within the New York-Tri-State Region, within the City itself and the New Jersey suburbs. According to a survey of twenty countries conducted in 2006 by Informa Telecoms and Media, Desperate Housewives was the third-most-watched television series in the world, after fellow American series CSI: Miami and Lost.[130] During a fundraising auction for the British child charity 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 mp3 players, hard drives, and DVDs.[135]

In September 2015, Desperate Housewives ranked at number 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

For its premiere season, the show was awarded six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. The nominations of all of the leading actresses except Eva Longoria for both the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award received some media interest. While Longoria seemingly wasn't bothered, stating for the press that "I'm new. I just arrived. I didn't expect at all to be in the minds of the Academy", Marc Cherry regarded them being left out as a "horrendous error".[137] In the end, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series went to Felicity Huffman, while Teri Hatcher won the 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 Series – Musical or Comedy at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards, while the other Primetime Emmy Awards went to Kathryn Joosten, for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, for her guest role as Karen McCluskey (beating, among others, fellow cast member Lupe Ontiveros); to Charles McDougall, for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, for his direction of "Pilot"; to Danny Elfman, for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, for his theme music; for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series of "Pilot"; and for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The entire cast was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast – Comedy Series (in both 2004 and 2005), and Nicollette Sheridan was nominated for the Golden Globe Award 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 63rd Golden Globe Awards, and all the four leading women received Golden Globe Award nominations, although none of them won. The cast ensemble was awarded with another Screen Actors Guild Award, as was Felicity Huffman. Primetime Emmy Award nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards included, among others, guest actress Shirley Knight and supporting actress Alfre Woodard, although none of them resulted in a win. It was nominated for the Pioneer Award 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 Beau Bridges and Kathryn Joosten in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Additionally, Brenda Strong received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2011, a notable feat for a category usually dominated by animated series. Also in 2011, Vanessa L. Williams won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series at the 41st NAACP Image Awards and a 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 People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Drama at the 31st People's Choice Awards, the Future Classic Award at the 2005 TV Land Awards, the TP de Oro for Best Foreign Series in 2006, and seven 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: OSN Series First and Showtime Arabia in the Middle East, CTV in Canada, Seven Network in Australia, n(Poland) in Poland, CNBC-e in Turkey, FoxLife in Italy, Portgual, Greece and Poland, RTE Two in Ireland, M-Net in Africa, TV2 in New Zeland, SF2 in Switzerland, ORF1 in Austria, ProSieben in Germany, Sony Entertainment Television in Latin America, TV 2 in Norway, Nelonen in Finland, 8TV in Malaysia, Channel 4, S4C, and E4 in the United Kingdom, yes stars 1 in Isreal, La 2 in Spain, TV2 in Hungary, Tv Azteca in Mexico, Star World in Asia, BTV in Bulgaria, Polsat in Poland, 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 DVD releases of the series. On Prime Video and Hulu, the series is available for streaming[138] in 1080p HD; otherwise for offline viewing, all episodes of the show can be purchased from Prime Video, Google Play or 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.

Main article: List of Desperate Housewives home video releases
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

Buena Vista Games released the life simulation 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, Megazebra released 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 Hyperion Books released Desperate Housewives: Behind Closed Doors (ISBN 978-1-4013-0826-1), a companion to the first season of the series, written by the production team behind the series.[174] One year later, in October 2006, Hyperion published The Desperate Housewives Cookbook – Juicy Dishes and Saucy Bits (ISBN 978-1-4013-0277-1).[175] In addition, official 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 (ISBN 978-0-930865-79-5), from RSVP Press, is an erotic parody of the series featuring the housewives' sexual misadventures which eventually lead them to an appearance on the Jerry Springer Show.

Reading 'Desperate Housewives': Beyond the White Picket Fence (ISBN 978-1-84511-220-2), from I.B. Tauris, is an academic look at the show by film studies lecturers Janet McCabe and Kim Akass.[177] Welcome to Wisteria Lane: On America's Favorite Desperate Housewives (ISBN 978-1-932100-79-2), published by BenBella Books, consists of seventeen essays written from a feminist perspective.[178] In Chalice Press' Not-So-Desperate: Fantasy, Fact and Faith on Wisteria Lane (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 fashion dolls, produced by Madame Alexander.[180] In 2007, they were released in a limited edition of 300 pieces each.[181] A fragrance was also launched by Coty Inc. in 2006, titled Forbidden Fruit, and was composed of orange blossom, peach, apple, lily, wisteria, jasmine, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, tonka bean, vanilla and cedar.[182][183][184][185] In August 2009, a collection of four fragrances by LR Health & Beauty Systems, each based on and titled after a Desperate Housewives lead character, was presented: Susan's fragrance is composed of orange blossom, cedar, sandalwood and white musk, Lynette's fragrance is composed of cardamom, star jasmine and musk, Bree's fragrance is composed of green apple, white jasmine, raspberry, lily, amber and vanilla, and Gabrielle's fragrance is composed of raspberry, pineapple, rose, patchouli and 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, The Walt Disney Company announced that four South American versions of the show were about to begin production: one for Argentina, one for Colombia, one for Ecuador and one for Brazil.[192] Later on, the Colombian and Ecuadorean productions merged, leaving three Latin American shows. The Argentine version, titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas, began being broadcast in 2006. The first year proved successful enough for a second season to begin production.[193] The first season of the version for Colombia (RCN TV) and Ecuador (Teleamazonas), also titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas, began being broadcast in Ecuador in May 2007, and was broadcast five days a week.[194] In addition, Donas de Casa Desesperadas began being broadcast on RedeTV! in 2008.[195] The Turkish version titled Umutsuz Ev Kadınları aired on Kanal D in Turkey from 2011 until 2013 and on FOX Turkey from 2013 until 2014.[196] In fall 2013, the 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
Desperate Housewives Africa Nigeria 2015 EbonyLife TV
Desperate Housewives: The Game[198] 2017 Megazebra

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desperate, housewives, american, comedy, drama, soap, opera, television, series, created, marc, cherry, produced, studios, cherry, productions, aired, eight, seasons, from, october, 2004, until, 2012, total, episodes, executive, producer, marc, cherry, served,. Desperate Housewives is an American comedy drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3 2004 until May 13 2012 for a total of 180 episodes Executive producer Marc Cherry served as showrunner Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily George W Perkins John Pardee Joey Murphy David Grossman and Larry Shaw Desperate HousewivesGenreComedy drama Mystery Soap operaCreated byMarc CherryStarringTeri Hatcher Felicity Huffman Marcia Cross Eva Longoria Nicollette Sheridan Steven Culp Ricardo Antonio Chavira Mark Moses Andrea Bowen Jesse Metcalfe Cody Kasch Brenda Strong James Denton Alfre Woodard Doug Savant Richard Burgi Kyle MacLachlan Dana Delany Shawn Pyfrom Neal McDonough Drea de Matteo Maiara Walsh Kathryn Joosten Vanessa Williams Kevin Rahm Tuc Watkins Jonathan Cake Charles Mesure Madison De La GarzaNarrated byBrenda Strong 178 episodes Steven Culp My Husband the Pig Nicolette Sheridan Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know Theme music composerDanny ElfmanComposersSteve Bartek Stewart Copeland Steve JablonskyCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons8No of episodes180 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersMarc Cherry See full listProducersCharles Skouras III Stephanie Hagen Alexandra Cunningham Jamie Gorenberg Kevin Etten Tracey Stern Patty Lin Annie WeismanProduction locationsUniversal Studios Hollywood San Fernando Valley Los Angeles County California filming Wisteria Lane Fairview Eagle State setting EditorKaren CastanedaCamera setupSingle cameraRunning time43 minutesProduction companiesCherry Productions Touchstone Television Seasons 1 3 ABC Studios Seasons 4 8 DistributorBuena Vista Television 2004 2007 Disney ABC Domestic Television 2007 2012 ReleaseOriginal networkABCOriginal releaseOctober 3 2004 2004 10 03 May 13 2012 2012 05 13 ChronologyRelatedDevious MaidsSet 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 took her life 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 many accolades It won multiple Primetime Emmy Golden Globe and 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 Desperate Housewives would be the eighth and final season 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 Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast and characters 3 Production 3 1 Production crew 3 2 Filming 3 3 Opening sequence 3 4 Music 3 5 Later seasons 3 6 Final season 4 Episodes 5 Reception 5 1 Ratings 5 2 Critical response 6 Accolades 7 Broadcast 8 Home media and digital downloads 9 Merchandise 9 1 Games 9 2 Soundtrack and literature 9 3 Fashion dolls and fragrances 9 4 Another Desperate Housewife commercials 9 5 Ask Desperate Housewives 10 Adaptations 11 References 12 External linksPremise EditThe first season premiered on October 3 2004 and introduces the four central characters of the show Susan Mayer Lynette Scavo Bree Van de Kamp and Gabrielle Solis as well as their families and neighbors on Wisteria Lane The main mystery of the season is the unexpected suicide of Mary Alice Young and the involvement of her husband Paul Young Mark Moses and their son Zach Cody Kasch in the events leading up to it Susan fights promiscuous neighbour Edie Britt Nicollette Sheridan for the affection of new neighbor Mike Delfino James Denton Lynette struggles to cope with her four demanding children Bree fights to save her marriage to Rex Van de Kamp Steven Culp while dealing with her rebellious son Andrew Van de Kamp Shawn Pyfrom and Gabrielle tries to prevent her husband Carlos Solis 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 second season premiered on September 25 2005 and its central mystery is that of new neighbor Betty Applewhite Alfre Woodard who moves onto Wisteria Lane with her son Matthew in the middle of the night She keeps someone prisoner in her basement who tries to escape multiple times Throughout the season Bree tries to cope with being a widow unknowingly begins dating the man who had poisoned her husband fights alcoholism and is unable to prevent the gap between her and her son Andrew from growing to extremes and deals with her daughter Danielle s new romance with 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 third season premiered on September 24 2006 In the third season Bree marries Orson Hodge Kyle MacLachlan whose past and involvement with a recently discovered dead body becomes the main mystery of the season Meanwhile Lynette has to adjust to the arrival of Tom s previously unknown daughter and her mother to the family The Scavos also experience tension as Tom wants to start a pizzeria Gabrielle goes through a rough divorce tries to get back into modelling but finally finds new love in Fairview s new mayor Victor Lang After being run over by Orson in 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 whose wife is also in a coma while her daughter Julie Mayer Andrea Bowen starts dating Edie s nephew 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 fourth season premiered on September 30 2007 12 and its main mystery revolves around new neighbor Katherine Mayfair Dana Delany and her family who return to Wisteria Lane after twelve years away Lynette battles cancer the newlywed but unhappy Gabrielle starts an affair with her ex husband Carlos Susan and Mike enjoy life as a married couple and learn that they are expecting a child Bree fakes a pregnancy and plans to raise her teenage daughter s illegitimate child as her own and Edie schemes to hold on to her new love Carlos who has moved in with Mike as an interim arrangement A gay couple from Chicago Lee McDermott Kevin Rahm and 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 a injury during the tornado in season 4 two overweight young daughters and a financial crisis Bree and Orson have marriage problems because Bree had pressurized 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 sixth season premiered on Sunday September 27 2009 at 9pm 13 The main mystery of this season is surrounding new neighbor Angie Bolen Drea de Matteo and her family The first half of the season consists of Julie being strangled by an unknown person the conflict between Gabrielle and her niece 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 unknownlingly 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 seventh season premiered on September 26 2010 14 and its main mystery is Paul s return to Wisteria Lane with a new wife and with plans of punishing the residents for shunning him during his incarceration while an old nemesis of his still plans to get her own revenge on him Lynette s best friend from college Renee Perry Vanessa Williams moves onto the lane and stirs things up among the other housewives Gabrielle and Carlos learn an unsettling fact about their daughter 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 eighth and final season premiered on Sunday September 25 2011 15 The main mystery of the season is the death of Gabrielle s perverted stepfather Alejandro Perez Tony Plana at Carlos hands and its cover up by the four housewives which occurred in the previous season finale After the murder Bree receives a blackmail letter from an unknown person similar to the one Mary Alice had received in the first season Due to her relationship with detective 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 EditSee 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 opening sequence For the show s second year several actors mainly child and 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 Actor Character Season1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Teri Hatcher Susan Mayer MainFelicity Huffman Lynette Scavo MainMarcia Cross Bree Van de Kamp MainEva Longoria Gabrielle Solis MainNicollette Sheridan Edie Britt Main Does not appearSteven Culp Rex Van de Kamp Main Guest Does not appear Guest Does not appear GuestRicardo Antonio Chavira Carlos Solis MainMark Moses Paul Young Main Recurring Does not appear Guest Main GuestAndrea Bowen Julie Mayer Main Guest Also starring Guest RecurringJesse Metcalfe John Rowland Main Guest Does not appear Guest Does not appearCody Kasch Zach Young Main Recurring Does not appear Guest Does not appearBrenda Strong Mary Alice Young MainJames Denton Mike Delfino MainAlfre Woodard Betty Applewhite Guest Main Does not appearDoug Savant Tom Scavo Recurring MainRichard Burgi Karl Mayer Recurring Main Guest Recurring Does not appear GuestKyle MacLachlan Orson Hodge Does not appear Recurring Main Guest RecurringDana Delany Katherine Mayfair Does not appear Main Does not appear GuestShawn Pyfrom Andrew Van de Kamp Recurring Also starring Main RecurringNeal McDonough Dave Williams Does not appear Main Does not appearDrea de Matteo Angie Bolen Does not appear Main Does not appearMaiara Walsh Ana Solis Does not appear Guest Main Does not appearKathryn Joosten Karen McCluskey Guest Recurring Main a Also starringVanessa Williams Renee Perry Does not appear MainKevin Rahm Lee McDermott Does not appear Recurring Main b Also starringTuc Watkins Bob Hunter Does not appear Recurring Main c Also starringJonathan Cake Chuck Vance Does not appear Recurring Main d Charles Mesure Ben Faulkner Does not appear Main e Madison De La Garza Juanita Solis Does not appear Recurring Also starring Main f Cast Notes Katheryn Joosten is credited as a series regular from 6x23 through 7x23 From 6x01 through 6x22 she is credited as also starring and only in the episodes she appears in Kevin Rahm is only credited in the episodes he appears in Tuc Watkins is only credited in the episodes he appears in Jonathan Cake is credited as a series regular through 8x09 In 8x23 he makes an uncredited cameo Charles Mesure is credited as a series regular from 8x11 through 8x23 From 8x01 through 8x10 he is credited as also starring and only in the episodes he appears in Madison De La Garza is only credited in the episodes she appears in Production EditThe idea for the series was conceived as Marc Cherry and his mother were watching a news report on Andrea Yates 16 Prior to Desperate Housewives Cherry was best known for producing and writing episodes of Touchstone Television s hit comedy series The Golden Girls and its successor The Golden Palace In addition he had created or co created three sitcoms The 5 Mrs Buchanans The Crew and Some of My Best Friends none of which lasted longer than a year Cherry had difficulty getting any television network interested in his new series HBO CBS NBC Fox 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 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 Edit 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 amp 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 27 For the third year Cherry was joined by award winning writer and producer Joe Keenan of Frasier fame and television movie producer George W Perkins who had been a crew member of Desperate Housewives since the show s conception Although receiving praise for his work on the show Keenan chose to leave Desperate Housewives after one season to pursue other projects 28 Replacing him as executive producer for season 4 was Bob Daily who had joined the crew as a writer and co executive producer during season 3 Daily s previous work include writing for the 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 Edit 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 Panavision 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 Edit 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 Edit 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 popular music used within the series The series music supervisor David Sibley works closely with the producers to integrate these musical needs into the show In addition to featured performances by central characters such as Susan Mayer singing along with Rose Royce s Car Wash and Lynette s rendition of Boogie Shoes several characters have been accomplished musicians such as Betty Applewhite a concert pianist and Dylan Mayfair a prodigy cellist Later seasons EditIn 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 47 and in April 2011 Eva Longoria confirmed that there would definitely be an eighth season and expressed hopes for a ninth 48 Desperate Housewives was officially renewed by ABC on May 17 2011 for an eighth season 9 Final season EditIn 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 EditSee also List of Desperate Housewives episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankAverage viewership in millions 18 49 Rank18 49 RatingFirst airedLast aired123October 3 2004 2004 10 03 May 22 2005 2005 05 22 4 50 23 69 50 310 4 51 224September 25 2005 2005 09 25 May 21 2006 2006 05 21 4 52 21 70 52 39 3 53 323September 24 2006 2006 09 24 May 20 2007 2007 05 20 10 54 16 70 54 56 9 55 417September 30 2007 2007 09 30 May 18 2008 2008 05 18 6 56 17 52 56 46 7 57 524September 28 2008 2008 09 28 May 17 2009 2009 05 17 9 58 15 66 58 45 3 59 623September 27 2009 2009 09 27 May 16 2010 2010 05 16 20 60 12 83 60 144 2 61 723September 26 2010 2010 09 26 May 15 2011 2011 05 15 26 62 11 85 63 203 9 64 823September 25 2011 2011 09 25 May 13 2012 2012 05 13 37 65 10 60 65 253 6 66 Reception EditRatings Edit Season Timeslot EST Ep Premiere Finale TV season Rank 18 49 average Overall viewershipDate 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 number123456789101112131415161718192021222324121 6420 0320 8721 4922 1424 6024 2127 2421 5622 3425 2024 0925 9522 3024 1824 0824 6125 5525 2725 6926 1025 2830 62N A228 3627 1126 0625 7825 2223 9325 9325 9225 8925 5223 7222 5225 3323 4723 4122 2021 4121 8220 0221 3021 3321 0324 2324 23324 0921 4220 9620 6419 7121 2422 6522 2721 6321 4318 7116 7617 1418 1018 5118 3115 9316 3515 9117 1717 1616 1318 82N A419 3217 8218 8918 2118 2818 5818 6318 6420 6519 7816 3715 7516 3516 7615 4316 8416 84N A518 6815 6915 5115 4915 9515 9315 8516 8415 8116 0914 3913 7913 0813 8214 0113 6514 6014 7513 8513 6413 4912 2913 9613 96613 6414 6413 4213 6814 1814 0813 8014 7212 7814 8615 3514 0311 3211 4410 9210 8912 0110 8410 6211 2912 1211 3612 75N A713 0613 2312 3812 6712 1611 1012 7211 9211 3611 6012 1912 8310 259 2010 5811 359 059 1110 159 4410 0010 2510 25N A89 939 168 638 279 179 288 789 298 208 847 917 486 407 658 218 399 038 818 498 029 2211 1211 12N AAudience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research 90 Critical response Edit 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 120 The series averaged 18 2 million viewers Ratings rose in the ninth episode 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 54th Annual Grammy Awards which featured a tribute to the then recently deceased entertainer Whitney Houston and the mid season premiere of The Walking Dead on AMC the show fell to a 1 8 rating in adults 18 49 and 6 4 million viewers 126 However unlike the seventh season the show s ratings slightly recovered after the series low and leveled around the eight million viewer mark and a 2 6 in the demo Despite the series lows the season finale was able to go out on a season high in the ratings and the highest rated episode in over a year and a half since March 2011 with 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 Bravo launched their reality series The Real Housewives of in the footsteps of the real life desperate housewives phenomenon 129 That program has taken place in areas such as Orange County California Atlanta and two series within the New York Tri State Region within the City itself and the New Jersey suburbs According to a survey of twenty countries conducted in 2006 by Informa Telecoms and Media Desperate Housewives was the third most watched television series in the world after fellow American series CSI Miami and Lost 130 During a fundraising auction for the British child charity 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 mp3 players hard drives and DVDs 135 In September 2015 Desperate Housewives ranked at number hundred on The Hollywood Reporter s Hollywood s 100 Favorite TV Shows as determined by television industry professionals 136 Accolades EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Desperate Housewives L R Dana Delany Teri Hatcher Brenda Strong and Andrea Bowen at the 20th GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles California on April 18 2009 For its premiere season the show was awarded six Primetime Emmy Awards two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards The nominations of all of the leading actresses except Eva Longoria for both the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award received some media interest While Longoria seemingly wasn t bothered stating for the press that I m new I just arrived I didn t expect at all to be in the minds of the Academy Marc Cherry regarded them being left out as a horrendous error 137 In the end the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series went to Felicity Huffman while Teri Hatcher won the 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 Series Musical or Comedy at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards while the other Primetime Emmy Awards went to Kathryn Joosten for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest role as Karen McCluskey beating among others fellow cast member Lupe Ontiveros to Charles McDougall for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for his direction of Pilot to Danny Elfman for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for his theme music for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series of Pilot and for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards The entire cast was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast Comedy Series in both 2004 and 2005 and Nicollette Sheridan was nominated for the Golden Globe Award 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 63rd Golden Globe Awards and all the four leading women received Golden Globe Award nominations although none of them won The cast ensemble was awarded with another Screen Actors Guild Award as was Felicity Huffman Primetime Emmy Award nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards included among others guest actress Shirley Knight and supporting actress Alfre Woodard although none of them resulted in a win It was nominated for the Pioneer Award 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 Beau Bridges and Kathryn Joosten in 2009 and 2010 respectively Additionally Brenda Strong received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Voice Over Performance at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2011 a notable feat for a category usually dominated by animated series Also in 2011 Vanessa L Williams won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series at the 41st NAACP Image Awards and a 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 People s Choice Award for Favorite New Television Drama at the 31st People s Choice Awards the Future Classic Award at the 2005 TV Land Awards the TP de Oro for Best Foreign Series in 2006 and seven Golden Nymph Awards at Monte Carlo Television Festivals among others Broadcast EditFrom 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 OSN Series First and Showtime Arabia in the Middle East CTV in Canada Seven Network in Australia n Poland in Poland CNBC e in Turkey FoxLife in Italy Portgual Greece and Poland RTE Two in Ireland M Net in Africa TV2 in New Zeland SF2 in Switzerland ORF1 in Austria ProSieben in Germany Sony Entertainment Television in Latin America TV 2 in Norway Nelonen in Finland 8TV in Malaysia Channel 4 S4C and E4 in the United Kingdom yes stars 1 in Isreal La 2 in Spain TV2 in Hungary Tv Azteca in Mexico Star World in Asia BTV in Bulgaria Polsat in Poland 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 EditThere have only been DVD releases of the series On Prime Video and Hulu the series is available for streaming 138 in 1080p HD otherwise for offline viewing all episodes of the show can be purchased from Prime Video Google Play or 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 Main article List of Desperate Housewives home video releases 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 EditGames Edit Buena Vista Games released the life simulation 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 Megazebra released Desperate Housewives The Game on App Store and on Google Play Play as new neighbor on Wisteria Lane Soundtrack and literature Edit 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 Hyperion Books released Desperate Housewives Behind Closed Doors ISBN 978 1 4013 0826 1 a companion to the first season of the series written by the production team behind the series 174 One year later in October 2006 Hyperion published The Desperate Housewives Cookbook Juicy Dishes and Saucy Bits ISBN 978 1 4013 0277 1 175 In addition official 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 ISBN 978 0 930865 79 5 from RSVP Press is an erotic parody of the series featuring the housewives sexual misadventures which eventually lead them to an appearance on the Jerry Springer Show Reading Desperate Housewives Beyond the White Picket Fence ISBN 978 1 84511 220 2 from I B Tauris is an academic look at the show by film studies lecturers Janet McCabe and Kim Akass 177 Welcome to Wisteria Lane On America s Favorite Desperate Housewives ISBN 978 1 932100 79 2 published by BenBella Books consists of seventeen essays written from a feminist perspective 178 In Chalice Press Not So Desperate Fantasy Fact and Faith on Wisteria Lane 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 Edit 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 fashion dolls produced by Madame Alexander 180 In 2007 they were released in a limited edition of 300 pieces each 181 A fragrance was also launched by Coty Inc in 2006 titled Forbidden Fruit and was composed of orange blossom peach apple lily wisteria jasmine ylang ylang sandalwood tonka bean vanilla and cedar 182 183 184 185 In August 2009 a collection of four fragrances by LR Health amp Beauty Systems each based on and titled after a Desperate Housewives lead character was presented Susan s fragrance is composed of orange blossom cedar sandalwood and white musk Lynette s fragrance is composed of cardamom star jasmine and musk Bree s fragrance is composed of green apple white jasmine raspberry lily amber and vanilla and Gabrielle s fragrance is composed of raspberry pineapple rose patchouli and blackberries 186 187 188 189 Another Desperate Housewife commercials Edit 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 Edit 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 EditOn February 26 2007 The Walt Disney Company announced that four South American versions of the show were about to begin production one for Argentina one for Colombia one for Ecuador and one for Brazil 192 Later on the Colombian and Ecuadorean productions merged leaving three Latin American shows The Argentine version titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas began being broadcast in 2006 The first year proved successful enough for a second season to begin production 193 The first season of the version for Colombia RCN TV and Ecuador Teleamazonas also titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas began being broadcast in Ecuador in May 2007 and was broadcast five days a week 194 In addition Donas de Casa Desesperadas began being broadcast on RedeTV in 2008 195 The Turkish version titled Umutsuz Ev Kadinlari aired on Kanal D in Turkey from 2011 until 2013 and on FOX Turkey from 2013 until 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