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Desperate Housewives
Genre
Serial comedy-drama
Mystery
Created by
Marc Cherry
Starring
Teri Hatcher
Felicity Huffman
Marcia Cross
Eva Longoria
Nicollette Sheridan
Brenda Strong
James Denton
Steven Culp
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Mark Moses
Andrea Bowen
Jesse Metcalfe
Cody Kasch
Alfre Woodard
Doug Savant
Richard Burgi
Kyle MacLachlan
Dana Delany
Neal McDonough
Shawn Pyfrom
Drea de Matteo
Maiara Walsh
Vanessa Williams
Kathryn Joosten
Kevin Rahm
Tuc Watkins
Jonathan Cake
Charles Mesure
Madison De La Garza
Narrated by
Brenda Strong (as Mary Alice Young; 178 episodes)
Steven Culp (as Rex Van de Kamp; "My Husband, the Pig")
Nicollette Sheridan (as Edie Britt; "Look into Their Eyes and You See What They Know")
Theme music composer
Danny Elfman
Composer(s)
Steve Bartek
Stewart Copeland
Steve Jablonsky
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
8
No. of episodes
180 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Marc Cherry
Jeff Greenstein
Tom Spezialy
Michael Edelstein
Joe Keenan
George W. Perkins
Bob Daily
John Pardee
Joey Murphy
Kevin Murphy
Chris Black
Larry Shaw
David Grossman
Matt Berry
Sabrina Wind
Producer(s)
Charles Skouras III
Stephanie Hagen
Alexandra Cunningham
Jamie Gorenberg
Kevin Etten
Tracey Stern
Patty Lin
Annie Weisman
Editor(s)
Karen Castañeda
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
43 minutes
Production company(s)
Cherry Alley Productions
Cherry Productions
Touchstone Television (2004-07)
ABC Studios (2007-12)
Distributor
Buena Vista Television (2004-07)
Disney–ABC Domestic Television (2007-present)
Release
Original network
ABC
Picture format
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format
Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release
October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) – May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
Chronology
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Website
www.abc.com/shows/desperate-housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC, from October 3, 2004, to May 13, 2012. Executive producer 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.
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 late friend and neighbor who committed suicide in the pilot episode. The storyline covers 13 years of the women's lives over eight seasons, set between the years 2004–2008, and later 2013–2017 (the story arc includes a five-year passage of 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. Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences.[2]
Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike. 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.[3] In 2007, it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 120 million[4] and was also reported as the third most watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries.[5] 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.[6][7] Moreover, it was the third highest revenue earning series for 2010, with $2.74 million per half an hour.[8] The show was ranked at number fifty-six on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list.[9]
In 2011, it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season; the series finale aired on May 13, 2012.[10][11][12] By the end of the series, it had surpassed Charmed as the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads by two episodes.
Contents
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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 Ratings
6 Reception
7 Accolades
8 Home video releases
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 Adaptions
11 References
12 External links
Premise[edit]
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 Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) for the affection of new neighbor Mike Delfino (James Denton), Lynette struggles to cope with her demanding children, Bree fights to save her marriage to Rex Van de Kamp (Steven Culp), 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 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 moved onto Wisteria Lane in the middle of the night. She keeps some prisoner in her basement.Throughout the season, Bree tries to cope with being a widow, unknowingly begins dating the man who poisoned her husband, fights alcoholism, and is unable to prevent the gap between her and her son Andrew Van de Kamp (Shawn Pyfrom) from growing to extremes. She deals with her daughter Danielle's new romance with Matthew AppleWhite. Susan's love life becomes even more complicated as her ex-husband Karl Mayer (Richard Burgi) is engaged to Edie and has also started 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, 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.
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, but finally finds new love in Fairview's new mayor. After being run over by Orson in the previous season finale, Mike falls into 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. 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,[13] 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. 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 minute 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 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). 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 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, two young daughters, and a financial crisis. Bree and Orson have marriage problems because Bree has become too focused on her career as a successful cookbook writer and caterer, while Orson was in prison her daughter came back forher son. Edie dies of electrocution after a car crash, before she can expose Dave moments after she discovers his secret.
The sixth season premiered on Sunday, September 27, 2009, at 9pm.[14] 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 finds new love. Lynette's attempt to sue her new boss Carlos, Katherine's eventual 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 the two of them and Orson inside. The second half of the season focuses on Katherine experimenting with her sexuality, Lynette 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 Bree, and the solving of the Bolen mystery.
The seventh season premiered on September 26, 2010,[15] 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 to 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 takes 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, 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 untraditional means. Following a major riot on the lane, Susan is 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.[16] 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 into 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 pays the ultimate price. 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 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[edit]
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 seasons three, four and five.
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
Brenda Strong Mary Alice Young Main
James Denton Mike Delfino Main
Steven Culp Rex Van de Kamp Main Guest Guest Guest
Ricardo Antonio Chavira Carlos Solis Main
Mark Moses Paul Young Main Recurring Guest Main Guest
Andrea Bowen Julie Mayer Main Guest Recurring Guest Recurring
Jesse Metcalfe John Rowland Main Guest Recurring
Cody Kasch Zach Young Main Recurring Guest
Alfre Woodard Betty Applewhite Guest Main
Doug Savant Tom Scavo Recurring Main
Richard Burgi Karl Mayer Recurring Main Guest Recurring Guest
Kyle MacLachlan Orson Hodge Recurring Main Recurring
Dana Delany Katherine Mayfair Main Guest
Neal McDonough Dave Williams Main
Shawn Pyfrom Andrew Van de Kamp Guest Recurring Main Recurring
Drea de Matteo Angie Bolen Main
Maiara Walsh Ana Solis Guest Main
Vanessa Williams Renee Perry Main
Kathryn Joosten Karen McCluskey Guest Recurring Main Recurring
Kevin Rahm Lee McDermott Recurring Main Recurring
Tuc Watkins Bob Hunter Recurring Main Recurring
Jonathan Cake Chuck Vance Recurring Main
Charles Mesure Ben Faulkner Main
Madison De La Garza Juanita Solis Guest Recurring Main
Production[edit]
The idea for the series was conceived as Marc Cherry and his mother were watching a news report on Andrea Yates.[17] 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.[18] Finally, two new executives at ABC, Lloyd Braun and Susan Lyne, chose to greenlight it,[19] reportedly after The O.C. on Fox premiered in 2003 and showed that a soap opera could succeed in prime time.[20] Shortly thereafter, Disney had both Braun and Lyne fired, following their approval of another new drama series: Lost.[21]
The ABC executives were not initially satisfied with the name of the new show, suggesting Wisteria Lane and The Secret Lives of Housewives, instead.[22][23] 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.[24] 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,[25] 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.[26] 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.[citation needed]
Production crew[edit]
Cherry, Tom Spezialy, and Michael Edelstein served as executive producers for show's the 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[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 16:9 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 has been awarded both a Primetime Emmy Award and the BMI TV Music Award.[39] In 2005, it was included on the album Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives. When an episode runs long, only the first sequence (the falling apple) is kept. From the episode "Now You Know" onwards, only the main chorus of the theme is heard, which is 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 series underscore music, composed by Steve Jablonsky since the second 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.[40] 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's 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[edit]
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".[41]
In October 2009, Cherry signed a two-year deal with ABC that could keep Desperate Housewives on the air until 2013.[42] The stars of Desperate Housewives finalized new deals to make way for the eighth season and signed at the price of $12 million.[43][44][45]
Originally, Cherry hinted that Desperate Housewives would end in 2013,[46] and in April 2011, Eva Longoria confirmed that there would definitely be an eighth season and expressed hopes for a ninth.[47] Desperate Housewives was officially renewed by ABC on May 17, 2011 for an eighth season.[10]
Final season[edit]
In August 2011, it was confirmed that the eighth season of Desperate Housewives would be the final season.[11][12] 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![48]
Cherry, the show's creator, made a cameo as a mover in the last scene of the final episode.
Episodes[edit]
See also: List of Desperate Housewives episodes
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
1 23 October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22)
2 24 September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25) May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)
3 23 September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24) May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)
4 17 September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30) May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18)
5 24 September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28) May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)
6 23 September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27) May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)
7 23 September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)
8 23 September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25) May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
Ratings[edit]
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[49] May 22, 2005 (2005-05-22) 30.62[50] 2004–05 #4[51] 10.66[52] 23.69[51]
2
24 September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25) 28.36[53] May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21) 24.23[54] 2005–06 #4[55] 10.09[52] 21.70[55]
3
23 September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24) 24.09[56] May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20) 18.82[57] 2006–07 #10[58] 7.57[52] 16.70[58]
4
17 September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30) 19.32[59] May 18, 2008 (2008-05-18) 16.84[60] 2007–08 #6[61] 6.71[52] 17.52[61]
5
24 September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28) 18.68[62] May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17) 13.96[63] 2008–09 #9[64] 5.29[52] 15.66[64]
6
23 September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27) 13.64[65] May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16) 12.75[66] 2009–10 #20[67] 4.25[52] 12.83[67]
7
23 September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) 13.06[68] May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15) 10.25[69] 2010–11 #26[70] 3.46[52] 11.85[71]
8
23 September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25) 9.93[72] May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13) 11.12[73] 2011–12 #37[74] 2.74[52] 10.60[74]
Reception[edit]
The show was the biggest success of the 2004–2005 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.[75]
Along with Lost and Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives was credited to have turned around ABC's declining fortunes.[76] Many critics agreed with Cherry's initial comparison to the popular black comedy film American Beauty,[77] while its themes and appeal to female viewers were compared to those of the award winning series Sex and the City,[78] and its mysteries were said to resemble those of David Lynch's classic series Twin Peaks.[79] 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".[80]
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,[81] and in magazines.[82][83] Among the more prominent names to declare themselves fans of the show were Oprah Winfrey,[84] 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.[85] 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.[86][87] The first-season finale was watched by 30.62 million American viewers becoming the most watched episode of the series.[88]
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.[89][90] The second season's premiere was watched by 28.4 million viewers.[91] 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,[92][93] 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.[94] 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.[95][96][97]
The critics generally agreed on the improved quality for the third year,[98][99][100] 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.[101] 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.[102] 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. Notable, however, was that the show's rating among viewers age 18–24 increased from the previous season.[103]
For its fourth season, the series proved to have staying power.[104] 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.[105][106][107][108][109]
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.[110] 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.[111] 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.[112] No other series has shown success in the timeslot since Desperate Housewives left the air in 2012.
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.[113] 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.[114] During a fund raising 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.[115][116]
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.[117] Desperate Housewives was the seventh most-pirated television show of 2009.[118]
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.[119]
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.[120]
Accolades[edit]
Main 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".[121] 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.[122]
Home video releases[edit]
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 [123][124]
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)
23/24 [125][126]
The Complete Seasons 1–2
N/A November 13, 2006 N/A October 24, 2006 N/A 13 47 [127]
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 [128][129]
The Complete Seasons 1–3
N/A November 19, 2007 N/A 19 70 [130]
The Complete Fourth Season – Sizzling Secrets Edition
September 2, 2008 November 3, 2008 November 6, 2008 October 29, 2008 April 12, 2011 5 17 [131][132][133]
The Complete Seasons 1–4
N/A November 3, 2008 N/A 24 87 [134]
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 [135][136]
The Complete Seasons 1–5
N/A November 9, 2009 N/A 31 111 [137]
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 [138][139][140][141]
The Complete Seasons 1–6
N/A October 4, 2010 N/A October 20, 2010 N/A
36
(Region 2)
37
(Region 4)
134 [142][143]
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 [144][145]
The Complete Seasons 1–7
N/A October 31, 2011 N/A 41 157 [146]
The Complete Eighth and Final Season
September 25, 2012 September 24, 2012 October 12, 2012 October 3, 2012 N/A 5 23 [147][148][149]
The Complete Collection
September 25, 2012 September 24, 2012 December 7, 2012 N/A 45 180 [150][151]
Merchandise[edit]
Games[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.[152] 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.[153] "The inspiration for Gameloft's take on Desperate Housewives comes from the most unlikely place, too – the original Mario Party on the Nintendo 64."[154]
In 2007, British company Re:creation published Desperate Housewives Dirty Laundry Game, a board game based on the third season of Desperate Housewives.[155] 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.[156] Controversially, no originally composed music from 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.[157] One year later, in October 2006, Hyperion published The Desperate Housewives Cookbook – Juicy Dishes and Saucy Bits (ISBN 978-1-4013-0277-1).[158] In addition, official wall calendars, featuring shots taken from the series, were published by Andrews McMeel Publishing for 2006, 2007 and 2008.[159]
Four unauthorized books written from different points of view were released in 2006. Delicious Housewives, A Novel of Erotica, by International best-selling 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 Akassm.[160] 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.[161] In Chalice Press' Not-So-Desperate: Fantasy, Fact and Faith on Wisteria Lane (ISBN 0-8272-2513-X), author Shawnthea Monroe is giving a Christian interpretation of the series.[162] 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.[163] In 2007, they were released in a limited edition of 300 pieces each.[164] 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.[165][166][167][168] 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.[169][170][171][172]
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.[173] 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."[174]
Ask Desperate Housewives[edit]
For the sixth season of the series, ABC created "Ask Desperate Housewives" to promote their website abc.go.com. 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.
Adaptions[edit]
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.[175] 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.[176] 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.[177] In addition, the second American version was developed for the Spanish-language television network Univision. Just as the two previous Spanish versions, it was titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas, and the production began in July 2007.[178] The Brazilian version, Donas de Casa Desesperadas began being broadcast on RedeTV! in 2008.[179] 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.[180] 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.[181]
Title
Region(s)
Release
Network(s)
Amas de Casa Desesperadas
Argentina 2006–07 Canal 13
Amas de Casa Desesperadas
Colombia
Ecuador
2007
RCN TV (Colombia)
Teleamazonas (Ecuador)
Amas de Casa Desesperadas
United States 2008 Univision
Donas de Casa Desesperadas
Brazil RedeTV!
Umutsuz Ev Kadınları
Turkey 2011–14
Kanal D (2011–13)
FOX Turkey (2013–14)
Desperate Housewives Africa
Nigeria 2015 EbonyLife TV
Desperate Housewives: The Game[182]
2017 Megazebra
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Episodes
Season 1
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3
4
5
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Characters
Betty Applewhite
Angie Bolen
Edie Britt
Mike Delfino
Orson Hodge
Bob Hunter and Lee McDermott
Julie Mayer
Karl Mayer
Susan Mayer
Katherine Mayfair
Karen McCluskey
Renee Perry
John Rowland
Lynette Scavo
Tom Scavo
Carlos Solis
Gabrielle Solis
Andrew Van de Kamp
Bree Van de Kamp
Rex Van de Kamp
Dave Williams
Mary Alice Young
Paul Young
Related
Cast members
Awards and nominations
DVDs
Soundtrack
Game
Mobile App
Wisteria Lane
Amas de Casa Desesperadas
ARG
COL/ECU
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Desperate Housewives episodes
Season 1
"Pilot"
"Ah, But Underneath"
"Pretty Little Picture"
"Who's That Woman?"
"Come In, Stranger"
"Running to Stand Still"
"Anything You Can Do"
"Guilty"
"Suspicious Minds"
"Come Back to Me"
"Move On"
"Every Day a Little Death"
"Your Fault"
"Love Is in the Air"
"Impossible"
"The Ladies Who Lunch"
"There Won't Be Trumpets"
"Children Will Listen"
"Live Alone and Like It"
"Fear No More"
"Sunday in the Park with George"
"Goodbye for Now"
"One Wonderful Day"
Season 2
"Next"
"You Could Drive a Person Crazy"
"You'll Never Get Away from Me"
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
"They Asked Me Why I Believe in You"
"I Wish I Could Forget You"
"Color and Light"
"The Sun Won't Set"
"That's Good, That's Bad"
"Coming Home"
"One More Kiss"
"We're Gonna Be All Right"
"There's Something About a War"
"Silly People"
"Thank You So Much"
"There Is No Other Way"
"Could I Leave You?"
"Everybody Says Don't"
"Don't Look at Me"
"It Wasn't Meant to Happen"
"I Know Things Now"
"No One Is Alone"
"Remember"
Season 3
"Listen to the Rain on the Roof"
"It Takes Two"
"A Weekend in the Country"
"Like It Was"
"Nice She Ain't"
"Sweetheart, I Have to Confess"
"Bang"
"Children and Art"
"Beautiful Girls"
"The Miracle Song"
"No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds"
"Not While I'm Around"
"Come Play wiz Me"
"I Remember That"
"The Little Things You Do Together"
"My Husband, the Pig"
"Dress Big"
"Liaisons"
"God, That's Good"
"Gossip"
"Into the Woods"
"What Would We Do Without You?"
"Getting Married Today"
Season 4
"Now You Know"
"Smiles of a Summer Night"
"The Game"
"If There's Anything I Can't Stand"
"Art Isn't Easy"
"Now I Know, Don't Be Scared"
"You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover"
"Distant Past"
"Something's Coming"
"Welcome to Kanagawa"
"Sunday"
"In Buddy's Eyes"
"Hello, Little Girl"
"Opening Doors"
"Mother Said"
"The Gun Song"
"Free"
Season 5
"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"
"We're So Happy You're So Happy"
"Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else"
"Back in Business"
"Mirror, Mirror"
"There's Always a Woman"
"What More Do I Need?"
"City on Fire"
"Me and My Town"
"A Vision's Just a Vision"
"Home Is the Place"
"Connect! Connect!"
"The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened"
"Mama Spent Money When She Had None"
"In a World Where the Kings Are Employers"
"Crime Doesn't Pay"
"The Story of Lucy and Jessie"
"A Spark. To Pierce the Dark."
"Look into Their Eyes and You See What They Know"
"Rose's Turn"
"Bargaining"
"Marry Me a Little"
"Everybody Says Don't"
"If It's Only In Your Head"
Season 6
"Nice Is Different Than Good"
"Being Alive"
"Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover"
"The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues"
"Everybody Ought to Have a Maid"
"Don't Walk on the Grass"
"Careful the Things You Say"
"The Coffee Cup"
"Would I Think of Suicide?"
"Boom Crunch"
"If..."
"You Gotta Get a Gimmick"
"How About a Friendly Shrink?"
"The Glamorous Life"
"Lovely"
"The Chase"
"Chromolume No. 7"
"My Two Young Men"
"We All Deserve to Die"
"Epiphany"
"A Little Night Music"
"The Ballad of Booth"
"I Guess This Is Goodbye"
Season 7
"Remember Paul?"
"You Must Meet My Wife"
"Truly Content"
"The Thing That Counts Is What's Inside"
"Let Me Entertain You"
"Excited and Scared"
"A Humiliating Business"
"Sorry Grateful"
"Pleasant Little Kingdom"
"Down the Block There's a Riot"
"Assassins"
"Where Do I Belong"
"I'm Still Here"
"Flashback"
"Farewell Letter"
"Searching"
"Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed"
"Moments in the Woods"
"The Lies Ill-Concealed"
"I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday"
"Then I Really Got Scared"
"And Lots of Security..."
"Come on Over for Dinner"
Season 8
"Secrets That I Never Want to Know"
"Making the Connection"
"Watch While I Revise the World"
"School of Hard Knocks"
"The Art of Making Art"
"Witch's Lament"
"Always in Control"
"Suspicion Song"
"Putting It Together"
"What's to Discuss, Old Friend"
"Who Can Say What's True?"
"What's the Good of Being Good"
"Is This What You Call Love?"
"Get Out of My Life"
"She Needs Me"
"You Take for Granted"
"Women and Death"
"Any Moment"
"With So Little to Be Sure Of"
"Lost My Power"
"The People Will Hear"
"Give Me the Blame"
"Finishing the Hat"
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Awards for Desperate Housewives
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Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Governor & J.J. (1969)
The Carol Burnett Show (1970)
All in the Family, season 1/season 2 (1971)
All in the Family, season 2/season 3 (1972)
All in the Family, season 3/season 4 (1973)
Rhoda, season 1 (1974)
Barney Miller, season 1/season 2 (1975)
Barney Miller, season 2/season 3 (1976)
All in the Family, season 7/season 8 (1977)
Taxi, season 1 (1978)
Alice/Taxi, season 1/season 2 (1979)
Taxi, season 2/season 3 (1980)
M*A*S*H, season 9/season 10 (1981)
Fame (1982)
Fame (1983)
The Cosby Show, season 1 (1984)
The Golden Girls, season 1(1985)
The Golden Girls, season 1/season 2 (1986)
The Golden Girls, season 2/season 3 (1987)
The Wonder Years, season 1/season 2 (1988)
Murphy Brown (1989)
Cheers, season 8/season 9 (1990)
Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
Roseanne, season 4/season 5 (1992)
Seinfeld, season 4/season 5 (1993)
Frasier, season 1/season 2 & Mad About You (1994)
Cybill (1995)
3rd Rock from the Sun, season 1/season 2 (1996)
Ally McBeal, season 1 (1997)
Ally McBeal, season 1/season 2 (1998)
Sex and the City, season 2 (1999)
Sex and the City, season 3 (2000)
Sex and the City, season 4 (2001)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002)
The Office (UK) (2003)
Desperate Housewives, season 1 (2004)
Desperate Housewives, season 1/season 2 (2005)
Ugly Betty, season 1 (2006)
Extras (2007)
30 Rock, season 2/season 3 (2008)
Glee, season 1 (2009)
Glee, season 1/season 2 (2010)
Modern Family, season 2/season 3 (2011)
Girls, season 1 (2012)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1 (2013)
Transparent, season 1 (2014)
Mozart in the Jungle, season 1 (2015)
Atlanta, season 1 (2016)
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Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Larry Sanders Show (1996)
Frasier (1997)
Ellen (1998)
Action (1999)
Sex and the City (2000)
Sex and the City (2001)
The Bernie Mac Show (2002)
Arrested Development (2003)
Desperate Housewives (2004)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2005)
Ugly Betty (2006)
Pushing Daisies (2007)
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (2008)
Glee (2009)
The Big C (2010)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2011)
The Big Bang Theory (2012)
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Transparent (2014)
Silicon Valley (2015)
Silicon Valley (2016)
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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Will & Grace, season 2/season 3 (2000): Hayes; McCormack; Messing; Mullally
Sex and the City, season 4 (2001): Cattrall; Davis; Nixon; Parker
Everybody Loves Raymond season 6/season 7 (2002): Boyle; Garrett; Heaton; Roberts; Romano; Sweeten
Sex and the City, season 6 (2003): Cattrall; Davis; Nixon; Parker
Desperate Housewives, season 1 (2004): Bowen; Chavira; Cross; Culp; Denton; Hatcher; Huffman; Kasch; Longoria; Metcalfe; Moses; Sheridan; Strong
Desperate Housewives, season 1/season 2 (2005): Bart; Bowen; Brooks; Chavira; Cross; Culp; Denton; Hatcher; Huffman; B. Kinsman; S. Kinsman; Longoria; Moses; Savant; Sheridan; Strong; Woodard
The Office, season 2/season 3 (2006): Baker; Baumgartner; Carell; Denman; Fischer; Flannery; Hardin; Kaling; Kinsey; Krasinski; Lieberstein; Novak; Nunez; Smith; Wilson
The Office, season 3/season 4 (2007): Baker; Baumgartner; Carell; Denman; Fischer; Flannery; Hardin; Kaling; Kinsey; Krasinski; Lieberstein; Novak; Nunez; Smith; Wilson
30 Rock, season 2/season 3 (2008): Adsit; Baldwin; Bowden; Fey; Friedlander; Krakowski; McBrayer; Morgan; Powell
Glee, season 1 (2009): Agron; Colfer; Gallagher; Gilsig; Lynch; Mays; McHale; Michele; Monteith; Morris; Morrison; Riley; Rivera; Salling; Shum; Sussman; Talton; Theba; Ushkowitz
Complete list
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(2000–2009)
(2010–2019)
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Doctor Doctor (1990–1991)
Roseanne (1992–1993, 1995)
Dream On (1994)
Friends (1995)
Spin City (1997)
Ellen (1998)
Will & Grace (1999–2003, 2005–2006)
Sex and the City (2004)
Ugly Betty (2007–2008)
Desperate Housewives (2009)
Glee (2010–2011)
Modern Family (2011–2012)
The New Normal (2013)
Orange Is the New Black (2014)
Transparent (2015–2017)
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