Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, David Grossman, Larry Shaw and Sabrina Wind.
The setting of the show is the street of Wisteria Lane in the fictional American town of Fairview in the Eagle State. It follows the lives of a group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor. They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—at the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood. The show is inspired, to an extent, by the 1999 film American Beauty.
The show 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 Parker as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrates the show as the deceased Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dreams.
Since its premiere on ABC on October 3, 2004, the show has been well received by the critics as well as the audience. The show is a multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award winner, and in April 2007 it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 120 million.
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Welcome to Desperate Housewives, where catfights, seduction and murder are all part of the average day. You have your perfect home, perfect family and perfect neighborhood. But is the suburban fantasy of the white picket fence and cozy cul-de-sac as perfect as it seems?
In our ho-hum neighborhoods, there’s never really anything interesting to look at unless there’s a garage sale next door. In Wisteria Lane, there’s a lot to look at. Or gawk at.
Wisteria Lane must be the place where they coined the phrase, “there goes the neighborhood.” If you lived there, you’d be peeking through your curtains to spy on hapless Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), who just can’t seem to keep a man unless he’s in a coma. You’d seek advice from Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), the supermom who can survive cancer but can barely keep up with her house full of kids. You’d definitely want to schmooze your way into a party thrown by Bree Hodge (Marcia Cross), who’s like Martha Stewart crossed with Jack Daniels. And keep your men away from Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria Parker), the former model who’s slumming it in the ‘burbs, and Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany), the singleton who’s had better luck with guns than men. The lasted housewife to head over to Wisteria Lane is the secretive Angie Bolen (Drea de Matteo).
With women like these around, it’s gotta be tough being a man on Wisteria Lane. Shootings. Secrets. Betrayals. Yet the hunks keep moving in and coming back for more. Is it the sex? Yep. But as steamy as it is, Desperate Housewives is also sly and funny. It’s like the perfect neighbor.
Seasons to Watch
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
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