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Desperate Housewives

  • TV Series
  • 2004–20122004–2012
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 45m
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Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Eva Longoria in Desperate Housewives (2004)
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Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.
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    • Creator
      • Marc Cherry
    • Stars
      • Teri Hatcher
      • Felicity Huffman
      • Marcia Cross
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      • Marc Cherry
    • Stars
      • Teri Hatcher
      • Felicity Huffman
      • Marcia Cross
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    • 248User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
    • Won 7 Primetime Emmys
      • 66 wins & 189 nominations total

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    180 episodes180 eps • 2004–2012
    Felicity Huffman
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    • Lynette Scavo
    180 episodes180 eps • 2004–2012
    Marcia Cross
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    • Bree Van De Kamp…
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    Eva Longoria
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    • Gabrielle Solis…
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    Ricardo Chavira
    Ricardo Chavira
    • Carlos Solis
    180 episodes180 eps • 2004–2012
    Brenda Strong
    Brenda Strong
    • Mary Alice Young
    180 episodes180 eps • 2004–2012
    James Denton
    James Denton
    • Mike Delfino
    180 episodes180 eps • 2004–2012
    Doug Savant
    Doug Savant
    • Tom Scavo
    175 episodes175 eps • 2004–2012
    Shawn Pyfrom
    Shawn Pyfrom
    • Andrew Van De Kamp
    112 episodes112 eps • 2004–2012
    Nicollette Sheridan
    Nicollette Sheridan
    • Edie Britt
    111 episodes111 eps • 2004–2009
    Andrea Bowen
    Andrea Bowen
    • Julie Mayer
    107 episodes107 eps • 2004–2012
    Kyle MacLachlan
    Kyle MacLachlan
    • Orson Hodge
    96 episodes96 eps • 2006–2012
    Brent Kinsman
    Brent Kinsman
    • Preston Scavo
    88 episodes88 eps • 2004–2011
    Shane Kinsman
    Shane Kinsman
    • Porter Scavo
    88 episodes88 eps • 2004–2011
    Kathryn Joosten
    Kathryn Joosten
    • Karen McCluskey
    87 episodes87 eps • 2005–2012
    Zane Huett
    Zane Huett
    • Parker Scavo
    81 episodes81 eps • 2004–2010
    Joy Jorgensen
    Joy Jorgensen
    • Danielle Van De Kamp
    78 episodes78 eps • 2004–2011
    Mark Moses
    Mark Moses
    • Paul Young
    75 episodes75 eps • 2004–2011
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      • Marc Cherry
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    • Trivia
      A fan loved the dress Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) wore in the pilot so much, she wrote to the producers asking the name of the designer, and if he could design her a prom dress. The producers instead sent her the actual gown, and she wore it to her prom.
    • Goofs
      Xiao-Mei would never be able to be a surrogate without having a child of her own first. All reputable surrogacy agencies in the US require their surrogates to have had at least one full-term, live birth before becoming a surrogate.
    • Quotes

      Sister Mary Bernard: Money can't buy happiness.

      Gabrielle: Sure it can! That's just a lie we tell poor people to keep them from rioting.

    • Crazy credits
      The credits contain references to famous pieces of art, including Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, American Gothic by Grant Wood, and Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup can. Also alluded to are the lesser known Couple Arguing and Romantic Couple by Robert Dale (drawn in a comic book style similar to that of Roy Liechtenstein) and a 1940s "Am I Proud!" poster by Dick Williams (showing a woman holding cans).
    • Connections
      Edited into Desperate Housewives: Oprah Winfrey Is the New Neighbor (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Desperate Housewives Theme
      Written by Danny Elfman

    User reviews248

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    Not just a cult show, but the best show on television.
    Think of it as Twin Peaks without the midgets and hunchbacks --and Kyle MacLachlan eating dessert.

    This show is just bizarre and enigmatic enough to hook the broad and deep audience that deserted network series television so long ago that they find themselves doubting now whether TV was ever worth the trouble.

    I have a hard time selling this series to the guys I know because they assume it's another night time soap ala Melrose Place. But I do try. Really dangerously funny stuff. I predict a popular backlash against this show, and have in fact seen some evidence of it already, simply because so many people are crazy about this show and cannot say enough good things about it. People are tiring of hearing that. But have patience, and don't try to read between the lines of fan praise. It is worth a watch. If only once. Three episodes in, there hasn't been a dud yet. These people will make a mint on First Season DVDs, and deserve to. The sharpest, wittiest, most wildly unpredictable writing now being done. --Makes other "well written" shows, like the CSIs, look as drab as Dragnet.

    The bar has just been raised for those making series television. Most TV writers and producers will have to ignore the influence, though, because they won't be able to touch it.

    Ten stars, times ten. -------------------

    The above review was written close to the beginning of the series. As we get as deep into the second season as we were in the first season where I wrote the above review, a revisit of the series is needed.

    Brie is decidedly less funny over time. Maybe more satisfying in a mean way, but less ha ha funny. They have stopped writing those screamingly funny scenes for her, that hinged on what was essentially a neat freak, prim and retentive personality disorder. Remember the burrito sliding off the nightstand at a strategic moment? The tossing of the specimen on Rex at the golf course? The comment on Rex's crying at a dinner party? These scenes, built around Brie, comprised the best moments of the first season, and gone they are, apparently for good, from the second season. This is part of the shows overall shift toward making the luckless, loveless, hard-scrabbling housewives (who overall have a blend of great luck and foul luck, just like real life) "empowered" and impervious. It's inevitable that, with that agenda, the writers are not going to have as much funny stuff for any of the characters to do.

    Perhaps as writing chores are handed around-- or more retentively screened by the cast or the powers that be at ABC-- the writers are beginning to write some of the cast "out of character." For example, Gabrielle cracks snide at some rough looking characters at a prison marriage counseling session, when 1) last season her character would have pulled a funny face, maybe insulted their wardrobe, like the essentially clueless and rapacious Barbie doll she is, and gone on or 2) in real life, they'd have mopped the floor with her. She is too prissy, and anorexic-looking for that matter, to deliver some of the tough-girl lines they are handing her. Sorry, but this much is obvious. They are writing Gabrielle and Brie out of character this season.

    Other than these flaws -- which are major, in my opinion -- the series still has its moments. But the humor is starting to take precedence behind the conflict and mysteries. We draw closer to the non ironic melodrama world of Dynasty and Melrose Place than we were in the first season. Once, you could have said there was no show with quite the attitude and ambiance of Desperate Housewives first season. Now, you can say that again. The show we knew is slipping away into mundane sameness, and its unpredictability is becoming too patented and predictable. And I find that really too bad.

    The show has fallen from 10 of 10 to more like 6 of 10.
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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2004 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Canal+ (France)
      • Official Desperate Housewives online kitchen
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Những Bà Nội Trợ Kiểu Mỹ
    • Filming locations
      • Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cherry Alley Productions
      • Cherry Productions
      • Touchstone Television
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital

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