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Desperate Housewives Series
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, Eagle State. It follows the lives of a
group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor, as 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 suburban
neighborhood. 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, Eva Longoria Parker as Gabrielle Solis, Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt
and Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair. Brenda Strong narrates the show as the
deceased Mary Alice Young.
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 115 to 119 million viewers.
Production
The idea for the series was thought up as Marc Cherry and his
mother were watching a news report on Andrea Yates. 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 Five
Mrs. Buchanans, The Crew and Some of My Best Friends, none of which lasted
longer than a year. Initially Cherry had a hard time getting any television
network interested in his new series – HBO, CBS, NBC, Fox, Showtime, and
Lifetime all turned his offer down. Finally, two new executives at ABC, Lloyd
Braun and Susan Lyne, chose to greenlight it. Shortly thereafter, Disney had
both Braun and Lyne fired, following their approval of another new drama series:
Lost.
The ABC executives weren’t initially satisfied with the name of
the new show, suggesting Wisteria Lane and The Secret Lives of Housewives
instead, but on October 23, 2003, Desperate Housewives was announced by ABC,
presented as a prime time 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. 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 their 2004–2005 lineup, with
Desperate Housewives in the Sunday, 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET slot, which it still
holds. After only three episodes aired, on October 20, ABC announced that
Desperate Housewives, along with Lost, had been picked up for a full season.
Desperate Housewives is produced by creator Marc Cherry (Cherry
Productions) and Touchstone Television (Fall 2004-Spring 2007), which is now ABC
Studios (Fall 2007-present).
On February 11, 2008, ABC picked up Desperate Housewives for the
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