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Release Date:
3 October 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
Tempting, isn't it? more
Plot:
Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor. full summary
Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes.
Another 38 wins
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106 nominations
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(1829 articles)
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 20 of 243) | Teri Hatcher | ... | Susan Mayer / ... (126 episodes, 2004-2010) |
 | Felicity Huffman | ... | Lynette Scavo (126 episodes, 2004-2010) |
 | Marcia Cross | ... | Bree Hodge / ... (126 episodes, 2004-2010) |
 | Eva Longoria Parker | ... | Gabrielle Solis / ... (126 episodes, 2004-2010) |
 | Ricardo Chavira | ... | Carlos Solis (126 episodes, 2004-2010) |
 | Brenda Strong | ... | Mary Alice Young (126 episodes, 2004-2010) |
 | James Denton | ... | Mike Delfino (122 episodes, 2004-2009) |
 | Doug Savant | ... | Tom Scavo (121 episodes, 2004-2010) |
 | Nicollette Sheridan | ... | Edie Britt (112 episodes, 2004-2009) |
 | Andrea Bowen | ... | Julie Mayer (97 episodes, 2004-2009) |
 | Shawn Pyfrom | ... | Andrew Van De Kamp (97 episodes, 2004-2009) |
 | Brent Kinsman | ... | Preston Scavo (86 episodes, 2004-2008) |
 | Shane Kinsman | ... | Porter Scavo (86 episodes, 2004-2008) |
 | Kyle MacLachlan | ... | Orson Hodge (82 episodes, 2006-2010) |
 | Zane Huett | ... | Parker Scavo (80 episodes, 2004-2008) |
 | Joy Lauren | ... | Danielle Van De Kamp (72 episodes, 2004-2008) |
| Kathryn Joosten | ... | Karen McCluskey (58 episodes, 2004-2009) |
 | Dana Delany | ... | Katherine Mayfair (55 episodes, 2007-2010) |
| Cody Kasch | ... | Zach Young (52 episodes, 2004-2007) |
 | Mark Moses | ... | Paul Young (51 episodes, 2004-2007) |
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45 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) (video rating) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (video rating) |
Malaysia:U |
Singapore:M18 (season 2) |
Germany:12 |
Ireland:15 |
UK:15 |
Spain:18 |
Netherlands:12 |
South Korea:18 |
Singapore:PG (season 1) (season 3) |
Hungary:16 (DVD rating) |
Singapore:NC-16 (season 4) |
South Korea:15 (season 5) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
USA:TV-14 |
Mexico:B |
Portugal:M/12 |
USA:TV-PG (some episodes)
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Season 1 episodes that have Stephen Sondheim song titles or lyric references as their show titles (Except where denoted) Season 1.2: Pilot (No Sondheim Reference) 1.2: Ah, But Underneath (Follies), 1.3: Pretty Little Picture (A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum), 1.4: Who's That Woman? (Follies), 1.5: Come in, Stranger (No Sondheim Reference; Johnny Cash song), 1.6: Running to Stand Still (No Sondheim Reference; U2 song), 1.7: Anything You Can Do (No Sondheim Reference; Irving Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)) 1.8: Guilty (No Sondheim Reference; Randy Newman song), 1.9: Suspicious Minds (No Sondheim Reference; Elvis Presley song), 1:10: Come Back to Me (No Sondheim Reference. Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)), 1.11: Move On (Sunday in the Park With George), 1. 12: Every Day a Little Death (A Little Night Music), 1.13: Your Fault (Into the Woods), 1.14: Love Is in the Air (A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum Cut from the show), 1.15: Impossible (A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum),1.6: The Ladies Who Lunch (Company), 1.17 There Won't Be Trumpets (Anyone Can Whistle), 1.18: Children Will Listen (Into the Woods), 1.19: Live Alone and Like It (Dick Tracy Film) 1.20: Fear No More (The Frogs), 1.21: Sunday in the Park with George (Sunday in the Park with George), 1.22: Goodbye for Now (Reds movie Lyrics added later) 1.23: One Wonderful Day (Saturday Night).
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Susan's last name is at first pronounced "Meyer" occasionally by all characters, before it eventually changes to "Mayer" for the second season onward.
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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.
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Gabrielle: Sure it can! That's just a lie we tell poor people to keep them from rioting.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Scrubs: My Big Bird (#5.8)" (2006)
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Why did Orson run over Mike at the end of Season 2?How can I audition to be cast in Desperate Housewives?
What happened to Gabrielle & Carlos' baby?
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I'm gonna address something in a serious tone, that is way unlike the premiere of Desperate Housewives. Television, has gotten entirely too serious. It has! Even its comedies can be horribly depressing.
As I sat watching the premiere of Desperate Housewives, I found myself doing something I haven't done in quite some time, and that is "smiling," No, I mean, a huge smile, a GRIN of thankfulness.
I have a theory that most pilot scripts suck, because they are establishing a series, I have hardly ever liked a PILOT script, even if they do their job well which is establish character and the mood of the show. The great story telling comes after the pilot.
The only good pilot I have seen in recent years, was the pilot for ALIAS (brilliant) now a week ago, I saw the PILOT for LOST (edge of your seat good). But even those were topped by the intricate, hysterical, amazing pilot script for DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. If the writers are out there, reading this, 1. Thank You. 2. why are you reading this, get to writing more of this wonderful show.
They also have gotten a superb cast of women. OLDER WOMEN! WOMEN WOMEN, not some 20 something year olds with bland looks on their faces and pouty lips! But Talented, amazing, beautiful, WOMEN (and I'm a guy in my 20's) I appreciate that... WOMEN over 40 ROCK! I speak of course of Felicity Huffman, who can do more with one line of Dialogue, than any other actress I know. This show, brings also the RETURN of Terri Hatcher, THANK GOD! It's about TIME!! And it also brings me, MARCIA CROSS, an actress who should have been given an EMMY for her brilliant, heartbreaking work in EVERWOOD last season.
The producers/Direction/showrunners of the show, have established a look for the show. it's American BEAUTY on ACID. A gorgeous use of color and cinematography, of scoring, and well, I mention it again, because it's so important... GREAT WRITING!
On every level, the PILOT for DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES impresses. It has bite, humor and heart. I hope that it will be around for a long time. But even this one episode is enough to remind people everywhere, that network television can still be FUN!