Desperate Housewives

Name: Desperate Housewives
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Comedy
Released: 2004-10-03
Cast: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Ricardo Chavira

“Secrets. Romance. Murder. All on one street”

2004 –2012
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Ended
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TV-14

★ 7.9 TMDB Rating · 2.1K votes

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

Created by: Marc Cherry
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 177
Episode length: ~42m
First aired: Oct 3, 2004
Networks: ABC
Original language: English
Origin: United States

Cast of Desperate Housewives

Teri Hatcher
Susan Mayer
Felicity Huffman
Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross
Bree Van de Kamp
Eva Longoria
Gabrielle Solis
Ricardo Chavira
Carlos Solis
Doug Savant
Tom Scavo
James Denton
Mike Delfino
Brenda Strong
Mary Alice Young
Vanessa Williams
Renee Perry

Where to Stream Desperate Housewives by Country

United States: Streaming on Prime Video, HuluRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
United Kingdom: Streaming on Disney+Rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
India: No streaming offers listed right now
Canada: Streaming on Disney+Rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Australia: Streaming on Disney+Rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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Seasons

Specials

Air date unknown

53 episodes
Season 1

Oct 3, 2004

23 episodes

Mary Alice Young, a seemingly perfect housewife commits suicide, fearing that a dark secret, involving her, her husband, and their son would be exposed.
Season 2

Sep 25, 2005

23 episodes

The seemingly perfect lives in the suburban neighborhood of Fairview are shaken by the arrival of the mysterious Betty Applewhite.
Season 3

Sep 24, 2006

23 episodes

The residents of Fairview deal with the arrival of the mysterious Orson Hodge.
Season 4

Sep 30, 2007

17 episodes

Katherine Mayfair and her family are introduced as the center of the season's mystery.
Season 5

Sep 28, 2008

24 episodes

The season's mystery is centered around Edie Britt's third husband Dave Williams.
Season 6

Sep 27, 2009

23 episodes

Angie Bolen and her family are the focus of this season's mystery.
Season 7

Sep 26, 2010

22 episodes

After losing both her husband and her business, Bree slowly begins the process of rebuilding her life, first by telling her friend Gabrielle a secret that could end their friendship, and then by starting up a romance with her much younger contractor Keith Watson. In the meantime, the Solises discover that their daughter Juanita was swapped at birth, and Lynette is visited by her old college roommate Renee Perry (Vanessa Williams), who later moves to the lane permanently. Bob and Lee find their way back to one another, and Susan and Mike's financial situations lead them to move to an apartment in the city and to take on jobs they don't want to endure through, whereas Paul Young, Mary Alice's widower, moves back to Wisteria Lane to wreak havoc.
Season 8

Sep 25, 2011

22 episodes

The housewives deal with covering up the murder of Gabrielle's stepfather Alejandro Perez.