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Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, for a total of 180 episodes. Executive producer Marc Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth…

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Genre
Comedy drama · Mystery · Soap opera
Camera setup
Single-camera
Composers
Steve Jablonsky · Stewart Copeland · Steve Bartek · Louis Febre
Country of origin
United States
Created by
Marc Cherry
Editor
Karen Castañeda

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Production

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Broadcast

Home media and digital downloads

Merchandise

Sequel

Adaptations

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Desperate Housewives

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Desperate Housewives

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related to Production · 46
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related to Production crew · 35
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related to Adaptations · 32
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related to Filming · 30
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Starring · 29
Desperate Housewives → Alfre Woodard, Andrea Bowen, Brenda Strong, Charles Mesure, Cody Kasch, Dana Delany, Doug Savant, Drea de Matteo, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, James Denton, Jesse Metcalfe, Jonathan Cake, Kathryn Joosten, Kevin Rahm, Kyle MacLachlan, Madison De La Garza, Maiara Walsh, Marcia Cross, Mark Moses
related to Soundtrack and literature · 27
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related to Opening sequence · 23
Desperate Housewives → According, After, All Time, Best TV Title Sequences, BMI TV Music Award, Cherry's, Danny Elfman, From, Hollywood-based, In, Inspired, It, James Charisma, Marc Cherry, Music, Outstanding Main Title Design, Outstanding Original Main Title, Paste, Primetime Emmy Award, Steve Jablonsky
related to Music · 22
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related to Critical response · 18
Desperate Housewives → ABC, ABC's, Along, American Beauty, Cherry's, City, David Lynch's, Grey's Anatomy, In, Knots Landing, Lost, Many, Sex, Spin City, The, The Golden Girls, Twin Peaks, USA Today
related to Fashion dolls and fragrances · 17
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Desperate HousewivesCamera setupSingle-camera1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesComposersSteve Jablonsky1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesComposersStewart Copeland1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesComposersSteve Bartek1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesComposersLouis Febre1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesCreated byMarc Cherry1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesEditorKaren Castañeda1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesExecutive producersMarc Cherry1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesExecutive producersSee full list1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesGenreComedy drama1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesGenreMystery1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesGenreSoap opera1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesNarrated byBrenda Strong (178 episodes)1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesNarrated bySteven Culp ("My Husband, the Pig")1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesNarrated byNicollette Sheridan ("Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know")1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesNetworkABC1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesNo. of episodes180 (list of episodes)1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesNo. of seasons81.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersCharles Skouras III1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersStephanie Hagen1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersAlexandra Cunningham1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersJamie Gorenberg1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersKevin Etten1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersTracey Stern1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersPatty Lin1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProducersAnnie Weisman1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProduction companiesCherry Productions1.00infobox
Desperate HousewivesProduction companiesABC Studios[a]1.00infobox

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