What do you think about Desperate Housewives serie? it was 8 seasons long, i loved that show, it was a very witty show in my opinion, specially loved the opening and closing lines Mary Alice Young speaked. I think is a very underrated show.

I stopped watching after the 5th season. It went nowhere & it seemed like they were going after the ratings as opposed to developed storytelling, hence the absurdities that took place later.

Lynette was the most believable and realist character there to me.

214 said:

What do you think about Desperate Housewives serie? it was 8 seasons long, i loved that show, it was a very witty show in my opinion, specially loved the opening and closing lines Mary Alice Young speaked. I think is a very underrated show.

Why do you think it's underated???

For its premiere season, the show was awarded six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. The nominations of all of the leading actresses except Eva Longoria for both the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award received some media interest. While Longoria seemingly wasn't bothered, stating for the press that "I'm new. I just arrived. I didn't expect at all to be in the minds of the Academy", Marc Cherry regarded them being left out as a "horrendous error".^[120] In the end, the Primetime Emmy Award went to Felicity Huffman, while Teri Hatcher received the Golden Globe Award, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award.

The show's second Golden Globe Award for its first year was for Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy, while the other Primetime Emmy Awards went to Kathryn Joosten for her guest role as Karen McCluskey (beating, among others, fellow cast member Lupe Ontiveros), Charles McDougall for his direction of the pilot episode, Danny Elfman's theme music, the picture editing of the pilot, and the casting of the series. The entire cast was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award, and Nicollette Sheridan was nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film.

In 2006, the show continued to receive several nominations. It was awarded with yet another Golden Globe Award for Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy, and all the four leading women received Golden Globe Award nominations, although none of them won. The cast ensemble was awarded with another Screen Actors Guild Award, as was Felicity Huffman. Primetime Emmy Award nominations included, among others, guest actress Shirley Knight and supporting actress Alfre Woodard, although none of the resulted in an actual award. It was nominated for the Pioneer Award at the BAFTAs but lost to Doctor Who, which at the time was recently revamped.

Never watched it...The idea of an hour long Drama about restless Married Chicks does nothing for me...Women kept that show on the air..8 seasons is a long time in TV-Land these days...

It was a fun show and I got a kick out of it for most of its run. The last 2 years were off though. I missed a lot of the last year.

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But it DID spawn this...

Dalia11 said:

One of my favorite drama series. I miss watching it. I will buy the series on DVD. My favorite character is Bree Vandicamp.

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No love for Edie?

CynicKill said:

Chancellor said:

Never watched it...The idea of an hour long Drama about restless Married Chicks does nothing for me...Women kept that show on the air..8 seasons is a long time in TV-Land these days...

here is a good reason to watch

kpowers said:

here is a good reason to watch

Eva is as Gorgeous & Sexy as they come, so is Vanessa Williams and Alfre Woodard is the cream of the crop in the Acting World...I did not give the Drama a chance becuz I did not wanna see Women killing Men just to prove a point. Lifetime Network Movies have featured Women torturing Men for decades..That's why I Love Porn; nobody dies, Blacks & Whites get-along and everybody gets a Happy ending...

Chancellor said:

kpowers said:

Eva is as Gorgeous & Sexy as they come, so is Vanessa Williams and Alfre Woodard is the cream of the crop in the Acting World...I did not give the Drama a chance becuz I did not wanna see Women killing Men just to prove a point. Lifetime Network Movies have featured Women torturing Men for decades..That's why I Love Porn; nobody dies, Blacks & Whites get-along and everybody gets a Happy ending...

Chancellor said:

kpowers said:

Eva is as Gorgeous & Sexy as they come, so is Vanessa Williams and Alfre Woodard is the cream of the crop in the Acting World...I did not give the Drama a chance becuz I did not wanna see Women killing Men just to prove a point. Lifetime Network Movies have featured Women torturing Men for decades..That's why I Love Porn; nobody dies, Blacks & Whites get-along and everybody gets a Happy ending...

you're a dirty old man. I loved Edie character, an the episode about her death was very moving, one of the best episodes in the show.

214 said:

you're a dirty old man. I loved Edie character, an the episode about her death was very moving, one of the best episodes in the show.

..LOL...Yep...but 29 & under gets no serious-Love from me...

It's the only Soap Opera I've watched from beginning to end. It was great from season 1-4, okay season 5, then it coasted for the last 3 seasons. Spoiler Alert: To kill off Mike was just wrong! And Edie's bitchy was far more entertaining than Vanessa's over the top acting bitchy. Getting rid of Edie was a mistake.

kewlschool said:

It's the only Soap Opera I've watched from beginning to end. It was great from season 1-4, okay season 5, then it coasted for the last 3 seasons. Spoiler Alert: To kill off Mike was just wrong! And Edie's bitchy was far more entertaining than Vanessa's over the top acting bitchy. Getting rid of Edie was a mistake.

Perhaps, but i like all seasons and Mike's death was very sad, great character.

kewlschool said:

It's the only Soap Opera I've watched from beginning to end. It was great from season 1-4, okay season 5, then it coasted for the last 3 seasons. Spoiler Alert: To kill off Mike was just wrong! And Edie's bitchy was far more entertaining than Vanessa's over the top acting bitchy. Getting rid of Edie was a mistake.

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Edie was a favorite of mine as well.

But that over the top style worked SO well for Vanessa Williams on Ugly Betty. Almost got her an Emmy.

^^^^

L VE HER!

Ottensen said:

I enjoyed it, I liked all of the dark twists in the stories. For fans who liked desperate Housewives, I would also recommend its Eva Longoria-Marc Cherry produced TV cousin Devious Maids. It's almost like a richer, campier companion piece to the folks of Wisteria Lane through the eyes of a latina group of friends who are the maids to the rich and famous- it has "sleeper hit" feel to it and is absolutely hilarious. The fact that it's just as much murder mystery as it is soap opera will appeal to you if you like dark comedy, and best of all it has Susan Lucci. Actually, all of the main characters are great, even when they've done something despicable

Eva Longoria is on it?

CynicKill said:

214 said:

214 said:

Ottensen said:

I enjoyed it, I liked all of the dark twists in the stories. For fans who liked desperate Housewives, I would also recommend its Eva Longoria-Marc Cherry produced TV cousin Devious Maids. It's almost like a richer, campier companion piece to the folks of Wisteria Lane through the eyes of a latina group of friends who are the maids to the rich and famous- it has "sleeper hit" feel to it and is absolutely hilarious. The fact that it's just as much murder mystery as it is soap opera will appeal to you if you like dark comedy, and best of all it has Susan Lucci. Actually, all of the main characters are great, even when they've done something despicable

Eva Longoria is on it?

CynicKill said:

kewlschool said:

It's the only Soap Opera I've watched from beginning to end. It was great from season 1-4, okay season 5, then it coasted for the last 3 seasons. Spoiler Alert: To kill off Mike was just wrong! And Edie's bitchy was far more entertaining than Vanessa's over the top acting bitchy. Getting rid of Edie was a mistake.

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Edie was a favorite of mine as well.

But that over the top style worked SO well for Vanessa Williams on Ugly Betty. Almost got her an Emmy.

I think her camp bitchy worked on ugly betty but not so much on DH.

Don't know why you did not like the sixth and seventh seasons, they are good specially the seventh with the Paul Ypung and Susan story. Paul Young was great character, a complex one. I really love the show, the characters all of them are very complex, i mean no one dimensional, they are not good or bad, they do not always do the right thing, they are selfish sometimes, do not always trust one each other; even if they are longtime friends, just as life itself.

It's one of the few non-sitcoms that I watched religiously, mostly because I had a thing for Longoria and Hatcher. I thought it was a good show, and around the 4th season a new street in my neighborhood was named Wisteria Lane. LOL