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Desperate Housewives

2004 – 2012 · ABC
8 seasons · 177 episodes
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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.

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

SERIES CAST

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

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
Oct 3, 2004
Original language
EN
Production
Cherry Productions, Touchstone Television, ABC Studios
Country
US

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