Desperate Housewives is an
American television
comedy-drama series created by
Marc Cherry, who also serves as
show runner, and produced by
ABC Studios and
Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are
Marc Cherry,
Bob Daily,
George W. Perkins,
John Pardee and
Joey Murphy,
David Grossman,
Larry Shaw and Sabrina Wind.
The setting of the show is the street of
Wisteria Lane in the fictional American town of
Fairview in the Eagle State. It follows the lives of a group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor. They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—at the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood. The show is inspired, to an extent, by the 1999 film
American Beauty.
The show features an
ensemble cast, headed by
Teri Hatcher as
Susan Mayer,
Felicity Huffman as
Lynette Scavo,
Marcia Cross as
Bree Van de Kamp and
Eva Longoria Parker as
Gabrielle Solis.
Brenda Strong narrates the show as the deceased
Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dreams.
