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.