Desperate Housewives

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Desperate Housewives is a television show in the United States. It also can be seen in many other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia. The show is on ABC in the United States, and is in its third season as of 2006-07.

Desperate Housewives is both a comedy and a kind of soap opera (but is not in fact a soap opera because Desperate Housewives only has a new episode once a week). The show is about a group of neighbors who live on Wisteria Lane in the town of Fairview.

Teri Hatcher is the actor that plays the character Susan Mayer. Felicity Huffman plays Lynette Scavo. Marcia Cross plays Bree Van De Camp (who marries a different man in Season 3 so her name changes to Bree Hodge). Eva Longoria plays Gabrielle Solis (who often has the nickname "Gaby"). Nicollette Sheridan plays Edie Britt. Ricardo Antonio Chavira plays Carlos Solis, Gabrielle's husband. Andrea Bowen plays Julie Mayer, Susan's daughter. Doug Savant plays Tom Scavo, Lynette's husband. Kyle MacLachlan plays Orson Hodge. Brenda Strong plays Mary Alice Young (the narrator who appeared a few times in the first season). James Denton plays Mike Delfino.