Desperate Housewives season 1
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Season 1 | |
Four women – two brunettes, a redhead and a blonde – in white dresses are posing in front of a white background. There is a caption placed in the middle of them: "Everyone has a little dirty laundry." Below them, the word "DESPERATE", in red, follows the word "HOUSEWIVES", in black. At the bottom left corner, a red circle with the letters "abc" inside, follows the phrase "SUNDAYS 9/8c THIS FALL". At the bottom right corner is an internet URL "abc.com", followed by the phrase "keyword:housewives". ABC promotional poster for the first season of Desperate Housewives. From left to right: Gabrielle, Bree, Lynette, and Susan. | |
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No. of episodes | 23 |
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Original network | ABC |
Original release | October 3, 2004 May 22, 2005 | –
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The first season of Desperate Housewives, an American television series created by Marc Cherry, commenced airing in the United States on October 3, 2004, concluded May 22, 2005, and consisted of 23 episodes. It tells the story of Mary Alice Young, a seemingly perfect housewife who commits suicide, fearing that a dark secret, involving her, her husband, and their son would be exposed. At her wake, Mary Alice's four close friends and the main characters, Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp and Gabrielle Solis, are introduced. All of them live in the suburb of Fairview on Wisteria Lane. Narrating the series from the grave, Mary Alice describes how her friends try to find out the reason for her suicide, while trying to deal with the problems of their personal lives.
Desperate Housewives' first season aired in the United States (U.S.) on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET on ABC, a terrestrial television network.[1] In addition to the 23 regular episodes, a special, Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry, aired on April 24, 2005.[2] The season garnered an average of 23.7 million viewers in the U.S. per all 23 episodes, ranking as the fourth most-watched television series during the 2004–05 American television season.[3] In the United Kingdom, the season premiered on Channel 4 on January 5, 2005, and subsequently aired Wednesdays at 10 pm on the network.[4] It aired in Canada on CTV Television Network and in Australia on the Seven Network.[5][6][7]
The season was released on DVD as a six-disc box set under the title of Desperate Housewives – The Complete First Season on September 20, 2005 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in Region 1,[8][9] in Region 2 on October 10, 2005,[10] and in Region 4 on November 28, 2005.[11] The season is also available for purchase by registered users on the U.S. iTunes Store.[12]
Production
![A map of a fictional cul-de-sac showing the locations and numbers of characters' houses, represented by titled oblong gray shapes – five on the top row and five on the bottom row. The titles appear in the order as follows: "GREENBERG HOUSE (#4347)", "SOLIS HOUSE (#4349)", "MULLINS HOUSE (#4351)", "MAYER HOUSE (#4353)" and "SCAVO HOUSE (#4355) on the first row; "HUBER HOUSE (#4350)", "YOUNG HOUSE (#4352)", "VAN DE KAMP HOUSE (#4354)", "DELFINO HOUSE (#4356)" and "McCLUSKEY HOUSE (#4358)" on the second row. On the top row an arrow with the title "BRITT HOUSE (#4362)" indicates a house further up. Between the two rows is a road titled "WISTERIA LANE (COLONIAL STREET, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS)".](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Wisteria_Lane_map%2C_season_1.svg/300px-Wisteria_Lane_map%2C_season_1.svg.png)
Marc Cherry wrote the script for the Housewives pilot and his agent appealed it to six networks, (CBS, NBC, Fox, HBO, Showtime and Lifetime) only to have all of them turn it down. Later, after his previous agent was arrested for embezzlement, he hired a team of new agents, who saw the script "as a soap opera with dark comedy in it".[13] After Cherry edited parts of the pilot script and pitched it to ABC, network executives were impressed, causing ABC to order 13 episodes.[13][14] Filming for the season started around March 2004 at the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot Colonial Street.[14][15]
This season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios) and Cherry Productions and aired on the ABC network. The executive producers were Cherry, Michael Edelstein, Charles Pratt Jr., and Tom Spezialy with Pratt Jr., Chris Black, Oliver Goldstick, Joey Murphy, and John Pardee serving as consulting producers.[16] The staff writers were Cherry, Goldstick, Spezialy, Pardee, Murphy, and Black; producers Alexandra Cunningham, Tracey Stern, and Patty Lin; co-executive producer Kevin Murphy, Jenna Bans, David Schulner, Adam Barr, Katie Ford, and Joshua Senter.[16] Regular directors throughout the season included Charles McDougall, Arlene Sanford, Larry Shaw, Jeff Melman, Fred Gerber, David Grossman, and John David Coles.[16] Its orchestral score was composed by Steve Bartek and Steve Jablonsky, while the series' theme was composed by Danny Elfman.[16] Cherry also served as the season's show runner.[17]
Cast
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The first season features a cast of thirteen actors who receive star billing. Brenda Strong narrated the series as the deceased Mary Alice Young.[18][19] Teri Hatcher portrayed Susan Mayer, the klutzy, lovable divorced mother in search of love.[18][20] Felicity Huffman played Lynette Scavo, a former career woman who is now a full-time mother of four.[21] Marcia Cross acted as Bree Van de Kamp, the uptight, perfectionist homemaker and mother of two teenagers who is struggling to save her marriage.[18][22] Eva Longoria starred as Gabrielle Solis, the materialistic ex–fashion model who cheats on her husband.[23] Nicollette Sheridan played the neighborhood slut and Susan's rival, Edie Britt.[14] Steven Culp played Rex Van de Kamp, Bree's emasculated, sexually dissatisfied husband. Ricardo Antonio Chavira starred as Gabrielle's neglectful, high-powered executive husband, Carlos Solis.[24] Mark Moses portrayed Mary Alice's mysterious widower, Paul Young.[25] Andrea Bowen played Susan's knowledgeable, level-headed daughter, Julie Mayer. Jesse Metcalfe played the Solis' gardener and Gabrielle's adulterous lover, John Rowland.[26] Cody Kasch played Mary Alice's and Paul's troubled and mentally unstable son Zach Young,[25] and James Denton portrayed the neighborhood plumber and Susan's love interest, Mike Delfino, who has a secret of his own.[27]
Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline. Doug Savant played Tom Scavo, Lynette's husband who is often away on business; Savant later became a series regular.[28] Shawn Pyfrom appeared as Bree and Rex's rebellious and headstrong son Andrew Van de Kamp.[29] Kathryn Joosten acted as Karen McCluskey, Lynette's neighbor across the street, and Christine Estabrook portrayed the neighborhood busybody Martha Huber.[16]
Reception
Viewership and reviews
The pilot episode, which aired on October 3, 2004, garnered 21.6 million viewers, ranking first in its time slot of 9:00 pm Eastern Time Zone (ET) (8:00 pm Central Time Zone (Americas) [CT]).[30] It was the most-viewed ABC season premiere since 1996's Spin City.[1] After airing three episodes of Desperate Housewives, ABC picked the series up for a full season.[31][32] Overall, the first season averaged 23.7 million viewers for the 23 episodes aired in the U.S.,[3] including the season's largest audience of more than 30 million viewers of the season finale.[33] Of the regular primetime programming that aired during the 2004–2005 American television season, Desperate Housewives ranked 4th out of 156 programs, according to the Nielsen Ratings system. In terms of a Ratings share, Desperate Housewives ranked 3rd in the 2004-2005 TV Season, coming behind the two separate airing spots of American Idol. It also ranked as the highest ABC Network Programme. And the highest ranking Drama, Comedy and Dramady Programme. [3]
"As involving as any new drama and funnier than any new sitcom, Housewives matches high visual style with a witty-but-never arch sensibility."
Critical reception was overwhelmingly positive, and Housewives was considered the breakout hit of the season. Robert Bianco of USA Today gave the pilot a score of four stars out of four, calling it "[r]efreshingly original, bracingly adult and thoroughly delightful", and going on to say that "[Desperate] Housewives is a brightly colored, darkly comic take on suburban life, sort of Knots Landing meets The Golden Girls by way of Twin Peaks."[18] Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle thought that Desperate Housewives was "a brilliantly conceived and relentlessly entertaining new drama".[17] Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe commented that the series had "marvelous tonal elasticity".[34] Peter Schorn of IGN felt that season one was "blessed with an attractive cast (sing the praises of older women!), sharp writing and a funky vibe of its own" and that "Desperate Housewives was able to take some of the oldest formulas in the book and infuse them with their own subversive twists to whip up a frothy confection of sly wit and dark motives." Schorn gave the season a score of 9 out of 10.[35][36]
Some critics were not as enthusiastic, however. On reviewing the DVD release of the season, Entertainment Weekly's Dalton Ross gave it a B+ grade, selecting the pilot, "Who's That Woman?", "Guilty", "Children Will Listen" and the season finale "One Wonderful Day" as the season's best episodes, and "Suspicious Minds", "Your Fault" and "Love is in the Air" as the season's worst.[37] Heather Havrilesky of Salon.com felt that after a few episodes, "this dark exploration of the lives of women has not only slid quickly into clichés, but the acting feels forced and overplayed, the stories are wildly unrealistic, the direction is stuck in some awkward nowhereland between campy and leaden, and the voice-over is so grating and so peskily imitative of Sex and the City that the whole package is almost unwatchable."[38]
Awards
Season one was nominated for fifteen Primetime Emmy Awards, winning six. They were in the categories of Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Main Title Theme Music which was awarded Danny Elfman, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series which was awarded to Felicity Huffman for her portrayal of Lynette Scavo, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series which was awarded to Kathryn Joosten for her portrayal of Mrs. McCluskey, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series which was awarded to Charles McDougall and Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series.[39] Teri Hatcher picked up a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for her portrayal of Susan Mayer. The season received four other Golden Globe nominations, winning one for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.[40] The season also won two Screen Actors Guild Awards; one was awarded to Teri Hatcher in the category Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series and the other was under the category of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.[41]
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Charles McDougall | Marc Cherry | October 3, 2004 | 21.64[42] |
2 | 2 | "Ah, But Underneath" | Larry Shaw | Marc Cherry | October 10, 2004 | 20.03[43] |
3 | 3 | "Pretty Little Picture" | Arlene Sanford | Oliver Goldstick | October 17, 2004 | 20.87[44] |
4 | 4 | "Who's That Woman?" | Jeff Melman | Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy | October 24, 2004 | 21.49[45] |
5 | 5 | "Come In, Stranger" | Arlene Sanford | Alexandra Cunningham | October 31, 2004 | 22.14[46] |
6 | 6 | "Running to Stand Still" | Fred Gerber | Tracey Stern | November 7, 2004 | 24.60[47] |
7 | 7 | "Anything You Can Do" | Larry Shaw | John Pardee & Joey Murphy | November 21, 2004 | 24.21[48] |
8 | 8 | "Guilty" | Fred Gerber | Kevin Murphy | November 28, 2004 | 27.24[49] |
9 | 9 | "Suspicious Minds" | Larry Shaw | Jenna Bans | December 12, 2004 | 21.56[50] |
10 | 10 | "Come Back to Me" | Fred Gerber | Patty Lin | December 19, 2004 | 22.34[51] |
11 | 11 | "Move On" | John David Coles | David Schulner | January 9, 2005 | 25.20[52] |
12 | 12 | "Every Day a Little Death" | David Grossman | Chris Black | January 16, 2005 | 24.09[53] |
13 | 13 | "Your Fault" | Arlene Sanford | Kevin Etten | January 23, 2005 | 25.95[54] |
14 | 14 | "Love Is in the Air" | Jeff Melman | Tom Spezialy | February 13, 2005 | 22.30[55] |
15 | 15 | "Impossible" | Larry Shaw | Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy | February 20, 2005 | 24.18[56] |
16 | 16 | "The Ladies Who Lunch" | Arlene Sanford | Alexandra Cunningham | March 27, 2005 | 24.08[57] |
17 | 17 | "There Won't Be Trumpets" | Jeff Melman | John Pardee & Joey Murphy | April 3, 2005 | 24.61[58] |
18 | 18 | "Children Will Listen" | Larry Shaw | Kevin Murphy | April 10, 2005 | 25.55[59] |
19 | 19 | "Live Alone and Like It" | Arlene Sanford | Jenna Bans | April 17, 2005 | 25.27[60] |
20 | 20 | "Fear No More" | Jeff Melman | Adam Barr | May 1, 2005 | 25.69[61] |
21 | 21 | "Sunday in the Park with George" | Larry Shaw | Katie Ford | May 8, 2005 | 26.10[62] |
22 | 22 | "Goodbye for Now" | David Grossman | Josh Senter | May 15, 2005 | 25.28[63] |
23 | 23 | "One Wonderful Day" | Larry Shaw | John Pardee & Joey Murphy & Marc Cherry & Tom Spezialy & Kevin Murphy | May 22, 2005 | 30.62[64] |
DVD release
Desperate Housewives: The Complete First Season[65] | |||||
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Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
September 20, 2005 | October 10, 2005 | November 28, 2005 |
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External links
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- Desperate Housewives at IMDb
- Desperate Housewives episode list at ABC.com
- Desperate Housewives episode guide at Channel 4.com