List of awards and nominations received by Desperate Housewives

Awards and nominations received by
Desperate Housewives

Awards and nominations Award Won Nominated AFI Awards 1 1 ALMA Awards 1 6 ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards 1 2 Casting Society of America 1 4 Costume Designers Guild Awards 0 3 Emmy Awards 7 38 GLAAD Media Awards 1 3 Gold Derby Awards 8 36 Golden Globe Awards 3 13 NAACP Image Awards 2 4 People's Choice Awards 2 12 PRISM Awards 3 15 Satellite Awards 4 12 Screen Actors Guild Awards 4 8 TCA Awards 1 5 Teen Choice Awards 5 18 Writers Guild of America Awards 0 3 Young Artist Awards 1 8
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	71	273

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy drama and mystery series which first aired on ABC from October 3, 2004 until May 13, 2012, and was created by Marc Cherry. The series follows the lives of a group of women living on fictional street named Wisteria Lane as seen through the eyes of their late friend Mary Alice Young (portrayed by Brenda Strong), who narrates the series. The four main characters featured in the series are Susan Mayer (portrayed by Teri Hatcher), Lynette Scavo (portrayed by Felicity Huffman), Bree Van de Kamp (portrayed by Marcia Cross) and Gabrielle Solis (portrayed by Eva Longoria). The series received generally favorable reviews from critics and won numerous awards, including seven Primetime Emmy, two People's Choice, three Golden Globe, four Screen Actors Guild and many other awards. Its first five seasons were ranked within the top ten most-watched television shows in the United States. Huffman and Kathryn Joosten were the only actresses to win Primetime Emmy Awards for their roles of Lynette Scavo and Karen McCluskey, respectively, while Hatcher won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role of Susan Mayer; Cross was nominated for both Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for her role of Bree Van de Kamp, while Longoria was nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role of Gabrielle Solis. Strong, who narrated the series as late Mary Alice Young, was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.

ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Single-Camera Television Series	Thomas A. Walsh Kim Hix Erik Carlson Steven Samanen ("Ah, But Underneath")	Won
2006		Thomas A. Walsh Eric Carlson Steven Samanen ("They Asked Me Why I Believe in You")	Nominated

AFI Awards

Year	Category	Result
2005	TV Program of the Year	Won

ALMA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2008	Outstanding Director of a Television Series	Jay Torres ("Distant Past")	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Television Series	Ricardo Antonio Chavira	Nominated
2009	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Eva Longoria	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Television Series		Won
	Favorite TV Actor – Leading Role	Ricardo Antonio Chavira	Nominated

American Cinema Editors

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television	Michael Berenbaum ("Pilot")	Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Result
2006	Pioneer Audience Award	Nominated

Bambi Awards

Year	Category	Result
2007	TV Series International	Won

Banff Television Festival

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Continuing Series	"Pilot"	Won
2006	Best Comedy Program	"That's Good, That's Bad"	Nominated
2008		"Now You Know"	Nominated
2009	Best Continuing Series	"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"	Nominated

BET Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2006	Best Actress	Alfre Woodard	Nominated

BMI Film & TV Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	BMI TV Music Award	Danny Elfman Steve Bartek Stewart Copeland Steve Jablonsky	Won
2008		Danny Elfman Steve Jablonsky	Won
2009			Won

Casting Society of America

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Comedy Pilot Casting	Scott Genkinger Junie Lowry-Johnson	Won
	Best Comedy Episodic Casting		Nominated
2006			Nominated
2007			Nominated

Cinema Audio Society Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2010	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series	Mike Olman Ken Kobett Agamemnon Andrianos ("Boom Crunch")	Nominated

Costume Designers Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Costume Design – Contemporary TV Series	Catherine Adair	Nominated
2006			Nominated
2007			Nominated

Directors Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2004	Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series	Charles McDougall ("Pilot")	Nominated
		Arlene Sanford ("Pretty Little Picture")	Nominated
2007		David Grossman ("Something's Coming")	Nominated

Emmy Awards

Kathryn Joosten (left) and Felicity Huffman (right) are the only Desperate Housewives actresses who won Primetime Emmy Awards for their roles on the show (Karen McCluskey and Lynette Scavo, respectively).

Primetime Emmy Awards
Year	Category	Nominee	Episode	Result
2005	Outstanding Comedy Series			Nominated
	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Marcia Cross	"Running to Stand Still"	Nominated
		Teri Hatcher	"Move On"	Nominated
		Felicity Huffman	"Pilot"	Won
	Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series	Thomas A. Walsh Erik Carlson Erica Rogalla	"Suspicious Minds"	Nominated
	Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series	Scott Genkinger Junie Lowry-Johnson		Won
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series	Catherine Adair Joyce Unruh Karo Vartanian	"Suspicious Minds"	Nominated
	Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series	Charles McDougall	"Pilot"	Won
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Kathryn Joosten	"Love Is in the Air" "Live Alone and Like It"	Won
		Lupe Ontiveros		Nominated
	Outstanding Main Title Design	Garson Yu Yolanda Santosa		Nominated
	Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Danny Elfman		Won
	Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series	Michael Berenbaum	"Pilot"	Won
		Jonathan Posell	"Pretty Little Picture"	Nominated
	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	Marc Cherry	"Pilot"	Nominated
2006	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Alfre Woodard	"You'll Never Get Away from Me" "I Know Things Now"	Nominated
	Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series	Nancy Morrison	"That's Good, That's Bad"	Nominated
	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series	Gabor Heiligenberg Dena Green James Dunham Nicole DeFrancesco	"Remember"	Nominated
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Shirley Knight	"You'll Never Get Away from Me"	Nominated
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series	Catherine Adair Joyce Unruh Karo Vartanian	"Next"	Nominated
	Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series	Scott Genkinger Junie Lowry-Johnson		Nominated
	Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series	Thomas A. Walsh Erik Carlson Erica Rogalla	"There's Something About a War"	Nominated
2007	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Felicity Huffman	"Bang"	Nominated
	Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series	Scott Genkinger Junie Lowry-Johnson		Nominated
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series	Catherine Adair Joyce Unruh Karo Vartanian	"Getting Married Today"	Nominated
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Dixie Carter	"Children and Art"	Nominated
		Laurie Metcalf	"Listen to the Rain on the Roof"	Nominated
	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series	Gabor Heiligenberg Dena Green James Dunham Maria Fernandez DiSarro	"It Takes Two"	Nominated
2008	Outstanding Costumes for a Series	Catherine Adair Joyce Unruh Karo Vartanian	"In Buddy's Eyes"	Nominated
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Polly Bergen	"Distant Past"	Nominated
		Kathryn Joosten	"Welcome to Kanagawa"	Won
	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series	Gabor Heiligenberg Dena Green James Dunham Maria Fernandez DiSarro	"In Buddy's Eyes"	Nominated
2009	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Beau Bridges	"The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened"	Nominated
	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series	Gabor Heiligenberg Dena Green James Dunham Maria Fernandez DiSarro	"The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened"	Nominated
2010	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Kathryn Joosten	"The Chase"	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Voice-Over Performance	Brenda Strong	"Come on Over for Dinner"	Nominated
2012		Brenda Strong	"Give Me the Blame" "Finishing the Hat"	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Kathryn Joosten	"Give Me the Blame" "Finishing the Hat" (posthumous)	Nominated

GLAAD Media Awards

L–R: Dana Delany, Teri Hatcher, Brenda Strong and Andrea Bowen at the 20th GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 18, 2009. At the ceremony, Desperate Housewives won its only GLAAD Media Award – for Outstanding Comedy Series – after three nominations.

Year	Category	Result
2007	Outstanding Comedy Series	Nominated
2008		Nominated
2009		Won

Gold Derby Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Comedy Actress	Teri Hatcher	Nominated
		Felicity Huffman	Nominated
		Marcia Cross	Nominated
	Best Comedy Supporting Actress	Nicollette Sheridan	Nominated
	Best Comedy Guest Actress	Lupe Ontiveros	Won
		Lesley Ann Warren	Nominated
	Best Comedy Guest Actor	Bob Newhart	Nominated
	Best Comedy Episode of the Year	"Pilot"	Won
		"Pretty Little Picture"	Nominated
	Performer of the Year	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Teri Hatcher	Nominated
	Breakthrough Performer of the Year	Teri Hatcher	Won
		Eva Longoria	Nominated
2006	Best Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Comedy Actress	Marcia Cross	Won
		Eva Longoria	Nominated
	Best Comedy Guest Actress	Carol Burnett	Nominated
		Shirley Knight	Nominated
	Best Comedy Episode of the Year	"Next"	Nominated
	Performer of the Year	Marcia Cross	Won
	Best Ensemble of the Year		Nominated
2007	Best Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Comedy Actress	Felicity Huffman	Nominated
	Best Comedy Supporting Actress	Nicollette Sheridan	Nominated
	Best Comedy Guest Actress	Laurie Metcalf	Won
	Best Comedy Episode of the Year	"Bang"	Won
2008	Best Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Comedy Actress	Marcia Cross	Nominated
	Best Comedy Supporting Actress	Dana Delany	Nominated
	Best Comedy Episode of the Year	"The Game"	Nominated
2009	Best Comedy Actress	Eva Longoria Parker	Nominated
	Best Comedy Guest Actor	Beau Bridges	Won
	Best Comedy Episode of the Year	"The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened"	Nominated
2012	Best Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Comedy Actress	Marcia Cross	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Series – Musical or Comedy		Won
	Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Teri Hatcher	Won
		Felicity Huffman	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Film	Nicollette Sheridan	Nominated
2006	Best Series – Musical or Comedy		Won
	Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Teri Hatcher	Nominated
		Felicity Huffman	Nominated
		Eva Longoria	Nominated
2007	Best Series – Musical or Comedy		Nominated
	Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Felicity Huffman	Nominated

Goldene Kamera

Year	Category	Result
2009	Best US Series	Nominated

IFMCA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2004	Best Original Score for Television	Danny Elfman Steve Bartek	Won

Imagen Foundation Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Television Actress	Eva Longoria	Nominated
2007			Nominated
2010	Best Television Actor	Ricardo Antonio Chavira	Nominated

Monte-Carlo Television Festival

Golden Nymph Awards

Year	Category	Result
2006	International TV Audience Award for Comedy TV Series	Won
2007		Won
2008		Won
2009		Won
2010		Won
2011		Won
2012		Won

Motion Picture Sound Editors

Golden Reel Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic – Music	Shie Rozow ("Running to Stand Still")	Nominated
2006	Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Music	Shie Rozow ("Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry")	Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2006	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Mehcad Brooks	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Vanessa L. Williams	Won
2012			Nominated
2013	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Won

National Television Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Most Popular Drama		Nominated
2006			Nominated
2008			Nominated
	Outstanding Drama Performance	Eva Longoria	Nominated

New York International Film and TV Festival

Year	Category	Result
2009	Best Drama Series	Won

OFTA Television Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2004	Best Comedy Series		Won
	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Felicity Huffman	Nominated
		Marcia Cross	Won
	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Christine Estabrook	Nominated
	Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Direction in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Writing in a Comedy Series	Marc Cherry	Nominated
	Best Music in a Series	Danny Elfman ("Pilot")	Nominated
	Best Costume Design in a Series	Catherine Adair Joyce Unruh Karo Vartanian ("Suspicious Minds")	Nominated
	Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Series	John Elliott Stacy Halax Gina Rylander Sherilyn Stetz Lisa Marie Rosenberg Nicole DeFrancesco James Dunham ("Suspicious Minds")	Nominated
	Best Sound in a Series	Mike Olman Ken Kobatt Agamemnon Andrianos ("Guilty")	Nominated
	Best Lighting in a Series	Henry Cantor Steve Zvorsky ("Pilot")	Won
	Best Production Design in a Series	Thomas A. Walsh	Won
	Best New Theme Song in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries	Danny Elfman	Won
	Best New Title Sequence in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries	Garson Yu	Won
2005	Best Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Felicity Huffman	Nominated
		Teri Hatcher	Nominated
		Marcia Cross	Nominated
	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Kathryn Joosten	Nominated
		Shirley Knight	Nominated
		Lesley Ann Warren	Nominated
	Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Writing in a Comedy Series	Marc Cherry	Nominated
2006	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Felicity Huffman	Nominated
	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Kathryn Joosten	Nominated
	Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2007	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Felicity Huffman	Nominated
	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Lisa Banes	Nominated
		Laurie Metcalf	Nominated
	Best Direction in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Best Writing in a Comedy Series	Marc Cherry	Nominated
	Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2008	Best Costume Design in a Series	Catherine Adair	Nominated

People's Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Favorite New TV Drama		Won
2006	Favorite TV Drama		Nominated
	Favorite Female TV Star	Teri Hatcher	Nominated
2007		Eva Longoria	Won
2010	Favorite TV Comedy Actress		Nominated
	Favorite TV Comedy		Nominated
2011	Favorite TV Family	The Scavos	Nominated
2012	Favorite TV Actress	Eva Longoria	Nominated

PRISM Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	TV Comedy Series Multi-Episode Storyline	Felicity Huffman (for Lynette Scavo's ritalin addiction)	Won
	TV Comedy Series Episode	"Suspicious Minds"	Nominated
	Performance in a Comedy Series	Felicity Huffman	Nominated
		Marcia Cross	Nominated
2007			Nominated
		Shawn Pyfrom	Nominated
2008		Teri Hatcher	Nominated
		James Denton	Won
2009		Dana Delany	Won
		Marcia Cross	Nominated
	TV Comedy Series Episode	"Mirror Mirror"	Nominated
2011		"Truly Content"	Nominated
2012		"Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed"	Nominated
	Performance in a Comedy Series	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Shawn Pyfrom	Nominated

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2006	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy Series	Marc Cherry	Nominated

Publicists Guild of America

Year	Category	Result
2005	Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television	Won

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
January 2005	Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy		Won
	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Teri Hatcher	Nominated
		Felicity Huffman	Nominated
December 2005			Won
	Best DVD Release – Television Series	The Complete First Season	Nominated
2006	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Marcia Cross	Won
	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Laurie Metcalf	Nominated
2007		Polly Bergen	Nominated
	Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series	Felicity Huffman	Nominated
2011			Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Vanessa L. Williams	Won

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Teri Hatcher	Won
	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
2006			Won
	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Felicity Huffman	Won
2007			Nominated
	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2008			Nominated
2009			Nominated

TCA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Program of the Year		Won
	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy		Nominated
	Outstanding New Program		Nominated
	Individual Achievement in Comedy	Marcia Cross	Nominated
		Teri Hatcher	Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Choice TV Show: Comedy		Nominated
	Choice TV: Breakout Show		Won
	Choice V-Cast		Won
	Choice TV Actor: Comedy	Jesse Metcalfe	Nominated
	Choice TV: Breakout Actor		Won
	Choice TV Actress: Comedy	Eva Longoria	Nominated
	Choice TV: Breakout Actress		Won
2006	Choice TV Show: Comedy		Nominated
	Choice TV Actor: Comedy	Jesse Metclafe	Nominated
		James Denton	Won
	Choice TV Actress: Comedy	Teri Hatcher	Nominated
		Eva Longoria	Nominated
2007			Nominated
	Choice TV Show: Comedy		Nominated
2008			Nominated
	Choice TV Actress: Comedy	Eva Longoria	Nominated
2009			Nominated
	Choice TV Show: Comedy		Nominated

TP de Oro

Year	Category	Result
2006	Best Foreign Series	Won
2008		Nominated
2010		Nominated

TV Land Awards

Year	Category	Result
2005	Future Classic Award	Won

TV Quick and Choice Awards

Year	Category	Result
2005	Best New Drama	Won
2007	Best International TV Show	Won

Writers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Writing in Television – Episodic Comedy	Jenna Bans Kevin Murphy ("Next")	Nominated
2006		Jenna Bans Kevin Murphy ("It Takes Two")	Nominated
		Josh Senter ("Don't Look at Me")	Nominated

Women's Image Network Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Actress in Drama Series	Marcia Cross ("Pilot")	Nominated

Young Artist Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Best Leading Young Actress in a Comedy or Drama TV Series	Andrea Bowen	Nominated
	Best Supporting Young Actor in a Comedy or Drama TV Series	Cody Kasch	Nominated
	Best Young Actor Age Ten or Younger in a Comedy or Drama TV Series	Zane Huett	Won
2006	Best Young Recurring Actress on a Comedy Series	Joy Lauren	Nominated
2007		Rachel G. Fox	Nominated
	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Guest Starring Young Actress	Chloë Grace Moretz	Nominated
2008	Best Young Recurring Actress in a Comedy Series	Rachel G. Fox	Nominated
	Best Young Recurring Actor in a Comedy Series	Jake Cherry	Nominated