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Desperate Housewives

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Following her suicide, Mary Alice Young keeps tabs on friends and family she left behind on bucolic suburban Wisteria Lane. But this being a prime-time soap (if a tongue-in-cheek one), they all harbor a sordid secret or two. Created by writer-producer Marc Cherry (a 'Golden Girls' alum), 'Housewives' was an instant hit and a frequent contender on Emmy night .

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Awards

  • 2012 - Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - nominated
  • 2008 - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - nominated
  • 2008 - Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - nominated
  • 2007 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - nominated

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Teri Hatcher
Susan Mayer
Felicity Huffman
Lynette Scavo
Eva Longoria Parker
Gabrielle Solis

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As the Fall Season Begins, Will 4 Remain TV's Magic Number?

As the official 2014-2015 TV season kicks off on Monday, Sept. 22, we're about to find out whether TV's unofficial "Rule of 4" will strike again. What's the "Rule of 4"? Quite simply, in the past few decades, years that ended in "4" have turned out to be game-changing seasons in network TV. In 1984, The Cosby Show premiered and immediately revived a moribund NBC, as well as the entire sitcom genre. By 1994, NBC was struggling once again — until Friends and ER came along and made the Peacock Network an unstoppable force for the rest of the decade. By 2004, it was ABC on the ropes, until Lost and Desperate Housewives debuted and turned that network around.

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

Kyle MacLachlan Heads to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

It looks like one of the biggest mysteries on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be resolved in the early part of Season 2. Kyle MacLachlan has been tapped to guest-star on the ABC series as ...

Thu, Aug 7, 2014

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