| Desperate Housewives | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 ABC promotional poster for the first season of Desperate Housewives. From left to right: Gabrielle, Bree, Lynette, and Susan. | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | October 3, 2004 – May 22, 2005 |
| Season chronology | |
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 beyond the grave, Mary Alice describes how her friends try to discover the reason for her suicide while dealing with the problems of their own 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]
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- ^ Buena Vista Home Entertainment. "Desperate Housewives, Season 1" (note: Requires iTunes software with US iTunes Store). ABC. iTunes Store. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2009.