Desperate Housewives season 3

Desperate Housewives
Season 3
Season 3 DVD cover of 'Desperate Housewives'
Starring	Teri Hatcher Felicity Huffman Marcia Cross Eva Longoria Nicollette Sheridan Ricardo Antonio Chavira Andrea Bowen Doug Savant Kyle MacLachlan Brenda Strong James Denton
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24) – May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The third season of the American dramedy-mystery television series Desperate Housewives commenced airing on ABC in the United States on September 24, 2006, and concluded on May 20, 2007. The season continues the story of the Wisteria Lane residents, describing their lives in the suburban neighborhood, while dealing with the arrival of the mysterious Orson Hodge. The season follows the lives and events of Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van De Kamp, Gabrielle Solis and Edie Britt. Broadcast in the Sunday night timeslot at 9:00 ET, the season aired twenty-three regular episodes. In addition, two clip shows were produced for the season, in order to put the previous events of the show in perspective. "The Juciest Bites" aired before the seventeenth episode, detailing the events of the first three seasons, in order to introduce the new story arcs in the end of the season. "Secrets and Lies" was narrated by Brenda Strong and was the last clip show to be produced for the series, airing before the inception of the fourth season.

The season received critical acclaim, most critics noting an improvement in the writing after the unsuccessful second season. The production team and the cast members received positive critical response, resulting in numerous awards and nominations. This season also aired the first "disaster episode" of the series, "Bang", which saw the main characters dealing with a shooting in a local supermarket. Despite numerous complaints about scheduling in the previous seasons, Desperate Housewives was one of the few ABC series to keep its original time slot. The highest-rated episode of the season was the season premiere, watched by 24.09 million viewers with an 8.5 rating, ranking second in the week.^[1] Buena Vista Home Entertainment officially released the season on DVD in the United States and Canada on September 4, 2007.