Desperate Housewives season 8

Desperate Housewives
Season 8
DVD cover for the eighth season of Desperate Housewives. From left to right: Susan, Lynette, Gabrielle, and Bree.
Starring
No. of episodes23
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 25, 2011 (2011-09-25) –
May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
Season chronology
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The eighth and final season of Desperate Housewives, a television series created by Marc Cherry, began broadcasting in the United States on September 25, 2011, and concluded on May 13, 2012.[1][2][3][4][5] The season was promoted as Kiss Them Goodbye.

Desperate Housewives was renewed for an eighth season by ABC on May 17, 2011.[6] The deceased character Mary Alice Young continues to narrate the events in the lives of her Wisteria Lane residents Susan Delfino, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp, Gabrielle Solis, and Renee Perry. This season's mystery sees the housewives deal with covering up the murder of Gabrielle's stepfather, Alejandro Perez, from the previous season's finale.

The final season began airing in the Middle East on October 3, 2011, on OSN First and in Latin America on October 6, 2011. It began airing in the United Kingdom on Sunday, January 8, 2012, on E4 and Tuesday, January 10, 2012, on Channel 4;[7] in Ireland on RTÉ Two on Tuesday, January 3, 2012;[8] in Greece on FOXlife on Monday, January 16, 2012; in Austria on January 2, 2012, on ORF;[9] in Germany on January 4, 2012; in Australia on February 2, 2012, and in France on April 12, 2012.

  1. ^ EXCLUSIVE: ABC Will End "Desperate Housewives" In May 2012 After 8th Season , Deadline Hollywood, August 5, 2011
  2. ^ ABC Announces Fall Series Premiere Dates: Late Starts for "Once Upon a Time", "Man Up"[permanent dead link‍], TV By the Numbers, June 27, 2011
  3. ^ ABC Boss Confirms "Desperate Housewives" to End: "We Wanted It To Have Its Victory Lap" Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, TV Line, August 7, 2011
  4. ^ "Desperate Housewives" will end its run on ABC Archived 2022-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2011
  5. ^ Richenthal, Matt (March 12, 2012). "ABC Reveals Season Finale Dates". TV Fanatic. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  6. ^ ABC 2011-12 Primetime Schedule Announced, TV By the Numbers, May 17, 2011
  7. ^ "Desperate Housewives - Episode Guide - All 4". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  8. ^ "Win Desperate Housewives goodies". RTÉ News. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
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