Although this series ended 12 years ago, it remains regularly the most watched on the Disney+ streaming platform in France.
The best jams are made in old pots. This old adage can also apply to series, if we rely on the rankings of the most viewed programs of the moment. At the top of Disney+, it is a program that ended 12 years ago which sits in first place and which subscribers return to with nostalgia. Obviously, it happens to be dethroned, on the days when the new series Star Wars, The Acolyte, releases a new episode in particular. But over time, its success continues unabated.
It must be said that although this series was broadcast from 2004 to 2012, it was already very modern for its time. Created by Marc Cherry, Desperate Housewives tells the daily life of housewives in a fictional residential neighborhood in the United States. By recounting the many twists and turns that they experience on the scale of their neighborhood (and especially numerous police investigations or dramatic incidents) or on their personal scale (marriage, motherhood, work…), this dramatic comedy already evoked questions which are at the heart of reflections on the question of gender today, such as the mental load or the desire for children for example in the first season.
Desperate Housewives is a series in 8 seasons and 180 episodes which had great success: the average audiences for the first season in the United States amounted to 24.3 million viewers, with figures falling for each season until reaching the 8.76 million faithful for its end. She made stars of her main actresses (Terry Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huggman, Nicolette Sheridan, Vanessa Williams, etc.), even offering some a second wind in their careers.
The series has also won several awards, such as two Golden Globes for best comedy series, and 7 Emmy Awards. It is, in France at least, in the top 2 of the most viewed series on Disney+, ahead of Grey’s Anatomy since several weeks. If you want to return to the Wisteria Lane district and relive the sometimes absurd adventures of the Desperate Housewivesgo to Disney+.