Desperate Housewives debuted 20 years ago today

We've all gone on to do new and interesting things since then. For example, I learned how to make license plates.

I would still slurp on Richard Burgi.

And Doug Savant.

And the dude who played Carlos.

And Mark Moses!

I never watched it even once

Another show that was great the first season then went downhill. Fast.

Let's face it - there was a LOT of daddy man candy on that show.

OP, take comfort in knowing those bitches are all 20 years older too. Of course, that puts them on the wait list for the Neptune Society, but...

Marc Cherry is the most bitter, nastiest, gash-hating, nelliest little bitch I've ever met. And I've spent 30 years going to fan conventions for Knots Landing!

Desperate Housewives will go down in history as the series that inspired Wonky Cohen to bring us the intellectually rewarding, spiritually enriching and impossibly heartwarming Real Househags of Plastic Surgery show and its many franchises. We have to thank this silly soap opera about the unrealistically melodramatic lives oversexed clichés, for the entirely deserved success of these fine, very talented "ladies" who have contributed so much to improve society...

I didn't remember Eva Longoria looking that pudgy and plain in S1.

Except for Edie and her old lady friend NONE of the characters were likeable. Not a single one.

Today, this would have been a limited series on Hulu that was a shortened version of season one -- and be much better regarded.

"Rex cries when he ejaculates."

Out of the whole cast I would never dreamed that it would be Felicity Huffman who would be persona non grata 20 years later!

Nicolette Sheridan was the only fun part

This is the only show I’ve ever watched religiously every Sunday night only to never revisit it again. Once was enough for all that drama — but I loved it at the time.

It still holds up as seeming, too shitty for me to watch. I'm desperate for entertainment, and yet, everytime I see it available on Hugu, YouTub or Tubby TV, I keep scrolling.

I watched pretty faithfully over the years, but out of habit. This and The Sally Field Programme™️ were comfort food on Sunday nights.

The first season was really the best, though, in terms of tone. The episode where Martha Huber's sister Felicia comes to her home after her murder remains my favorite. Harriet Sansom Harris was fabulous in it, veering from fake sadness to announcing an estate sale of her sister's belongings ("No personal checks!")