Desperate Housewives

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Desperate Housewives is an ABC television series which premiered in 2004, starring Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman.

References

• Sesame Street’s 36th season introduced a spoof segment of the series called Desperate Houseplants.

• During promotion for The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, ABC featured a commercial with Scarecrow Kermit walking down the yellow brick road. At a crossroads, Kermit contemplated visiting Wisteria Lane, the street on which the Desperate Housewives women live, until a menacing voiceover from Miss Piggy set him down the path to the Emerald City.

• "The Horse Channel" as seen in Elmo's World: Horses, made mention of a show called "Desperate Horsewives."

Connections

Several actors who have appeared in Muppet/Henson productions have also appeared in Desperate Housewives.

• Roger Bart played George Williams (2005-2006)
• Pat Crawford Brown played Ida Greenberg (2004-2007)
• Paul Dooley played Addison Purdy (2005, three episodes)
• Joely Fisher played Nina Fletcher (2005, five episodes)
• Bob Gunton played Noah Taylor (2004-2006)
• Teri Hatcher plays Susan Mayer
• Eva Longoria plays Gabriele Soliz
• Kyle MacLachlan plays Orson Hodge
• Bob Newhart played Morty Flickman (2004, three episodes)
• Richard Roundtree played Mr. Shaw (2004-2005)
• Alfre Woodard played Betty Applewhite (2005-2006)