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Desperate Housewives Makes Emmy Submissions

June 7, 2008

So far, here are the submissions that have been selected.

COMEDY SERIES
Desperate Housewives (“Now You Know” or “In Buddy’s Eyes”)

BEST ACTRESS
Marcia Cross – “Now You Know”
Teri Hatcher – episode ??
Felicity Huffman – episode ??
Eva Longoria – “In Buddy’s Eyes”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Andrea Bowen – “Welcome to Kanagawa”
Dana Delany – “Smiles of a Summer’s Night”
Lyndsy Fonseca – “Sunday”
Rachel Fox – episode ??
Kathryn Joosten – “Something’s Coming”
Joy Lauren – “Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared”
Nicollette Sheridan – “Opening Doors”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richardo Antonio Chavira – “Sunday”
James Denton – “Something’s Coming”
Nathan Fillion – episode ??
Zane Huett – “Welcome to Kanagawa”
Brent Kinsman – “Hello Little Girl”
Shane Kinsman – “Hello Little Girl”
Kyle MacLachlan – episode ??
Shawn Pyfrom – “Distant Past”
Doug Savant – “If There’s Anything I Can Do”
John Slattery – “If There’s Anything I Can’t Stand”

GUEST ACTOR
Richard Chamberlain – “Distant Past”
Gary Cole – episode ??
Mike Farrell – “Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared”
Robert Forster – “Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared”
Jason Gedrick – “Hello Little Girl”
Kevin Rahm – “Art Isn’t Easy”
Tuc Watkins – “Art Isn’t Easy”

GUEST ACTRESS
Polly Bergen – “Distant Past”
Pat Crawford Brown – “Something’s Coming”
Kathryn Joosten – “Welcome to Kanagawa”
Shirley Knight – “If There’s Anything I Can’t Stand”
Sarah Paulson – “You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover”
Carrie Preston – “You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover”
Celia Weston – “Mother Said”

WRITING
“The Game”
“In Buddy’s Eyes”
“Now You Know”
“Something’s Coming”

Source

I hope Marcia finally wins, and I hope Dana Delany at least gets a nomination. I also think Kevin Rahm should submit “Art Isn’t Easy” for Best Guest Actor.

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A Look Back On The Desperate Housewives Season Four Ratings

June 7, 2008

Daily TV ratings reports will not be posted on Televisionista during the summer. I will however post ratings of selected summer shows and take a look back at how some of TV’s hottest shows did last season. And I begin with “Desperate Housewives.”

Following a series high of over 30 million viewers who tuned in to see the first season finale of “Desperate Housewives” in May 2005, it was all downhill for the Marc Cherry-penned dramedy (well, how could they go any further?) in seasons 2 and 3.

But this season, Dana Delany joined the cast, as did a gay couple; Lynette battled cancer; Bree faked a pregnancy, Susan gave birth to her child; and Gaby ditched her evil mayor and reunited with Carlos.

Oh yes, and there was a twister, a more compelling mystery, a bunch of great guest stars, a glimpse of Gale Harold, and a controversial 5-year leap into a troubled future.

It appears that was enough to put the buzz back into the 4-year old series which bounced back in the ratings after hitting a series low in the spring of 2007. An average of about a million pairs of eyeballs were added this year and here’s how individual episodes fared:

Sep. 30 (19.3 million)
Oct. 07 (17.8 million)
Oct. 14 (18.9 million)
Oct. 21 (18.2 million)
Oct. 28 (18.3 million)
Nov. 04 (18.6 million)
Nov. 11 (18.6 million)
Nov. 25 (18.6 million)
Dec. 02 (20.7 million)
Jan. 06 (19.8 million)
Apr. 13 (16.4 million)
Apr. 20 (15.8 million)
Apr. 27 (16.4 million)
May 04 (16.8 million)
May 11 (15.4 million)
May 18 (16.8 million)

As you can see, the show opened strong on September 30 with the 3rd highest rating of the season. The infamous tornado episode on December 2 gave the series its season high and helped break the 20 million mark. The January follow-up was the second highest rated episode of the season.

Then in April, the show returned following the conclusion of the crippling writers’ strike and the ratings took a plunge. Something very similar happened last spring, so we might want to put the blame on warmer weather and longer days.

The fact that second to last episode which aired on May 11 hit season low of 15.4 million viewers is somewhat worrisome. The 2-hour season finale shot back up, but only to 16.8 million viewers, closing the season on a par with the May 4 episode.

Thanks to Televisionista for the information!