ABC promotional poster for the fifth season of Desperate Housewives. From left to right: Edie, Bree, Susan, Lynette, and Gabrielle.
Starring
Teri Hatcher
Felicity Huffman
Marcia Cross
Eva Longoria
Nicollette Sheridan
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Doug Savant
Kyle MacLachlan
Dana Delany
Neal McDonough
Shawn Pyfrom
Brenda Strong
James Denton
No. of episodes
24
Release
Original network
ABC
Original release
September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28) – May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)
Season chronology
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List of episodes
The fifth season of Desperate Housewives, an American television series created by Marc Cherry, began airing on ABC on September 28, 2008, and concluded on May 17, 2009. The season takes place five years after the events of the season four finale in 2008 and continues to focus on the lives of Wisteria Lane residents Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Hodge, Gabrielle Solis, Edie Britt and Katherine Mayfair, as seen through the eyes of the series' deceased narrator, Mary Alice Young. The season's mystery is centered on Edie Britt's third husband, Dave Williams. The series received media attention following the announcement that Edie, portrayed by Nicollette Sheridan, would be killed off close to the end of the season.[1] Edie takes on the narration in "Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know" following her death, marking the second time Mary Alice's voice is not heard in an episode.
The series saw its lowest ratings up to that point in season five. Nevertheless, Desperate Housewives maintained its position as a top-ten series. It was the ninth most-watched series during the 2008–09 television season with an average of 14.8 million viewers per episode.[2]
Season five was released on DVD by ABC Studios as the seven-disc set Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season — The Red Hot Edition on September 1, 2009 in Region 1,[3] October 21, 2009 in Region 4, and November 9 in Region 2.[4]
^"Housewife" to Make "Desperate" Exit Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, MSNBC.com, February 11, 2009
^"ABC Medianet". Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
^"Desperate Housewives — The Complete Fifth Season : The Red Hot Edition". YouTube.[dead YouTube link] Amazon.com
^"Desperate Housewives — The Complete Fifth Season : The Red Hot Edition". Archived from the original on October 16, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2009. Play.com
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