A primetime soap with a truly contemporary take on “happily every after,” this new hour- long drama takes a darkly comedic look at suburbia, where the secret lives of housewives aren’t always what they seem.

Looking down on her friends and family isn’t a way of life for Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong)…it’s a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she’s taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

Her friends are wondering why one of their own would do something so rash…and so messy. There’s Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), the divorcée and single mom who will go to extraordinary lengths for love; Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), the ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for boredom, mixed with moments of sheer panic as the mother of four unmanageable kids; Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), the Martha Stewart on steroids, whose family is about to revolt; and Gabrielle Solis, the ex-model with everything she’s every wanted – a rich husband, a big house – so what is she doing with John, the 17-year-old gardener (Jesse Metcalfe)? And there are her neighbors, including serial divorcee Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan), whose romantic conquests have everyone buzzing.

Then there are the men: Hunky new neighbor Mike Delfino (James Denton), a supposedly widowed plumber who has Susan and Edie vying for his attention; Rex Van De Kamp (Steven Culp), who’s just told Bree he wants a divorce; Gabrielle’s better half, Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira), who figures he bought his wife a $15,000 diamond necklace, so she should do whatever he tells her; as for Mary Alice’s newly-widowed husband, Paul (Mark Moses), there must be a reason why he’s acting so suspiciously – and why he’s digging up the pool in the middle of the night!

From her unique vantage point, Mary Alice sees more now than she ever did alive, and she’s planning to share all the delicious secrets that hide behind every neighbor’s closed door in this seemingly perfect American suburb.

Desperate Housewives stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van De Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt, James Denton as Mike Delfino, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Mark Moses as Paul Young, Cody Kasch as Zach Young, Andrea Bowen as Julie Mayer, Steven Culp as Rex Van De Kamp and Jesse Metcalfe as John. Brenda Strong guest stars as Mary Alice Young.

Marc Cherry (The Golden Girls) is executive producer and writer. Michael Edelstein (Threat Matrix) and Tom Spezialy (The District, Ed) are executive producers, and Charles Pratt Jr., (Melrose Place, General Hospital) is consulting producer of the series, from Touchstone Television.