Awards and nominations received byDesperate Housewives Total number of wins and nominations Totals 71 273
Desperate Housewives comedy drama and mystery series which first aired on ABC from October 3, 2004 until May 13, 2012, and was created by Marc Cherry . The series follows the lives of a group of women living on fictional street named Wisteria Lane as seen through the eyes of their late friend Mary Alice Young (portrayed by Brenda Strong ), who narrates the series. The four main characters featured in the series are Susan Mayer (portrayed by Teri Hatcher ), Lynette Scavo (portrayed by Felicity Huffman ), Bree Van de Kamp (portrayed by Marcia Cross ) and Gabrielle Solis (portrayed by Eva Longoria ). The series received generally favorable reviews from critics and won numerous awards, including seven Primetime Emmy , two People's Choice , three Golden Globe , four Screen Actors Guild and many other awards. Its first five seasons were ranked within the top ten most-watched television shows in the United States. Huffman and Kathryn Joosten were the only actresses to win Primetime Emmy Awards for their roles of Lynette Scavo and Karen McCluskey, respectively, while Hatcher won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role of Susan Mayer; Cross was nominated for both Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for her role of Bree Van de Kamp, while Longoria was nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role of Gabrielle Solis. Strong, who narrated the series as late Mary Alice Young, was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance .[ 1]
Year Category Result 2005 TV Program of the Year Won
Year Category Nominee Result 2008 Outstanding Director of a Television Series Jay Torres ("Distant Past ") Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Television Series Ricardo Antonio Chavira Nominated 2009 Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Eva Longoria Nominated 2011 Outstanding Television Series Won Favorite TV Actor – Leading Role Ricardo Antonio Chavira Nominated
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Michael Berenbaum ("Pilot ") Nominated
Year Category Result 2006 Pioneer Audience Award Nominated
Year Category Result 2007 TV Series International Won
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 BMI TV Music Award Won 2008 Danny Elfman Steve Jablonsky Won 2009 Won
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Best Comedy Pilot Casting Scott Genkinger Junie Lowry-Johnson Won Best Comedy Episodic Casting Nominated 2006 Nominated 2007 Nominated
Year Category Nominee Result 2010 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series Mike Olman Ken Kobett Agamemnon Andrianos("Boom Crunch ") Nominated
Kathryn Joosten (left) and Felicity Huffman (right) are the only Desperate Housewives actresses who won Primetime Emmy Awards for their roles on the show (Karen McCluskey and Lynette Scavo, respectively).L–R: Dana Delany , Teri Hatcher , Brenda Strong and Andrea Bowen at the 20th GLAAD Media Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles , California on April 18, 2009. At the ceremony, Desperate Housewives won its only GLAAD Media Award – for Outstanding Comedy Series – after three nominations.
Gold Derby Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Best Comedy Series Nominated Best Comedy Actress Teri Hatcher Nominated Felicity Huffman Nominated Marcia Cross Nominated Best Comedy Supporting Actress Nicollette Sheridan Nominated Best Comedy Guest Actress Lupe Ontiveros Won Lesley Ann Warren Nominated Best Comedy Guest Actor Bob Newhart Nominated Best Comedy Episode of the Year "Pilot" Won "Pretty Little Picture" Nominated Performer of the Year Marcia Cross Nominated Teri Hatcher Nominated Breakthrough Performer of the Year Teri Hatcher Won Eva Longoria Nominated 2006 Best Comedy Series Nominated Best Comedy Actress Marcia Cross Won Eva Longoria Nominated Best Comedy Guest Actress Carol Burnett Nominated Shirley Knight Nominated Best Comedy Episode of the Year "Next" Nominated Performer of the Year Marcia Cross Won Best Ensemble of the Year Nominated 2007 Best Comedy Series Nominated Best Comedy Actress Felicity Huffman Nominated Best Comedy Supporting Actress Nicollette Sheridan Nominated Best Comedy Guest Actress Laurie Metcalf Won Best Comedy Episode of the Year "Bang" Won 2008 Best Comedy Series Nominated Best Comedy Actress Marcia Cross Nominated Best Comedy Supporting Actress Dana Delany Nominated Best Comedy Episode of the Year "The Game " Nominated 2009 Best Comedy Actress Eva Longoria Parker Nominated Best Comedy Guest Actor Beau Bridges Won Best Comedy Episode of the Year "The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened" Nominated 2012 Best Comedy Series Nominated Best Comedy Actress Marcia Cross Nominated
Year Category Result 2009 Best US Series Nominated
Year Category Nominee Result 2004 Best Original Score for Television Danny Elfman Steve Bartek Won
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Best Television Actress Eva Longoria Nominated 2007 Nominated 2010 Best Television Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira Nominated
Year Category Result 2006 International TV Audience Award for Comedy TV Series Won 2007 Won 2008 Won 2009 Won 2010 Won 2011 Won 2012 Won
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic – Music Shie Rozow ("Running to Stand Still ") Nominated 2006 Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Music Shie Rozow ("Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry") Nominated
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Most Popular Drama Nominated 2006 Nominated 2008 Nominated Outstanding Drama Performance Eva Longoria Nominated
New York International Film and TV Festival Year Category Result 2009 Best Drama Series Won
OFTA Television Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2004 Best Comedy Series Won Best Actress in a Comedy Series Felicity Huffman Nominated Marcia Cross Won Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Christine Estabrook Nominated Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated Best Direction in a Comedy Series Nominated Best Writing in a Comedy Series Marc Cherry Nominated Best Music in a Series Danny Elfman("Pilot") Nominated Best Costume Design in a Series Catherine Adair Joyce Unruh Karo Vartanian("Suspicious Minds") Nominated Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Series John Elliott Stacy Halax Gina Rylander Sherilyn Stetz Lisa Marie Rosenberg Nicole DeFrancesco James Dunham("Suspicious Minds") Nominated Best Sound in a Series Mike Olman Ken Kobatt Agamemnon Andrianos ("Guilty ") Nominated Best Lighting in a Series Henry Cantor Steve Zvorsky("Pilot") Won Best Production Design in a Series Thomas A. Walsh Won Best New Theme Song in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries Danny Elfman Won Best New Title Sequence in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries Garson Yu Won 2005 Best Comedy Series Nominated Best Actress in a Comedy Series Felicity Huffman Nominated Teri Hatcher Nominated Marcia Cross Nominated Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Kathryn Joosten Nominated Shirley Knight Nominated Lesley Ann Warren Nominated Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated Best Writing in a Comedy Series Marc Cherry Nominated 2006 Best Actress in a Comedy Series Marcia Cross Nominated Felicity Huffman Nominated Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Kathryn Joosten Nominated Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated 2007 Best Actress in a Comedy Series Felicity Huffman Nominated Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Lisa Banes Nominated Laurie Metcalf Nominated Best Direction in a Comedy Series Nominated Best Writing in a Comedy Series Marc Cherry Nominated Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated 2008 Best Costume Design in a Series Catherine Adair Nominated
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Favorite New TV Drama Won 2006 Favorite TV Drama Nominated Favorite Female TV Star Teri Hatcher Nominated 2007 Eva Longoria Won 2010 Favorite TV Comedy Actress Nominated Favorite TV Comedy Nominated 2011 Favorite TV Family The Scavos Nominated 2012 Favorite TV Actress Eva Longoria Nominated
PRISM Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2005 TV Comedy Series Multi-Episode Storyline Felicity Huffman (for Lynette Scavo's ritalin addiction) Won TV Comedy Series Episode "Suspicious Minds" Nominated Performance in a Comedy Series Felicity Huffman Nominated Marcia Cross Nominated 2007 Nominated Shawn Pyfrom Nominated 2008 Teri Hatcher Nominated James Denton Won 2009 Dana Delany Won Marcia Cross Nominated TV Comedy Series Episode "Mirror Mirror " Nominated 2011 "Truly Content " Nominated 2012 "Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed " Nominated Performance in a Comedy Series Marcia Cross Nominated Shawn Pyfrom Nominated
Year Category Nominee Result 2006 Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy Series Marc Cherry Nominated
Publicists Guild of America Year Category Result 2005 Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Won
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Choice TV Show: Comedy Nominated Choice TV: Breakout Show Won Choice V-Cast Won Choice TV Actor: Comedy Jesse Metcalfe Nominated Choice TV: Breakout Actor Won Choice TV Actress: Comedy Eva Longoria Nominated Choice TV: Breakout Actress Won 2006 Choice TV Show: Comedy Nominated Choice TV Actor: Comedy Jesse Metclafe Nominated James Denton Won Choice TV Actress: Comedy Teri Hatcher Nominated Eva Longoria Nominated 2007 Nominated Choice TV Show: Comedy Nominated 2008 Nominated Choice TV Actress: Comedy Eva Longoria Nominated 2009 Nominated Choice TV Show: Comedy Nominated
Year Category Result 2006 Best Foreign Series Won 2008 Nominated 2010 Nominated
Year Category Result 2005 Future Classic Award Won
Year Category Result 2005 Best New Drama Won 2007 Best International TV Show Won
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Actress in Drama Series Marcia Cross("Pilot") Nominated
Year Category Nominee Result 2005 Best Leading Young Actress in a Comedy or Drama TV Series Andrea Bowen Nominated Best Supporting Young Actor in a Comedy or Drama TV Series Cody Kasch Nominated Best Young Actor Age Ten or Younger in a Comedy or Drama TV Series Zane Huett Won 2006 Best Young Recurring Actress on a Comedy Series Joy Lauren Nominated 2007 Rachel G. Fox Nominated Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Guest Starring Young Actress Chloë Grace Moretz Nominated 2008 Best Young Recurring Actress in a Comedy Series Rachel G. Fox Nominated Best Young Recurring Actor in a Comedy Series Jake Cherry Nominated
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