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The first season of ''Desperate Housewives'', an American television series created by Marc Cherry, commenced airing in the United States on October 3, 2004, concluded May 22, 2005, and consisted of 23 episodes. It tells the story of Mary Alice Young, a seemingly perfect housewife who commits suicide, fearing that a dark secret, involving her, her husband, and their son would be exposed. At her wake, Mary Alice's four close friends and the main characters, Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp and Gabrielle Solis, are introduced. All of them live in the suburb of Fairview on Wisteria Lane. Narrating the series from the grave, Mary Alice describes how her friends try to find out the reason for her suicide, while trying to deal with the problems of their personal lives. ''Desperate Housewives first season aired in the United States (U.S.) on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET on ABC, a terrestrial television network.〔 In addition to the 23 regular episodes, a special, Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry, aired on April 24, 2005. The season garnered an average of 23.7 million viewers in the U.S. per all 23 episodes, ranking as the fourth most-watched television series during the 2004–05 American television season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Primetime series - 2004-05 season ) 〕 In the United Kingdom, the season premiered on Channel 4 on January 5, 2005, and subsequently aired Wednesdays at 10 pm on the network. It aired in Canada on CTV Television Network and in Australia on the Seven Network.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Number One Schedule Strengthened As CTV Announces 2004-2005 Line-Up )〕 The season was released on DVD as a six-disc box set under the title of ''Desperate Housewives – The Complete First Season'' on September 20, 2005 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in Region 1,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season )〕 in Region 2 on October 10, 2005,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amazon.co.uk - Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season )〕 and in Region 4 on November 28, 2005. The season is also available for purchase by registered users on the U.S. iTunes Store. == Production == Marc Cherry wrote the script for the ''Housewives'' pilot and his agent appealed it to six networks, (CBS, NBC, Fox, HBO, Showtime and Lifetime) only to have all of them turn it down. Later, after his previous agent was arrested for embezzlement, he hired a team of new agents, who saw the script "as a soap opera with dark comedy in it".〔 After Cherry edited parts of the pilot script and pitched it to ABC, network executives were impressed, causing ABC to order 13 episodes.〔 Filming for the season started around March 2004 at the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot Colonial Street.〔 This season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios) and Cherry Productions and aired on the ABC network. The executive producers were Cherry, Michael Edelstein, Charles Pratt Jr., and Tom Spezialy with Pratt Jr., Chris Black, Oliver Goldstick, Joey Murphy, and John Pardee serving as consulting producers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Desperate Housewives: Cast & Details )〕 The staff writers were Cherry, Goldstick, Spezialy, Pardee, Murphy, and Black; producers Alexandra Cunningham, Tracey Stern, and Patty Lin; co-executive producer Kevin Murphy, Jenna Bans, David Schulner, Adam Barr, Katie Ford, and Joshua Senter.〔 Regular directors throughout the season included Charles McDougall, Arlene Sanford, Larry Shaw, Jeff Melman, Fred Gerber, David Grossman, and John David Coles.〔 Its orchestral score was composed by Steve Bartek and Steve Jablonsky, while the series' theme was composed by Danny Elfman.〔 Cherry also served as the season's show runner. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Desperate Housewives (season 1)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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