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Housewives draw 4.4m UK viewers Desperate Housewives follows women with seemingly perfect lives Seen as appealing to the Sex and the City audience, Desperate Housewives has received five Golden Globe nominations. The Sex and the City finale attracted 4.1 million UK viewers last March. Click here to send your views on the show Lead actresses Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman and Teri Hatcher - who starred in The New Adventures of Superman series - have been nominated for Golden Globes. The show has also been shortlisted in the best comedy series category and Nicollette Sheridan has been nominated as best supporting actress. BBC News drew 5.2 million viewers at 10pm on Wednesday while a special edition of Wife Swap which preceded Desperate Housewives drew an average of 3.5 million viewers. What did you think of Desperate Housewives? Did it deserve its US acclaim or was it just desperate? Share your views here: Loved the pilot, especially the ending which set up a number of possibilities for the series. US drama and TV in general can be of very variable quality (look at the awful reality adoption show that Fox have made!) So lets hope this fulfills its promise and doesn't slide downhill. Fantastic and is going to be huge. It had everything an easy storyline for a midweek night, very funny - and found a good way to bribe the kids - having Santa's mobile number. Genius! I loved it. I'll be tuning in every week. I love the dark sarcastic humour, brilliant! I think this is more true to life than most people would let on.Which one are you? This might take a few episodes to work out! Not a patch on Six Feet Under or Sex and the City Candy, UK I really enjoyed it! I'm looking forward to the mystery unravelling over the coming weeks. It's exactly what you need in a soggy old January - sheer escapism, witty script and lots of beautiful people. Started watching and fell asleep. Horribly disappointing show, designed by a committee of network execs who wanted to tap into the HBO audience without actually providing anything challenging or new. Sex and the City provided a fresh outlook on single womens' lives while being funny and provocative. The dead neighbour voiceover is just an excuse to dress up a lame comedy in irony. I was a bit dissapointed, it wasn't as dark or as weird as the add campaign and press made out, but it showed promise.I'll watch the next one to see what develops. I really enjoyed it. I think the second episode which aried on E4 is more in keeping with what we can expect in the future. We have to remember that it will never be as racy or daring as Sex and the City or Six Feet Under as this show is on network TV in the US, not cable. Give it a few weeks of poor ratings and Channel 4 will shove it to the midnight slot - just like they do with all their American shows that don't do as well as expected. Having watched the series in the US where it has caught the public imagination so effectively, I am not surprised it is a hit in the UK. The formula is right, with generally more subtle and sometimes poignant humour than most US sitcoms - but its biggest win? A welcome break from the increasingly desperate reality series that are taking over television. Normally I dislike American comedy with its canned laughter and weak childish humour, but this is a different matter. The humour is subtle and yes, I have to say very British - couldn't turn it off and look forward to the next episode. A welcome break from the increasingly desperate reality series that are taking over TV Richard Hankinson, USA Brilliant!!! This could be set in any middle class street anywhere in the UK. The characters are all around us - we just never noticed them much before. I felt a little disappointed watching the show. It was mildly entertaining, but didn't live up to the hype. The humour was absent, the narration was dire and the visuals were cliches. The only real saving grace was the acting standards and the "whodunnit" sub-plot. This programme was something different and I am hooked after the opening show. It's like a soap opera but with comedy and mystery to add a twist. I will definitely be tuning into the next nine episodes. Pretty good - stylish, funny, a plot, great cast and thankfully not as alienating to male viewers as I'd feared after reading comparisons with Sex and the City. Hopefully it will continue in a similar vein. Brian McCaig, Paisley I watched it with my husband and my grandmother. She is in her 80s, we are in our early 30s and we all really enjoyed it. It's like watching a Jackie Collins Novel. Loved it. I thought it was brilliant. Cleverly written and fantastically acted. I certainly shall be watching next week. Average at best. Was neither as exciting as Sex and the City nor as dark as Six Feet Under, both of which the show - I presume - aims to ape. Will continue to watch though, in the hope one of the leading players may disrobe. Gemma Hall, Derby I was expecting a bit more from this show than I actually got. It seemed a little bland with predictable storylines. My initial impression is that this show should not be compared to Sex and the City - it's not even in the same league! Maybe with time I hope it will prove me wrong. Great pilot - and sure to become regular viewing on a Wednesday evening. Not quite the quality of Six Feet Under (Channel 4 killed that show by having it on so late!) - but hugely enjoyable watching - especially after the trash of Wife Swap. Looking forward to next week's episode already. I enjoyed the show - good to get an easy-watching Friends / Sex and the City replacement although I think the target age group is slightly higher as it all revolves around husband and kids. Suspect it is addictive! No sex. no city. For humour, drama and all round TV skills look no further than the UK's very own Shameless. It was so good! I was really sceptical but watched it nonetheless, very pleasantly surprised! Christabel Dunbar, Edinburgh Perhaps my expectations were a little high. I was expecting more humour and it was a little slow and a bit drawn out. Wry humour galore - I thought it was great. Part of the new realism-with-a-twist flavour that is present in some recent US TV dramas. Like Deadwood, only without the mud and swearing. Lee, Hebburn Another US show dubbed "raunchy" - it was as sexy as EastEnders! On the other hand, it did have some intriguing plotlines. Not sure about the voice over though - it's just too much like Sex and the City. Desperate Housewives - great stuff! Like Twin Peaks meets Knots Landing on the way to Stepford. It was great to have a bit of mindless escapism in these dreary post-Christmas nights. I had expected the "desperate" part of the title to suggest they all were desperate for the same thing, but it was a pleasant surprise to find they all had a unique problem associated with suburban life. It will be interesting to see how the series develops. It borrows aspects from American Beauty, but I am willing to overlook this for the time being. It is great to have a programme that shows staying at home is not as fulfilling as people make it out to be Miss B, Oxford Fantastic, I'm hooked, I can't wait for the next episode. Great script, glossy and intriguing.
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