* Each episode of the series is recorded in 8 days.
* After the success of Desperate Housewives, different countries rolled up their sleeves to adapt the series to their own. 4 countries (Spain, Portugal, Colombia, and the Equator) are producing their own versions with the approval they got from ABC and Buena Vista international.
* The first episode of the fifth season of the series, which aroused a separate curiosity because it jumped five years later, managed to gather a very large audience of 18.4 million per screen in America.
* Dana Delaney, who portrays the character of Katherine Mayfair, was originally considered for the role of Bree Van De Camp. Although the role was offered to her three times, Mayfair had previously turned down offers on the grounds that she portrayed a similar character.
* 40 cm long dolls were produced similar to the main characters of the series, Bree, Gabrielle, Edie, Susan, and Lynette, and only 300 of each were released.
* 45 percent of “Desperate Housewives” viewers in America are men. According to the study, the majority of male viewers cite the existence of Eva Longoria Paker as the justification, and almost all of them reserve the fact that they watched the show as much as possible.
* Eva Longoria Parker gained 3 kilos to make her character believable five years later, but even this small change managed to keep the yellow press busy for days. She went through a hoop until Parker convinced the press that she was not pregnant.