Desperate Housewives (season 4) receiving star billing. All eleven starring actors from the previous season returned for this season. The series is narrated by Brenda Strong, who portrays the deceased Mary Alice Young, as she observes from beyond the grave the lives of the Wisteria Lane residents and her former best friends. Teri Hatcher portrayed Susan Delfino, who is finally married after three seasons searching for a stable relationship. Felicity Huffman portrayed Lynette Scavo, who fights cancer during the first half of the season and deals with her step-daughter's behavior in the second half. Marcia Cross portrayed Bree Hodge, married for the second time
Desperate Housewives (season 3) portrayals of Danielle Van de Kamp and Kayla Huntington Scavo, respectively. In spite of numerous fan complaints regarding the previous season, the American Broadcasting Company decided to keep "Desperate Housewives" in its original Sunday night timeslot. However, after two years of airing as a lead-in to fellow ABC series "Grey's Anatomy", the series would be followed by "Brothers & Sisters", then in its first season, but would remain the lead-out to "". The show maintained its position as a top ten series and became the tenth most-watched program for the 2006-07 American television season, with an average of 17.5 million