Now You Know (Desperate Housewives) Now You Know (Desperate Housewives) "Now You Know" is the fourth season premiere episode of the American comedy-drama series, "Desperate Housewives", and the 71st episode overall. The episode premiered on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 30, 2007. It was written by series creator Marc Cherry and directed by Larry Shaw. In the episode, Susan (Teri Hatcher) learns that she is expecting a child while Bree (Marcia Cross) continues to fake her own pregnancy. Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) begins an affair with her ex-husband, Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) and Lynette (Felicity Huffman) tries to conceal her cancer from her friends and
Desperate Housewives the third most watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries. In 2012, it remained the most-watched comedy series internationally based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide, which measured ratings across five continents; it has held this position since 2006. Moreover, it was the third highest revenue earning series for 2010, with $2.74 million per half an hour. The show was ranked at number fifty-six on "Entertainment Weekly" "New TV Classics" list. In 2011, it was confirmed that "Desperate Housewives" would conclude after its eighth season; the series finale aired on May 13, 2012. By the end