Desperate Housewives (season 1) 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. The first season features a cast of thirteen actors who receive star billing. Brenda Strong narrated the series as the deceased Mary Alice Young. Teri Hatcher portrayed Susan Mayer, the klutzy, lovable divorced mother in search of love. Felicity Huffman played Lynette Scavo, a former career woman who is now a full-time mother of four. Marcia Cross acted
Desperate Housewives series within the New York-Tri-State Region, within the City itself and the New Jersey suburbs. According to a survey of twenty countries conducted in 2006 by "Informa Telecoms and Media", "Desperate Housewives" was the third most-watched television series in the world, after fellow American series "" and "Lost". During a fund raising auction for the British child charity ChildLine in December 2006, a walk-on part in "Desperate Housewives" had the highest bid, £17,000, beating Daniel Craig's James Bond tuxedo from "Casino Royale". In its first public release of online individual television program rankings, Nielsen Media Research announced that the series