Desperate Housewives (season 6) former best friends. Teri Hatcher portrayed Susan Mayer, who is married to Mike again. Felicity Huffman portrayed Lynette Scavo, who is trying to conceal her pregnancy in order to keep her job. Marcia Cross portrayed Bree Hodge, who is having an affair with her divorce lawyer. Eva Longoria portrayed Gabrielle Solis, who now deals with her teenage niece. Ricardo Antonio Chavira portrayed Carlos Solis, Gabrielle's husband and Lynette's new boss. Doug Savant portrayed Tom Scavo, Lynette's husband who returns to college. Kyle MacLachlan portrayed Orson Hodge, who suffers a terrible accident while trying to save his marriage to Bree. Dana
Desperate Housewives had 723,000 unique online viewers in December 2008. "Desperate Housewives" was the seventh most-pirated television show of 2009. In fall 2013, North Korea allegedly executed eighty people for watching banned South Korean soap operas, "Desperate Housewives" being the most common soap opera. "Desperate Housewives" was being secretly watched using mp3 players, hard drives, and DVDs. In September 2015, "Desperate Housewives" ranked at number hundred on "The Hollywood Reporter"'s "Hollywood's 100 Favorite TV Shows", as determined by television industry professionals. For its premiere season, the show was awarded six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild