Get Desperate!

Well as my blogging comes to an end I hope you all know by now how I feel about the hit television show “Desperate Housewives”. If you don’t, let me refresh your memory. It is the best show on television today! For this blog I went out to see what people thought about the show when it first came out, what people think about “dramedies” and what people overall think about the show now that it is in its fifth season.

One of the First Reviews:

Chaw, Walter. "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ." 24 October 2005 1. Web.27 Apr 2009. .

Walter Chaw writes in one of the first reviews of the show that it “understands the attraction/repulsion dynamic of venerable bodice-ripping soapers and boils them down to their base elements of women, houses, relationships, and desperation.” Chaw does, however; say that after the first few episodes the series fell off its track.

Do people really like “dramedies”?

Vande Berg, Leah. "DRAMEDY." 1. Web.28 Apr 2009. .

Yes!

Leah Vande Berg writes in an article, that critics, overall, love dramedies. She says critics are impressed by the way television has advanced in the sense that two genres are put together to form great television shows.

What is the overall perception of the show now?

West, Kelly. "Desperate Housewives - Fifth Season Premiere." 28 Sept. 2008 1. Web.28 Apr 2009. .

People love it!

Kelly West writes that she loves the fact when season four ended, season five began five years later. She compliments Marc Cherry’s bold move to do that with the show. She writes that she hopes it will refresh the show.

So as you can see there isn’t really much negative criticism regarding the show. From the beginning of the show people have liked the show in general but wanted the gusto to stay with the show all season. People love the bold move to jump ahead five years in the housewives’ lives. And now that the show has lasted for five seasons, survived the writer’s strike and won several awards, people still enjoy the show. I know I still do.