Amas de Casa Desesperadas is a telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 dramedy

Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

, which debuted on Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 on January 10, 2008. Set in the fictional Manzanares Street, the series follows the lives of four housewives and the domestic problems and daily mysteries surrounding their husbands, friends and neighbors, which can be more sinister than they appear. The series' tone combines elements of drama, comedy, mystery, farce, soap opera and satire.

Based on the United States' television series Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...

, it was developed for Latinos by Disney-ABC International Television

Disney-ABC International Television

Disney-ABC International Television is responsible for The Walt Disney Company's branded and non-branded filmed entertainment distribution, now distributing more than 30,000 hours of content to over 1300 broadcasters across 240 territories worldwide.The television distributor licenses movies from...

 and Pol-Ka Producciones.

Season 1 (2008-2009)

Season one began airing on January 10, 2008 and featured a total of 24 episodes. The show opens with the mysterious suicide of housewife Alicia Arizmendi on a beautiful day in the suburbs, on a street called Manzanares. Alicia, who narrates the show from the afterlife, had four friends: Regina Sotomayor, the seemingly-perfect mother of two teenagers struggling to save her marriage; Leonor Guerrero, the mother of four whose husband is always away on business; Susana Martinez, the divorced mother in search of love, who finds it in the form of her new neighbour Miguel Santini, who has a secret of his own; and Gabriela Solís, the materialistic ex-runway model who cheats on her husband. While trying to be good wives and mothers, the four friends also try to find out why their friend committed suicide. The discovery of a blackmail note among Alicia's belongings, a therapy session tape in which she admits her real name was Angela, and her widowed husband's strange behaviour really make them wonder about the mystery surrounding their deceased friend.

Origins

on May 14, 2007, Univision signed a deal with The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

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 and ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 to produce programs for the network, including Amas de Casa Desesperadas.

Cast and characters

This is a list of the major characters of the series, as well as their counterpart in the original, American, series and the actors portraying them.

Character	Original Character	US Spanish actor
Susana Martinez	Susan Mayer Susan Mayer Susan Delfino is a fictional character played by Teri Hatcher on the American Broadcasting Company television series Desperate Housewives. The character was created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry and first appeared in the pilot episode of the series on October 3, 2004...	Scarlet Ortiz
Leonor Guerrero	Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo Lynette Scavo is a fictional character on the series Desperate Housewives. The character is playedby actress Felicity Huffman, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role in 2005, and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series...	Lorna Paz Lorna Paz Lorna María Cepeda Jiménez, better known as Lorna Paz, is a Colombian actress. She was born on November 18, 1970 in the city of Cartagena, Colombia...
Regina Sotomayor	Bree Van de Kamp Bree Van De Kamp Bree Van de Kamp is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, played by Marcia Cross. Actress Marcia Cross was nominated from 2005 to 2007 for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy...	Julieta Rosen Julieta Rosen Julieta Rosen is a Mexican film and television actress born on November 8, 1962. Her father is Mexican and her mother is Swedish.She started her career at the age of 16 with the play Fulgor y Muerte de Joaquín Murrieta, at the University Theater "Carpa Geodésica", then started in her first...
Gabriela Solis	Gabrielle Solis Gabrielle Solis Gabrielle Solís is one of four main characters on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She is portrayed by Eva Longoria...	Ana Serradilla Ana Serradilla Ana Isabel Serradilla García is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at the Centro de Formación Actoral.-Filmography:MUSIC VIDEOS* Appeared in a music video by Camila called Solo para ti...
Roxana Guzman	Edie Britt Edie Britt Edie Britt Williams is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...	Gabriela Vergara Gabriela Vergara Gabriela Vergara Aranguren is an actress and model. She is best known as the 3rd runner-up in Miss Venezuela 1996. The following year she started acting in many telenovelas like Destino de Mujer as Vanessa in 1997 and La Mujer as Barbara Montesinos de Mutti in 2004. She recently gave birth to two...
Carlos Solis	Carlos Solis Carlos Solis Carlos Solis is a fictional character on the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira.-Early life:Carlos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico to Juanita and Diego Solis...	Bernie Paz Bernie Paz Bernardo Paz-Soldan, best known as Bernie Paz is a Peruvian telenovela actor. He concurrently resides in Miami. He is married to Peruvian TV host-actor, Shirley Budge and has a child named Miranda...
Alicia Arizmendi	Mary Alice Young Mary Alice Young Mary Alice Young is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actress Brenda Strong and narrates the series from beyond the grave; the character's suicide in the pilot episode served as the catalyst of the series...	Lucía Méndez Lucía Méndez Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer that has sold over 10 million records world wide.- Early success :...
Antonio Guerrero	Tom Scavo Tom Scavo Thomas "Tom" Scavo is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, played by actor Doug Savant.Tom originally was a recurring throughout the first season but became a regular in season two. Early storylines often revolve around Tom's working habits and that he is alway...	Diego Bertie Diego Bertie Diego Felipe Bertie Brignardello is a contemporary Peruvian actor of British and Italian descent. He studied at Markham College in Lima, Peru...
Roberto Sotomayor	Rex Van de Kamp	Riccardo Dalmacci Riccardo Dalmacci Riccardo Dalmacci is an Italian-Mexican actor of film and telenovelas. He is sometimes credited as Ricardo Dalmacci....
Miguel Santini	Mike Delfino Mike Delfino Michael "Mike" Delfino is the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor James Denton.- Season 1 :...	Diego Ramos
Marta Garcia	Felicia Tilman	Talú Quintero