Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama

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...

 series created by Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry is an American writer and producer, best known for creating the show Desperate Housewives.-Early life and career:...

 and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions

Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry is an American writer and producer, best known for creating the show Desperate Housewives.-Early life and career:...

. Executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry is an American writer and producer, best known for creating the show Desperate Housewives.-Early life and career:...

, Bob Daily

Bob Daily

Bob Daily is an American television producer and screenwriter. Currently he serves as executive producer of Desperate Housewives, and second-in-command to showrunner Marc Cherry....

, George W. Perkins

George W. Perkins (television producer)

George W. Perkins is an American producer of films and television series, most known for being one of the producers of the dramedy Desperate Housewives, of which he is one of the executive producers since 2006....

, John Pardee

John Pardee

John Pardee is an American screenwriter and television producer, currently working as executive producer for Desperate Housewives.During the 1990s, Pardee wrote episodes of several television series, including the cartoon Doug, the short lived sitcoms Charlie Hoover, Thunder Alley and The Crew and...

 and Joey Murphy

Joey Murphy

Joey Murphy is screenwriter and television producer, currently working as executive producer for Desperate Housewives.Murphy has written episodes of the cartoon, Doug, The Crew, and Cybill Shepherd's sitcom, Cybill, the last two for which he also served as producer...

, David Grossman

David Grossman (director)

David Grossman is an American film and television director known most notably for his work on the ABC series, Desperate Housewives which he also serves as co-executive producer, his first series as a producer....

, Larry Shaw

Larry Shaw (director)

Larry Shaw is an American film and television director.He is currently a regular director on the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives, where he also serves as a co-executive producer for the show...

 and Sabrina Wind.

The setting of the show is the street of Wisteria Lane

Wisteria Lane

Wisteria Lane is the fictional name of a street which the characters of the American drama television series Desperate Housewives live. Desperate Housewives storylines primarily centre around the residents of the street. Wisteria Lane is located inside Universal Studios Hollywood, and is actually...

 in the fictional American town of Fairview

Fairview (Desperate Housewives)

Fairview is the fictional setting for the American television comedy-drama series, Desperate Housewives.-Location:The state in which Fairview resides is ambiguous, however more than likely it is suburban Mississippi...

 in the Eagle State. It follows the lives of a group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor.