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Shows like Desperate Housewives

Not everyone loves Desperate Housewives for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Desperate Housewives

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a suicide on a perfect street turning into a season-long mystery.

  2. You like suburban scandal played half for laughs.

  3. You like four women who keep each other's secrets over coffee.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Big Little Lies2017

    • a suicide on a perfect street turning into a season-long mystery

    Good for you if you like knowing someone died at trivia night but not who.

  • Orange Is the New Black2013

    • four women who keep each other's secrets over coffee

    Good for you if you want women who become each other's family behind bars.

  • Only Murders in the Building2021

    • a suicide on a perfect street turning into a season-long mystery
    • suburban scandal played half for laughs

    Good for you if you like a whodunit with a new murder to solve each season.

  • Mare of Easttown2021

    • a suicide on a perfect street turning into a season-long mystery

    Good for you if you like a small-town murder where every neighbour could be hiding something.

  • Pretty Little Liars2010

    • a suicide on a perfect street turning into a season-long mystery
    • four women who keep each other's secrets over coffee

    Good for you if you want to guess who "A" is for years.

  • Sex and the City1998

    • four women who keep each other's secrets over coffee

    Good for you if you like four friends who stay each other's real love story.

  • Scream Queens2015

    • suburban scandal played half for laughs

    Good for you if you like Chanel's insults and Dean Munsch's war on the Kappas.

  • Castle2009

    • a suicide on a perfect street turning into a season-long mystery
    • suburban scandal played half for laughs

    Good for you if you like a murder to solve every episode.

Reasons taken from Desperate Housewives's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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