Airdates of Desperate Housewives

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This article contains airdates of the American drama/mystery television series Desperate Housewives.

In the US, the first season was broadcast on Sunday evenings at 9:00 p.m. EST on ABC. The first season is available on DVD from Buena Vista Home Entertainment, titled Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season. The second season debuted on ABC on September 21 in the same timeslot

In the Republic of Ireland, the first series was broadcast on January 4 2005 by RTÉ Two, the first country in Europe to start broadcasting Desperate Housewives on national TV. However, the following day, in the UK, the first season premiered on January 5, 2005 with the pilot episode on Channel 4. Each week following showed the preceding episode which followed into a new episode of the series. The first season ended around June of 2005. The second season premiered in the UK on January 18 2006, which was followed by the next episode on E4.

In China, the series will begin broadcasting the entire first season on CCTV airing 3 episodes a night starting on Monday, December 19, 2005. The show will be dubbed in Mandarin.

In Australia, the first season was broadcast on the Seven Network on Monday evenings at 8:30 p.m..

The program was a rating success. In a country with a population of just over 20 million, the show averaged 2.13 million viewers over the entire season with the recap special "Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry" attracting 1.95 million, the finale attracting 2.29 million, and the pilot episode (which was very heavily advertised during the Australian Tennis Open in January) attracting 2.48 million viewers. [link] Over the 24 weeks, it was the highest rating program of the week 16 times. [link]

Season 1

#	Title	US/Canadian Airdate	Irish Airdate	UK Airdate	Australian Airdate	China Airdate
1	"Pilot"	October 3 2004	January 4 2005	January 5 2005	January 31 2005	December 19 2005
2	"Ah, But Underneath"	October 10 2004	January 11 2005	January 12 2005	February 7 2005	December 19 2005
3	"Pretty Little Picture"	October 17 2004	January 18 2005	January 19 2005	February 14 2005	December 19 2005
4	"Who's That Woman?"	October 24 2004	January 25 2005	January 26 2005	February 21 2005	December 20 2005
5	"Come In, Stranger"	October 31 2004	February 1 2005	February 2 2005	February 28 2005	December 20 2005
6	"Running to Stand Still"	November 7 2004	February 8 2005	February 9 2005	March 7 2005	December 20 2005
7	"Anything You Can Do"	November 21 2004	February 15 2005	February 16 2005	March 14 2005	December 21 2005
8	"Guilty"	November 28 2004	February 22 2005	February 23 2005	April 4 2005	December 21 2005
9	"Suspicious Minds"	December 12 2004	March 1 2005	March 2 2005	April 11 2005	December 21 2005
10	"Come Back to Me"	December 19 2004	March 8 2005	March 9 2005	April 18 2005	December 22 2005
11	"Move On"	January 9 2004	March 15 2005	March 16 2005	April 25 2005	December 22 2005
12	"Every Day a Little Death"	January 16 2005	March 22 2005	March 23 2005	May 2 2005	December 22 2005
13	"Your Fault"	January 23 2005	March 29 2005	March 30 2005	May 9 2005	December 23 2005
14	"Love is in the Air"	February 13 2005	April 5 2005	April 6 2005	May 16 2005	December 23 2005
15	"Impossible"	February 20 2005	April 12 2005	April 13 2005	May 23 2005	December 23 2005
16	"The Ladies Who Lunch"	March 27 2005	April 19 2005	April 20 2005	May 30 2005	December 24 2005
17	"There Won't Be Trumpets"	April 3 2005	April 26 2005	April 27 2005	June 6 2005	December 24 2005
18	"Children Will Listen"	April 10 2005	May 3 2005	May 4 2005	June 13 2005	December 24 2005
19	"Live Alone and Like It"	April 17 2005	May 10 2005	May 11 2005	June 20 2005	December 25 2005
sp	"Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry"	April 24 2005	May 17 2005	Shown on E4	June 27 2005	N/A
20	"Fear No More"	May 1 2005	May 17 2005	May 18 2005	July 4 2005	December 25 2005
21	"Sunday in the Park with George"	May 8 2005	May 24 2005	May 25 2005	July 18 2005	December 25 2005
22	"Goodbye for Now"	May 15 2005	May 31 2005	June 1 2005	August 1 2005	December 26 2005
23	"One Wonderful Day"	May 22 2005	May 31 2005	June 1 2005	August 8 2005	December 26 2005

Season 2

#	Title	US/Canadian Airdate	Irish Airdate	UK Airdate	Australian Airdate	New Zealand Airdate	'''Polish Airdate	Portuguese Airdate
1	"Next"	September 25 2005	January 3 2006	January 18 2006	February 6 2006	February 6 2006	March 2 2006	April 4 2006
2	"You Could Drive a Person Crazy"	October 2 2005	January 10 2006	January 25 2006	February 13 2006	February 13 2006	March 2 2006	April 11 2006
3	"You'll Never Get Away from Me"	October 9 2005	January 17 2006	February 1 2006	February 20 2006	February 20 2006	March 9 2006	April 18 2006
4	"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"	October 16 2005	January 24 2006	February 8 2006	February 27 2006	February 27 2006	March 9 2006	April 25 2006
5	"They Asked Me Why I Believe In You"	October 23 2005	January 31 2006	February 15 2006	March 6 2006	March 6 2006	March 16 2006	May 2 2006
6	"I Wish I Could Forget You"	November 6 2005	February 7 2006	February 22 2006	March 13 2006	March 13 2006	March 16 2006	May 9 2006
7	"Color and Light"	November 13 2005	February 14 2006	March 1 2006	March 20 2006	March 20 2006	March 23 2006	May 16 2006
8	"The Sun Won't Set"	November 20 2005	February 21 2006	March 8 2006	March 27 2006	March 27 2006	March 23 2006	May 24 2006
9	"That's Good, That's Bad"	November 27 2005	February 28 2006	March 15 2006	April 3 2006	April 3 2006	March 30 2006	May 31 2006
10	"Coming Home"	December 4 2005	March 7 2006	March 22 2006	April 24 2006	April 10 2006	April 6 2006	June 7 2006
sp	"All the Juicy Details"	January 1 2006	Not Broadcast	Not Broadcast	April 10 2006	April 17 2006	Not Broadcast	June 14 2006
11	"One More Kiss"	January 8 2006	March 14 2006	March 29 2006	May 1 2006	April 24 2006	April 13 2006	June 21 2006
12	"We're Gonna Be All Right"	January 15 2006	March 21 2006	April 5 2006	May 08 2006	May 01 2006	April 20 2006	June 28 2006
13	"There's Something About a War"	January 22 2006	March 28 2006	April 12 2006	May 15 2006	May 8 2006	April 27 2006
14	"Silly People"	February 12 2006	April 4 2006	April 19 2006	May 22 2006	May 15 2006	May 4 2006
15	"Thank You So Much"	February 19 2006	April 11 2006	April 26 2006	May 29 2006	May 22 2006	May 11 2006
16	"There Is No Other Way"	March 12 2006	April 18 2006	May 3 2006	June 5 2006	June 12 2006	May 18 2006
17	"Could I Leave You?"	March 26 2006	April 25 2006	May 10 2006	June 12 2006	June 19 2006	May 25 2006
18	"Everybody Says Don't"	April 2 2006	May 2 2006	May 17 2006	June 19 2006	June 26 2006	June 1 2006
19	"Don't Look At Me"	April 16 2006	May 9 2006	May 24 2006	June 26 2006	July 3 2006	June 8 2006
sp	"The More You Know, The Juicier It Gets"	April 24 2006	Not Broadcast	Not Broadcast	July 2 2006	July 9 2006	Not Broadcast
20	"It Wasn't Meant To Happen"	April 30 2006	May 16 2006	May 31 2006	July 3 2006	July 10 2006	June 29 2006
21	"I Know Things Now"	May 7 2006	May 23 2006	June 7 2006	July 10 2006		June 29 2006
22	"No One Is Alone"	May 14 2006	May 30 2006	June 14 2006	July 17 2006		July 6 2006
23	"Remember"	May 21 2006	June 6 2006	June 21 2006			July 6 2006
24	"Remember, part II"	May 21 2006	June 13 2006				July 13 2006

Worldwide syndication

Desperate Housewives is syndicated worldwide, being broadcast in the following countries in order of date of first broadcast:

United States October 3, 2004 on ABC HDTV
* Season 2: September 25, 2005 on ABC HDTV
Canada: October 3, 2004 on CTV HDTV Was also presented in French on Radio-Canada during the summer of 2005.
* Season 2: September 25, 2005 on CTV HDTV
Germany: October 14, 2004 on Premiere (German pay TV, undubbed original version).
Brazil: November 4, 2004 on Sony Entertainment Television
Ireland: January 4, 2005 on RTÉ Two
* Season 2: January 3, 2006 on RTÉ Two
United Kingdom: January 5, 2005 on Channel 4 (each episode followed by a première of the next on E4 - which therefore did not initially screen episode 1, but re-ran episodes 1 and 2 later in the first week).
* Season 2: January 18, 2006 on Channel 4 (followed by a première of the second episode on E4)
Norway: January 11 2005 on TV 2 as Frustrerte fruer (season 1 was concluded on July 5)
* Season 2 started December 13 2005 and was concluded with the final two episodes ("Remember") on June 13 2006.
Belgium: January 21, 2005 on één; November 06, 2005 on RTL-TVI.
Australia: January 31, 2005 on the Seven Network. This registered 2.5 million viewers, one of the highest for a premiere in Australian history.
* Season 2 started February 6, 2006 on the Seven Network.
Singapore: January 31, 2005 on MediaCorp TV Channel 5.
Croatia: February 17, 2005 on Nova TV as Kućanice
* Season 2: March 16, 2005 on Nova TV
Italy: Season 1 was shown from February 22, 2005 on Foxlife (pay-per-view) and then from September 12, 2005 on Rai Due (public TV). Foxlife begun showing season 2 on February 12, 2006 every Monday at 9 pm with one episode per night along with a fresh episode of Grey's Anatomy at 10pm. The season finale will air July 17, 2006. RaiDue will begin showing season 2 on September 18, 2006 every Monday at 9pm with 2 or 3 episodes per night, but beginning from July 10 they will show reruns of the first sesaon every Monday with 3 episodes per night. The complete name of the series in Italy is "Desperate Housewives: I segreti di Wisteria Lane" the latter phrase meaning: "The secrets of Wisteria Lane"
Turkey: February 28, 2005 on CNBC-e.
Netherlands: March 1, 2005 on NET 5.
Denmark: March 2, 2005 on TV 2
Spain: March 3, 2005 on FOX (pay TV) as "Mujeres desesperadas". Also presented by TVE1 (free-to-air channel) during Summer 2005.
Sweden: March 29, 2005 on Kanal 5. Season 2 started 24 January 2006
Switzerland: April 11, 2005 on SF DRS (available in German or English)
Germany: April 12, 2005 on Pro 7 (free-to-air, dubbed in German).
Austria: April 24, 2005 on ORF1 (dubbed in German).
Mexico: May 3, 2005 on (TV Azteca's 2nd network) as "Esposas desesperadas". However, it was initially carried on Sony Entertainment Television (CATV/DSB) in November 2004
* Season 2: February 16, 2006 on Sony Entertainment Television
Israel: May 8, 2005 on Yes Plus as עקרות בית נואשות (in Hebrew)(Akarot Ba'it Noashot).
Hong Kong: May 12, 2005 on TVB Pearl.
Portugal: May 22, 2005 on SIC, as Donas de Casa Desesperadas - each episode was aired twice a week.
* Season 2:
April 3, 2006, on FOX Portugal (cable TV), continued;
April 4, 2006, on SIC (public TV), continued.
Philippines: May 26, 2005 on ABS-CBN's Studio23.
India: July, 2005 on Star World.
South Africa: July, 2005 on MNet.
Malaysia: July 5, 2005 on 8TV and Star World.
Indonesia: July 8, 2005 on Indosiar.
Romania: July 9, 2005 on TVR1 as Neveste disperate
New Zealand: July 18, 2005 on TV2.
South Korea: July 24, 2005 on KBS2 as Uigi ui Jubudul
Bosnia and Herzegovina: September 5, 2005 on Mreža Plus as Očajne kućanice
* Season 2: February 13, 2005 on Mreža Plus, continued
Estonia: September 5, 2005 on Kanal 2 as Meeleheitel koduperenaised.
Lithuania: September 5, 2005 on TV3 as Nusivylusios namų šeimininkės.
Poland: September 8, 2005 on Polsat as Gotowe na wszystko.
* Season 2: March 2, 2006 on Polsat, continued
France: September 8, 2005 on Canal Plus as Desperate Housewives.
Slovenia: September 12, 2005 on Pop TV as Razočarane gospodinje
Latvia: September 26, 2005 on LTV 7 as Bīstamās mājsaimnieces.
Serbia and Montenegro: September 27, 2005 on RTV Pink as Очајне домаћице (Očajne domaćice).
Japan: September 28, 2005 on NHK's BS2 as Desupareeto na tsuma tachi.
Macedonia: October 1, 2005 on A1 as Ocajni domakinki
Greece: October 2 2005 on NET as Νοικοκυρές Σε Απόγνωση (Nikokires Se Apognosi).
Finland: October 10, 2005 on Nelonen (Channel 4) as Täydelliset naiset.
Russia: October 23, 2005 on STS-Moscow as Отчаянные домохозяйки (Otchayannye Domohozyaiki).
Hungary: October 26, 2005 on TV2 as Született feleségek.
People's Republic of China: December 19, 2005 on CCTV8.
Ukraine: on ICTV as Vidchaydushni domogospodarky.
Uruguay: on Canal 4 as Amas de Casa Desesperadas.
Iceland: on RÚV as Aðþrengdar eiginkonur.

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