Anything with Teri Hatcher in HD is worth checking out!

Where did you see that it's going to be in "HD" ?? Doh !! ABC's page now has the little "HD" logo on it.... I'm positive it did NOT before.

FWIW, I've asked my wife a few times if "we" plan to watch it..... :) It is tagged in the DVR to record, just in case.

Well ya, I'm looking forward to it. It's just on against the game. Damn you Comcast and your non-DVR having ways!

Anyone else looking forward to Desperate Housewives?

Yes, on a regular basis. But don't tell my wife.

As far as programs on in HDTV, see the HDTV Programming Synopsis. ABC does all primetime in HD, except news & reality.

I am going to give this show a chance.

Nicollette Sheridan in HD. Nuff said.

I'd rather have Alias.:(

Originally posted by sdf777
I'd rather have Alias.:(

I also.

Originally posted by Ken H
Yes, on a regular basis. But don't tell my wife. Ha! That made me chuckle :).

Since I'm too lazy to go over to ABC's site to see for myself, anyone want to tell me the premise of the show? Although it sounds like it might not matter what the premise is ;).

-jim

Originally posted by ilikemyHT
Well ya, I'm looking forward to it. It's just on against the game. Damn you Comcast and your non-DVR having ways!
Get a TiVo.:)

Originally posted by JimF_NJ
Although it sounds like it might not matter what the premise is ;). Now you've got it.

Eva Longoria (http://www.fhmus.com/girls/covergirls/290/)

CPanther - The picture links do not work.

Try that link.

chicks nailing plumbers

yeah i'll check it out and see what it's like

previews make it seem like it is The OC on crack with just women

"Desperate Housewives"!?

*sigh*

I hope it and Boston Legal will be good. I've been excited about nothing else premiering this season.

Anything with Teri Hatcher is worth a look. A bunch of looks, actually. Long, lingering looks.....

Originally posted by herdfan
Get a TiVo.:) I've got ReplayTV! It just does me no good if I want to catch this in HD. :( Same goes for Criminal Intent since the game usually bleeds over to about 9:30. I'm looking for that 6412 box like a herion addict standing in line at a methadone clinic.

So far (15 minutes into the show), I am not impressed with it. The PQ is really good but the story line is not doing anything for me.

So far, at the 24 minute point, the Boston affiliate has yet to flip the HD switch.

Originally posted by Mike4HDTV
So far (15 minutes into the show), I am not impressed with it. The PQ is really good but the story line is not doing anything for me.

You must not be a chick. My wife loves it.

This belongs on HBO or Cinemax, a channel with more liberal 'standards'.

[QUOTE] Anyone else looking forward to Desperate Housewives?[QUOTE]

Against Sunday night Football? Umm... no.

Originally posted by Don S
[QUOTE] Anyone else looking forward to Desperate Housewives?[QUOTE]

Against Sunday night Football? Umm... no.

I can't believe I am saying this, but after 6 hours of non-stop football, I turned over the remote. Desperate Housewives it is.

Yeah Eva Longoria is the Standout in the show from what I have seen so far.

Originally posted by BurBub
So far, at the 24 minute point, the Boston affiliate has yet to flip the HD switch.

781-449-0400
Engineering - Dave Kaylor or Rick Zach

Originally posted by spiff72
Yeah Eva Longoria is the Standout in the show from what I have seen so far.

Agreed. She looks the best of all of the women on the show.

Is it me or are these new shows just bland? I thought it was fun at times but I spent big gaps of time web-browsing or daydreaming. It seemed slow and this is with 50% of the running time dedicated to commercials. Next week, given a choice of this or Criminal Intent or my beloved Adult Swim.....

Yep, A lot of these shows aren't working for me, can't get into. I really don't even like the crime shows, only watch them because they're great for HDTV.

Most of the shows on networks are still targeted towards the baby boomer age group, still hard for me to find a good comedy...

I gave this show a try but I am not looking forward to next weeks episode of Desperate Housewives.

Originally posted by bgall
a good comedy...

http://www.serieslive.com/logo/Logo%20Arrested%20Dev.jpg

Originally posted by bgall
Yep, A lot of these shows aren't working for me, can't get into. I really don't even like the crime shows, only watch them because they're great for HDTV.

Most of the shows on networks are still targeted towards the baby boomer age group, still hard for me to find a good comedy...

I'm a baby boomer and most of the shows don't seem to be hitting my target, especially the comedies.

This is definitely a show targeting women becasue my wife seemed to really like it. However, there is enough eye candy that I won't mind watching it.

Well as a teenager i found this show to be pretty entertaining. It actually made be chuckle of few times and kept me tuning back for more. Especially that part where that handy boy sleeps Eva Longoria. He got to live out one my fantasies. :) Lucky guy.

Originally posted by spiff72
Yeah Eva Longoria is the Standout in the show from what I have seen so far. Most assuredly. :) Well the 9er's went down early and I actually got to watch this show, and it was pretty good. Good PQ, good eye candy, and pretty amusing. Certainly won't be overtaking L&O: CI in my book, but I think I might just record CI and watch this when I can in HD. Just since most of the appeal of this show for me will be visual. ;)

It's rare that I like chick flicks, myself, but I am intrigued by this. (Yes, I know this is supposed to be a show that appeals to my demographics but it doesn't appeal to me EXCEPT for how zany it is.) If the voice over weren't there, however, it wouldn't quite be that interesting. It seems to combine the normal everyday, (uh, not MY everyday), with the weird and outlandish. I'll check it out next week.

My girlfriend had me TiVo it. We watched it last night and I figured since it was in HD I would go ahead and watch it with her. She thought it was just foolishness, but I actually liked it. I was laughing alot during the show. Now my girlfriend won't watch it nextweek, but I went ahead and set a season pass for me. As long as a show is in HD I'll give it a chance. I won't be watching any new shows in SD anymore, only the old shows I like would I even consider watching in SD. After 3 years with HD I've had almsot enough of SD shows.

I liked the show and I'm a guy who likes the Gilmore Girls. All of the women on the show look decent to me. You have Marcia Cross (Kimberly from Melrose Place), Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Licolete Shreidan and the other mom, I forget her name. The only thing I kept thinking last night while watching this show is how sad the lives of these individuals are. I think the show is a mixture of Knots Landing and some sort of comedy.

The character on the show that I really like is the one played by Marica Cross b/c she shows some of that unpredictable, scary characteristics that made her great on Melrose Place. I'll be watching next week. Oh yeh, memo to Teri Hatcher, Please wear a bra the next time around. Gravity has taken it toll and things cannot be as round and perky as they once were. So please, wear the bra will ya! Thanks.

Originally posted by AFH
So please, wear the bra will ya! Thanks.

Blasphemy! :mad:

slow start,,,,,,,,,,hot women.........not sure but I will give it another try next week as long as the wife doesn't catch me drooling at all the hot women...

I thought the show was quite funny...several laugh out loud lines. I originally watched the show to make fun of it and ask dumb questions to drive my wife nuts. But I really enjoyed it. But wow, Nicolette Sheridan looks like she has been ridden hard and put up wet. She was so hot on Knots Landing as Paige Matheson...I miss the young Nicolette. I support the no-bra for Teri Hatcher movement. She looked a bit haggard though, in fact they all did (was this done to make them look desperate?) 'cept for Eva.

Originally posted by ilikemyHT
I've got ReplayTV! It just does me no good if I want to catch this in HD. :( Same goes for Criminal Intent since the game usually bleeds over to about 9:30. I'm looking for that 6412 box like a herion addict standing in line at a methadone clinic.

I have the 6208 (one tuner HD DVR) which has supplanted my ReplayTV (only because it does HD). But the no dual tuner really plays havoc with Football season and MLB postseason in full swing. How to watch both in HD? Not possible for me right now. :-(

Originally posted by GregF
Is it me or are these new shows just bland? I thought it was fun at times but I spent big gaps of time web-browsing or daydreaming. It seemed slow and this is with 50% of the running time dedicated to commercials. Next week, given a choice of this or Criminal Intent or my beloved Adult Swim.....

It has me hooked so far (although it has the potential to disappoint if they can't explain things well enough)....created by JJ Abrams of Alias fame.

I thought it was pretty good, as did my wife and daughters. It's worthy of a season pass on my DirecTivo, especially if the future episodes hold up. Any theories about the "big mystery" and why he was digging up the pool?

Is it me or are these new shows just bland? I thought it was fun at times but I spent big gaps of time web-browsing or daydreaming. It seemed slow and this is with 50% of the running time dedicated to commercials. Next week, given a choice of this or Criminal Intent or my beloved Adult Swim.....

You're not alone. Statistically, viewership of the big networks is on the decline, big time. My best educated guess is this: Right now, the TV industry is evolving to meet super-customized consumer demand, since the capacity to do so (with satellite and digital cable) is there now. People are used to watching whatever and timeshifting it to whenever. People are busy as hell, and they want their favorite shows instead of crap. There's a lot more TV now, and as far as I can tell, there isn't any reason to assume that there's a proportionally larger pool of good writers.

Networks are already in a financial bind, and cable networks obviously let their writers just do whatever the hell they want in a lot of cases, so I think the better writers are reluctant to do network TV for a number of reasons. Not to mention the fact that in the "on-demand" world, networks still try to do business like IBM with their tool-ass 5-year plans that got them eaten alive by Hewlett Packard back in the day. It's a lot like the changing dynamic in the PC market of old -- the newer, younger, more flexible and experimental forces in the market are changing with the consumer, and the big, bloated, stupid-decision-making mega-monoliths are too slow to respond. They can't move quickly, they're almost completely out of touch with the market (particularly the youth market), and they spend absolutely enormous amounts of money on what still end up as shot-in-the-dark decisions.

So you get networks like Cartoon Network, hiring a bunch of twentysomething stoners who happen to be creative geniuses to do whatever they feel like doing, and they end up tapping a significant niche market that is profitable in cable.

Meanwhile, NBC's big show is still Fear Factor. Oh, and watch out for Wife Swap and its clone, Trading Spouses. Because 90% of America is borderline retarded and good writers seem to be a premium these days, the networks are forced to adapt their broad-market appeal business models the only way they know how -- shoot for the lowest common denominator. Goodbye writers, goodbye content. Hello Survivor 15: Chechen Outback.

Given the choice between Fear Factor: Family Edition and, say, Dead Like Me, Six Feet Under, SportsCenter, or anything on Adult Swim, which one are you going to TiVo and watch later?

Also, it doesn't help that the networks decide to cancel every damned show that comes along and doesn't suck. Firefly, anyone?

I thought it was pretty funny. I found myself wondering why they would cast two former Melrose actors, but why not? I'm definitely intrigued enough to tune in next week.

HD really showed Nicolette Sheridans' plastic surgery. She really didn't look good. Granted, it's been 18 years since she started on Knotts Landing, but it is possible to age gracefully without going under the knife. Unfortunately she took the Joan Van Ark route.

Originally posted by cburbs
slow start,,,,,,,,,,hot women.........not sure but I will give it another try next week as long as the wife doesn't catch me drooling at all the hot women...

My wife and I watched it..best we could as the local ABC station had issues with the HD feed.

I liked it better than my wife, though she plans on catching it next week.

Half the appeal of that show is the women. Marcia Cross...never cared for her.

The woman with 3 kids is awesome! She reminded me of edie falco...just a bit.

Originally posted by litzdog911
I thought it was pretty good, as did my wife and daughters. It's worthy of a season pass on my DirecTivo, especially if the future episodes hold up. Any theories about the "big mystery" and why he was digging up the pool?

They buried something...something bad enough to make narrator kill herself.

Originally posted by PJO1966
I thought it was pretty funny. I found myself wondering why they would cast two former Melrose actors, but why not? I'm definitely intrigued enough to tune in next week.

HD really showed Nicolette Sheridans' plastic surgery. She really didn't look good. Granted, it's been 18 years since she started on Knotts Landing, but it is possible to age gracefully without going under the knife. Unfortunately she took the Joan Van Ark route.

Have you seen Jon Van Ark recently on The Young and the Restless? Man, she looks like she had someone pull the skin back o her face as to stretch it as far as possible. Not a good look. I loved N. Sheridan on Knots Landing and she has aged, but not to the Jon Van Ark extreme. To me, N. Sheridan looked good last night, for her age. Teri Hatcher looked liked she hadn't gotten any sleep in 3 days. But she did look decent.

The Philly ABC affiliate had sound problems for the 1st 15 minutes. Fortunately I TiVoed both the HD and SD versions. The problems were weird. All I could hear is the background music. There was no dialog.

The picture was very nice.

Originally posted by AFH
Have you seen Jon Van Ark recently on The Young and the Restless? Man, she looks like she had someone pull the skin back o her face as to stretch it as far as possible. Not a good look. I loved N. Sheridan on Knots Landing and she has aged, but not to the Jon Van Ark extreme. To me, N. Sheridan looked good last night, for her age. Teri Hatcher looked liked she hadn't gotten any sleep in 3 days. But she did look decent.

I saw Joan Van Ark in person a couple of years ago. Her nose looked like a razor blade and she had obviously just had botox injections. She was frightening.

I liked it more than the wife. She thought it was degrading to women; whatever that means.

If this show catchs on, where does Alias go upon its return?

Originally posted by mikey mo
I liked it more than the wife. She thought it was degrading to women; whatever that means.

If this show catchs on, where does Alias go upon its return?

Maybe ABC moves Desperate to another time slot and brings Alias back to its original time slot. I like Alias and I want to see it back at its normal time.

Originally posted by mikey mo
I liked it more than the wife. She thought it was degrading to women; whatever that means.

If this show catchs on, where does Alias go upon its return? My wife said something similar and it made me nervous we might not be adding it to our weekly tv viewing schedule. Thinking on my feet (er, on my ass), I commented how it "celebrated" women. She didn't buy it...dumb thing to say.

Originally posted by tall1
My wife said something similar and it made me nervous we might not be adding it to our weekly tv viewing schedule. Thinking on my feet (er, on my ass), I commented how it "celebrated" women. She didn't buy it...dumb thing to say.

What you could have said was that "By watching this show we can look at our relationship and see how much better it is than the sad lives that these characters live". You could have said that "I'm only going to watch this show b/c I want to gloat at how much more beautiful you are than any of the women on this show". Or you could have said "I'm watching this show b/c I love you so much and I want to be motivated to make sure that the love is always there asn that it never fades. ;) All of those should work for you. If not come back and see us and we can give you some more suggestions.

NEW YORK (AP) - For a network desperate for hits, "Desperate Housewives" provided quite the tonic for ABC. The drama about suburban angst drew a stunning 21.3 million viewers for its premiere Sunday night, according to Nielsen Media Research. It follows the success of another new ABC drama, "Lost," which has also intrigued viewers during the first two weeks of the TV season.

Originally posted by AFH
What you could have said was that "By watching this show we can look at our relationship and see how much better it is than the sad lives that these characters live". You could have said that "I'm only going to watch this show b/c I want to gloat at how much more beautiful you are than any of the women on this show". Or you could have said "I'm watching this show b/c I love you so much and I want to be motivated to make sure that the love is always there asn that it never fades. ;) All of those should work for you. If not come back and see us and we can give you some more suggestions.

Someone pull out the shovel because it's getting deep in here.

Originally posted by AFH
What you could have said was that "By watching this show we can look at our relationship and see how much better it is than the sad lives that these characters live". You could have said that "I'm only going to watch this show b/c I want to gloat at how much more beautiful you are than any of the women on this show". Or you could have said "I'm watching this show b/c I love you so much and I want to be motivated to make sure that the love is always there asn that it never fades. ;) All of those should work for you. If not come back and see us and we can give you some more suggestions.

Or he could have just stated that he didn't find it offensive to women and that he liked it. That's what I would have said... of course, I'm not married. Maybe after you get married you start having to lie more... I don't know... ;)

I was luckily able to pick up an ABC affiliate (I'm not even supposed to be able to pick any up) to watch it in upconverted 720p the first 22 minutes and in 720p HD the rest of the show. I mainly watched for Teri Hatcher and decided to watch one episode to see what it was like and enjoyed it enough to watch the next episode. I didn't find it degrading to women at all, although I did find it degrading to men, but we do that well enough on our own! ;)

~Alan

Originally posted by tall1
My wife said something similar and it made me nervous we might not be adding it to our weekly tv viewing schedule. Thinking on my feet (er, on my ass), I commented how it "celebrated" women. She didn't buy it...dumb thing to say.

Dude...point out how it is stereotyping us men folk...all selfish and insensitive.

Sheesh...what's the world coming to? My wife was the one jonesing to see this show. Also, she never gets her hackles up if I happen to find some womans beauty..it's life.

..Scott{ lovin my wife}

Originally posted by MyGrain
Dude...point out how it is stereotyping us men folk...all selfish and insensitive.

Sheesh...what's the world coming to? My wife was the one jonesing to see this show. Also, she never gets her hackles up if I happen to find some womans beauty..it's life.

..Scott{ lovin my wife} Ok, Ok...I have to admit I felt like George Bush without John Kerry's crib sheets at a presidential debate. Due to the high babe factor, I was caught off guard by my wife's comments..I panicked. You guys seem to be very astute at controlling your marital environment. All great responses...I like the male bashing angle and the "I want to make sure the love is always there" is pure genius. To Alan...you child...it isn't lying that increases during marriage...it is the shaping of the truth that increases and is so important in a marriage. My wife was jonesing for this show too. She wants to see the the wife come out on top (insert your own joke here) when she watches episodic TV. I think I bought me another week of Desperate Wives by reminding her that Marcia Cross did almost poison her good-for-nothing husband. "Let's see what happens next week Honey?" We shall see..good luck to all.

My girlfriend loved it. I thought it was OK.

On Boston Legal, I thought it was OK. My girlfriend hated it.

I don't know what any of this means, but I felt like I'd share.

Teri Hatcher working again is nice. :)

FWIW, I had a bunch of people over last night to watch episodes 1 & 2 of Lost, so we also watched Desperate Wives. We found it highly entertaining. But it was a group of gay guys... it's the kind of thing we like anyway. Both shows made the cut for our weekly TV night. Next week, when season 1 of Carnivale gets added to the mix (though sadly, in SD), it's going to start being a full night. Thank god FF'ing through the commercials on the ABC shows cut's down the time a fair amount.

You've got to be kidding me!

Carnivale is SD? Argggggg! Oh well, I'll watch anyway.

Just the repeats of season 1, which start Saturday. They are only on HBO2. I'm sure Season two will be HD when it airs in January.

Originally posted by tall1
Ok, Ok...I have to admit I felt like George Bush without John Kerry's crib sheets at a presidential debate. Due to the high babe factor, I was caught off guard by my wife's comments..I panicked. You guys seem to be very astute at controlling your marital environment. All great responses...I like the male bashing angle and the "I want to make sure the love is always there" is pure genius. To Alan...you child...it isn't lying that increases during marriage...it is the shaping of the truth that increases and is so important in a marriage. My wife was jonesing for this show too. She wants to see the the wife come out on top (insert your own joke here) when she watches episodic TV. I think I bought me another week of Desperate Wives by reminding her that Marcia Cross did almost poison her good-for-nothing husband. "Let's see what happens next week Honey?" We shall see..good luck to all.

Tall, I'm not married. I just understand, as I'm sure you do, how to make a woman feel better about herself when she feels threatened as most of them always do. Use some of the lines I provided above and you should be able to watch Desperate Housewives as long as you want to. Your wife will sit there with you thinking, "Man, my hubby is sooooo great".

Oh good good good. We watched all of season one allready{ though may get the dvd so we can share it}

Originally posted by AFH
Tall, I'm not married. I just understand, as I'm sure you do, how to make a woman feel better about herself when she feesl threatened as most of them always do. Use some of the lines I provided above and you should be able to watch Desperate Housewives as long as you want to. Your wife will sit there with you thinking, "Man, my hubby is sooooo great".

LOL. Marriage counseling for Desperate Housewives viewers.:D

I don't see how women can see this as degrading. The men DEFINITELY come out on the negative side much more than the women do.

Originally posted by PJO1966
I don't see how women can see this as degrading. The men DEFINITELY come out on the negative side much more than the women do.

You're right the men do come out looking horrible, but some women seem to be threatened by this show! :eek: Do you know why? I know the answer but I don't want a women reading this thread to be offended by what I could say. ;)

People are actually watching this show and talking about it? I refuse to waste my time even checking it out, it looks terible! A perfect example of why so many people now have cable and satelite.

"I could be wrong, but I doubt it."

Johnny

Originally posted by Darin
FWIW, I had a bunch of people over last night to watch episodes 1 & 2 of Lost, so we also watched Desperate Wives. We found it highly entertaining. But it was a group of gay guys... it's the kind of thing we like anyway. Both shows made the cut for our weekly TV night.

Why would gay guys find this show entertaining? I thought it had fairly universial appeal. Humorous script and great looking women.

Originally posted by Darin
Next week, when season 1 of Carnivale gets added to the mix (though sadly, in SD)....

This is very sad news indeed...I had no idea. I was so looking forward to watching this in HD.

I don't usually watch much serial programming on the networks but unfortunately I watched Desperate Wives, it was poor. It was trying so hard to be a hip Sex in the City for bored housewives, but with poor writing, and not very original and not very interesting IMO. (Maybe cause the suburbs are like that). Most of the characters were forgettable, except maybe the lawnboy and I felt sorry for him. I did think the wife mowing the lawn to keep her lawnboy lover was funny, and I don't blame her! The networks are really struggling to keep up with the quality programming on the non-networks. I won't watch it again. mainly didn't like any of the main characters.

Originally posted by tall1
Why would gay guys find this show entertaining? I thought it had fairly universial appeal. Humorous script and great looking women.



This is very sad news indeed...I had no idea. I was so looking forward to watching this in HD.

There is the high camp factor. (woman mowing lawn in gown so her gardener lover won't get fired by her husband). Also, for some reason gay men are drawn to strong women as well as bitchy women. I don't understand it myself, but it's a fact.

Originally posted by gigaguy
I don't usually watch much serial programming on the networks but unfortunately I watched Desperate Wives, it was poor. It was trying so hard to be a hip Sex in the City for bored housewives, but with poor writing, and not very original and not very interesting IMO. (Maybe cause the suburbs are like that). Most of the characters were forgettable, except maybe the lawnboy and I felt sorry for him. I did think the wife mowing the lawn to keep her lawnboy lover was funny, and I don't blame her! The networks are really struggling to keep up with the quality programming on the non-networks. I won't watch it again. mainly didn't like any of the main characters.

I completely agree. I though the writing and acting were terrible. My wife agreed. The only place to get good scripted drama and comedy these days sems to be HBO. No wonder the networks do better with reality shows. They have to be really bad to be worse than their dramas.

Originally posted by gigaguy
Most of the characters were forgettable, except maybe the lawnboy and I felt sorry for him.

That poor lawnboy, the hell he must have been through. :rolleyes: :)

As for the comparisons to Sex & The City... the first time the narrator said "... and just like that..." I had to roll my eyes.

Originally posted by drunkpenguin
People are actually watching this show and talking about it? I refuse to waste my time even checking it out, it looks terible! A perfect example of why so many people now have cable and satelite.

"I could be wrong, but I doubt it."

Johnny

It depends on your tastes Johnny,

If you can't stomach a "chick flick" to save your life, there ya have it.

It's just tastes. Me? I can't stand any of the CSI shows.

Originally posted by PJO1966
As for the comparisons to Sex & The City... the first time the narrator said "... and just like that..." I had to roll my eyes.

There's other narration type things around. Showtimes "Dead like me" is narrated.

but it's the phrase "... and just like that..." that was delivered just like Carrie Bradshaw would have done. Now that you mention it, Dead Like Me used the exact same phrasing on this week's episode as well. (Love Dead Like Me!)

I guess that since it was used just about every week on Sex & The City I will always attribute that phrase to that show.

I see Desperate Housewives was officially the number one show for last week! But CSI wasn't on last Thursday, but it still had a 13.6 rating and a 20 share.

All great comments. See y'all next week after episode 2.

Originally posted by PJO1966
but it's the phrase "... and just like that..." that was delivered just like Carrie Bradshaw would have done. Now that you mention it, Dead Like Me used the exact same phrasing on this week's episode as well. (Love Dead Like Me!)

I guess that since it was used just about every week on Sex & The City I will always attribute that phrase to that show. That narration stuff is crap...was it even necessary? The narration stuff on sex and the city was funny and made sense because she was narrating her newspaper column. On desperate housewives it seems lame.

Well, the narrator is dead. I'm guessing that limits her options to voice-over and ouija board.

Originally posted by mrmike
Well, the narrator is dead. I'm guessing that limits her options to voice-over and ouija board. Nope. The actress is in flashbacks or another option...she could be an apparition like the father in Six Feet Under. I would rather see it than be told what is happening. It is a TV show, not a made for radio drama.

Originally posted by tall1
Nope. The actress is in flashbacks or another option...she could be an apparition like the father in Six Feet Under. I would rather see it than be told what is happening. It is a TV show, not a made for radio drama.

The narration bothers me not. It is the creators{ of the show} creation. Whether they pillaged the idea from other content, that's thier problem.

IMHO, knowing who was who was helped along by the narration. Perhaps, the writers feel it easier to move the story along that way. They only have 40 minutes or so a week.

Originally posted by MyGrain


IMHO, knowing who was who was helped along by the narration. Perhaps, the writers feel it easier to move the story along that way. They only have 40 minutes or so a week.

AGREED. Narration is a huge help. The wife and I aren't turning to each other to ask "who is that" and thus missing what's going on.

I liked the show and the high-def quality was pretty good.

The pilot is being repeated tonight at 10 EDT.

The commercial with "Slow Ride" playing showing Nicolette Sheridan washing her car makes me want to watch the next show!

This show reminds me of the film "American Beauty". Suburban life setting, voice over of dead person.

I love the opening credits montage. Looks really good in high-def. The overall show looks good in high-def. I have been enjoying the show even though it is nothing more than an evening soap opera.

Anyone notice the Beaver Cleaver's house in the mix? It appears the neighborhood is actually suburban street on the Universal backlot.

'Beaver' in the context of this thread had me going in another direction.

Ward, June and the boys... Back on track. :)

Anyone notice the Beaver Cleaver's house in the mix? It appears the neighborhood is actually suburban street on the Universal backlot.

...and right you are! When I was on the Universal Studios Tour a month ago, the tourguide pointed how they were using the backlot for the upcoming show "Desperate Housewives"

To give another perspective, I watched the first 2 episodes, and really liked them. Compared to the other cr@p all over the networks (I will NOT watch someone eat live insects again), this was refreshing.

I thought the writing was better than the average sitcom & the filming was great, notice the lush colors, everything was bright and sunny, 24/7, almost cat-in-the-hat like, this perfect surreal little suburb. Roll all that into a really nice HD feed. (Except for philly #@$%ing up the first 15 minutes of audio on the premier).

Also, the casting is quite good, Teri looked good (gravity notwithstanding), the red head from melrose freaked me out - she is a total psycho-stepford-martha-stewart. Don't even get me started on EVA LONGORIA. She's the only one who looks like she actually sleeps at night (I assume this is intentional), and boy oh boy does she look. Nice costuming I might add...

The narration is OK, helps move things along, and the 'mystery' plot is intriguing. There were some quite funny moments as well.

All in all, for network TV, I think ABC has a big hit on their hands, if they can keep it fresh. Sure, not HBO (which this would've been GREAT on - add foul language and nudity, and this could be the best show ever :), but not bad for network TV.

Now I can add this to ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT as one of the few new shows I enjoy, and season pass....

Lee

I want to know what's up with the mini-casket the widower and son dug up from the swimming pool and then chucked in the water....

I like the show. I tuned in just to see if it would confirm my pre-conceived expectation that it was another dopey soap-opera, but was quite pleasantly suprised. I do like the voice-over; I think it adds clarity.

It may well turn out to be a casket... but it's a toybox.

As soon as I saw how waterproof he wrapped it I knew what would not stay down.

Originally posted by LeeG23
add foul language and nudity, and this could be the best show ever :) I hear you, brother! Naked chicks and cussin' make any show better!

Originally posted by PJO1966
It may well turn out to be a casket... but it's a toybox.

As soon as I saw how waterproof he wrapped it I knew what would not stay down.

That's what I thought - however, it DID sink. I guess that's another mystery - how does a toy chest sink completely, then become bouyant later on? :confused:

Originally posted by gpflepsen
'Beaver' in the context of this thread had me going in another direction.

Ward, June and the boys... Back on track. :) Originally, I wrote "The Beaver's" house, but changed it when I realized what it might imply in this thread.

Originally posted by NetworkTV
Originally, I wrote "The Beaver's" house, but changed it when I realized what it might imply in this thread.

I don't get it! What would using the word beaver in this thread imply. I don't see anything wrong with the Beaver's house. If that is the house they use on the set of DH then more power to them. When watching DH you do tend to think about the Beaver's house b/c the set is littered with them.

Originally posted by dmedina
...and right you are! When I was on the Universal Studios Tour a month ago, the tourguide pointed how they were using the backlot for the upcoming show "Desperate Housewives" Here's a peek (minus the fence). They must have been getting ready to do something there, too, because they normally have little signs out front that tell the history of each house. I was there a few years back, so things may have changed here and there.

Here's a look down the block: (Note a familiar house from "The Burbs".)

And directly across the street (Terri Hatcher's character's house, I believe - as well as a certain neighbor who really likes her gardener - if I'm not mixing up them up):

I'm the guy who posted that the wife thought the first episode was "degrading to women". We watched the second episode with the same result.

However, she loves the "I'm Denny Crane" program which follows.

I haven't seen that one. What's it about?

well, the toy chest contained what I thought it did.

Checked this show out tonite and i thought it was really good and that woman having the affair with the gardener is hotter than anything on tv now

my wife "made" me watch this show last night and its actually pretty interesting.

Originally posted by dmbatch
well, the toy chest contained what I thought it did.

And what would that be b/c I didn't see where anyone opened the chest?

Originally posted by AFH
And what would that be b/c I didn't see where anyone opened the chest?
In case anyone is watching on tape or PVR...

The voice over on the news said it contained "human remains."

Originally posted by hefe
In case anyone is watching on tape or PVR...

The voice over on the news said it contained "human remains."

The show already aired...if someone hasn't watched the show yet then they should not be reading a thread about it! I would only use spoliers if the info is about an un-aired esp, or inside information.

I think what the voice over really said was that it contained "what was thought to be human remains". Not that it really matters, I'm sure it will be human remains. but that would be very obvious, so maybe they will try a go another unsuspected direction.

I'm guessing it's the remains of their 2nd child.

It was the news report on the TV the kid was watching. Yes, it said thought to be or appears to be or something like that.

Someone help me out...

During the dinner party scene when they were exchanging embarrassing stories to lighten the mood after Rex told everyone they were in marriage counseling, I kept hearing a strange noise and was wondering what it was. I muted the sound at the exact moment Bree said whatever it was that she said that shut everyone up and caused Rex to leave the table. What did she say?

(Oh, it turned out the noise I was hearing was the music Bree was playing at the dinner party. It was coming out of my rear speakers. D'oh! And my ABC doesn't even do 5.1.)

Thanks.

She said something along the lines of: "he cries after he climaxes".

" he cries after he ejaculates" that was hilarious :D

FWIW, Beaver Cleaver's house was also used as the office for Dr. Marcus Welby.

That probably gives some of you an idea what timeframe I was on the Universal backlot tour... :D

Originally posted by shades
" he cries after he ejaculates" that was hilarious :D

What! OMG, I missed that. That is why he walked out. Hey, what guy doesn't cry after he ejaculates? Man, this show is too funny. Did Eva Longoria give that little girl another gift after she gave her the bike? The little was so funny.

Originally posted by AFH
Did Eva Longoria give that little girl another gift after she gave her the bike? .

I don't think so, i think she wanted lessons on how to ride the bike

I can't agreed more this show carrys the shadow of sex in the city but hey, it gets me going. At least far more better than the ridiciuos and running out of stories CSI series. Job well done by ABC together with another show Lost.

A friend of mine sent me this link, it looks like some sponsors are pulling the plug on their commericals. I can't believe that people get so worked up over a TV show. As the article states, this will probably cause more people to tune in and see what all the fuss is about.

http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&%20title=%27Desperate+Housewives%27+comes+under+fire+from+<br%20/>advertisers+-+Oct.+19%2C+2004&expire=&urlID=12002916&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.%20com%2F2004%2F10%2F19%2Fnews%2F fortune500%2Fdesperate%2F<br%20/>index.htm&partnerID=2200

Originally posted by Flyer1
A friend of mine sent me this link, it looks like some sponsors are pulling the plug on their commericals. I can't believe that people get so worked up over a TV show. As the article states, this will probably cause more people to tune in and see what all the fuss is about.

Don't worry too much about it.

It's perfectly reasonable for advertisers to choose not to advertise on a particular program due to program content; other advertisers are reportedly beating down ABC's door to buy ad time because DH is one of the few hits so far this season.

The most recent issue of Advertising Age covered this matter quite well...

Let's keep the discussion on this thread to the show itself. There's a separate thread for advertiser discussion.

I love the HD picture of this show but unfortunately our local ABC station sold a good portion of its bandwidth to USDTV and now our local digital HD channel looks like nothing more then widescreen standard definition.

Originally posted by CPanther95
Let's keep the discussion on this thread to the show itself. There's a separate thread for advertiser discussion.

Sorry, thought that kinda was on topic :(

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=listings&id=20041021abc07

Reports that tonight's runtime lasts until 1 minute past the hour.

I've padded my TiVo for Desparate Housewives and LOST. DH ran a minute over last week also.

Originally posted by aaronwt
I've padded my TiVo for Desparate Housewives and LOST. DH ran a minute over last week also.

But they actually changed the runtime in the guide. It was listed as 8:00-9:01. They actually did our padding for us!

Originally posted by fjerina
I love the HD picture of this show but unfortunately our local ABC station sold a good portion of its bandwidth to USDTV and now our local digital HD channel looks like nothing more then widescreen standard definition. Be thankful for widescreen.

The Denver ABC affiliate has a hamster in a wheel powering their HD antenna on top of their five story building in downtown Denver.

Further the NIMBYs that live around the towers continue their lawsuits to prevent the construction of a new tower for full power HD, so most Denver viewers can only dream about HD ABC or even 16:9 ABC... :mad:

"Yeah Eva Longoria is the Standout in the show from what I have seen so far"

Here Here EVA gets my vote she is simply HOT .

Yeah, sorry to be a real guy about this, but Eva is simply awesome. Whoever designs her costumes should be given an award. We see a LOT of that girl...and that's ok by me :)

L

I think the dead women was or is in the witness relocation program. And that Mike has something to do with it. Perhaps he is a Fed or mobster trying to find some information she had - most likely having to do with the coffin that was recovered in the river, which by the way they didn't mention on this esp.

Looks like the son is the real psychopath.

Originally posted by dmbatch
Looks like the son is the real psychopath.

I thought it was his dad. He definately is crazy after breaking in and setting the room up like Christmas.

This show is turning out much better than I first thought it would. Lots of interesting possibilities. Good PQ, but the sound was nothing special.

Is this show still being done in HD. I watched the first couple shows in HD, but the last 2 weeks it's been broadcast in SD? I'm getting ABC from the towers in San Francisco.

John

It was in HD last night.

Did anyone in the SF area get this in HD last night (via OTA)?

John

Originally posted by DroptheRemote
It was in HD last night.

Actually ignore this. I have the show recorded and after about 3-4 minutes it switched to HD (but last weeks show was in SD for some reason).

John

Originally posted by jcg
Did anyone in the SF area get this in HD last night (via OTA)?

John

First half was in SD OTA in DC. (WJLA)

Was Dana in the toy chest? Did Zack do her in? Tune in next week to find out - maybe.

Originally posted by REWJR
"Yeah Eva Longoria is the Standout in the show from what I have seen so far"

Here Here EVA gets my vote she is simply HOT .

Ok, it seems ABC has the lock on hotties this season...my favorite hotties (in order)

1) Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives)
2) Rhona Mitra (Boston Legal)
3) Evangeline Lilly (LOST)

Am I missing any? :-)

Darn ABC...my 6208 missed the last minute, just as the two mothers were about to 'take it outside' in the gym. What happened?

The bully folded like a yard sale card table...

I missed this episode (6). Is it being repeated later this week?

Originally posted by gpflepsen
I missed this episode (6). Is it being repeated later this week?

Doesn't look like it.

All I know is....... Gabrielle is gonna get caught because she is too careless, and Rex is either cheating on his wife or he is gay.

Man I thought Bree was gonna fall out of her bra from the middle last night. Now that would've gotten some good ratings.

Does anyone else feel that they need to keep the lawyer playing really dumb? If not it will totally kill his caracter in Scrubs.

Originally posted by dmbatch
Doesn't look like it.

Perhaps it is not being repeated Saturday because there is no episode this week. It might be on the 20th with the next new episode on the 21st.

Todd

Originally posted by henry296
Perhaps it is not being repeated Saturday because there is no episode this week. It might be on the 20th with the next new episode on the 21st.

Todd

Nope, checked before I posted. Football in on instead.

Man I thought Bree was gonna fall out of her bra from the middle last night. Now that would've gotten some good ratings.

anyone have any nice HD screenshots of Bree from last night. She looks great for 43 years old. Actually she looks great for any age.

Originally posted by catdaddy
anyone have any nice HD screenshots of Bree from last night. She looks great for 43 years old. Actually she looks great for any age.

She does look great, not only that I think she might be on her way to an Emmy with her acting in this show.

Originally posted by catdaddy
anyone have any nice HD screenshots of Bree from last night. She looks great for 43 years old. Actually she looks great for any age.

Even I let out a "wow!"... and I'm gay! She looks absolutely amazing. She has a body most 20-year-olds would envy.

Originally posted by mx6bfast
All I know is....... Gabrielle is gonna get caught because she is too careless, and Rex is either cheating on his wife or he is gay.

I was thinking he was either gay or he wanted a three way. Gabrielle seems to be quite careful. The thing that is going to bring her down is her complete and utterly unabashed horniness.

Originally posted by mx6bfast
Man I thought Bree was gonna fall out of her bra from the middle last night. Now that would've gotten some good ratings.[/B]

I was hoping that Marcia Cross would fall out of that fantastic red bra! :) I cannont say enough about how well she looked. She maybe 43, but man I certainly wouldn't mind! All ABC needed to do was show her wearing the matching red thong with the red bra and it would have been heaven. How her husband couldn't get up for that even if she had to keep the burito from falling on the floor is beyond my comprehension. If I were her husband in real life it would be nothing but "weekend sessions" for us. ;)

Originally posted by AFH
I was hoping that Marcia Cross would fall out of that fantastic red bra! :) I cannont say enough about how well she looked. She maybe 43, but man I certainly wouldn't mind! All ABC needed to do was show her wearing the matching red thong with the red bra and it would have been heaven. How her husband couldn't get up for that even if she had to keep the burito from falling on the floor is beyond my comprehension. If I were her husband in real life it would be nothing but "weekend sessions" for us. ;)

Well as they say, familiarity breeds contempt. Even the hottest woman becomes a pain over time...especially 15 years!

I too am curious about what hubby's bedroom secret might be....personally I think he wants her to forget about clean and go dirty dirty dirty. It was working for her to, up until the 'burrito' incident (I was cracking up the entire time).

Originally posted by Iteki
Well as they say, familiarity breeds contempt. Even the hottest woman becomes a pain over time...especially 15 years!

I too am curious about what hubby's bedroom secret might be....personally I think he wants her to forget about clean and go dirty dirty dirty. It was working for her to, up until the 'burrito' incident (I was cracking up the entire time).

Sometimes the hottest woman can become a pain after 3 months. This is just me, but even if she "had" to keep the burrito from falling, that would not have stopped me from having a "session" with her, especially with the way that she was looking.

Originally posted by AFH
Sometimes the hottest woman can become a pain after 3 months. This is just me, but even if she "had" to keep the burrito from falling, that would not have stopped me from having a "session" with her, especially with the way that she was looking.

Well considering he hadn't got any in months (supposedly), I would have to agree.

Originally posted by Iteki
Ok, it seems ABC has the lock on hotties this season...my favorite hotties (in order)

1) Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives)
2) Rhona Mitra (Boston Legal)
3) Evangeline Lilly (LOST)

Am I missing any? :-)
I don't know ... Lake Bell, also of Boston Legal? When she was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel's show she was wearing a red dress which, as I recall, looked like it could malfunction at any time.

Originally posted by dline
I don't know ... Lake Bell, also of Boston Legal? When she was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel's show she was wearing a red dress which, as I recall, looked like it could malfunction at any time.

You've got to be kidding! IMHO her face and neck look like a dude dressed up as a woman.

She could be the ultimate in 'gender bending'.

http://www.ssbn640.com/avatars/dh143.jpg

Originally posted by Karyk
You've got to be kidding! IMHO her face and neck look like a dude dressed up as a woman. You may be right, look here. (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-167090)

Originally posted by tall1
You may be right, look here. (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-167090) http://www.tvtome.com/images/people/167/0/90-34580-sm.jpg

That's a good pic, but lately she looks more like this:
http://eur.yimg.com/i/xp/premier_photo/8/8145b61b6c.jpg

Originally posted by hefe
That's a good pic, but lately she looks more like this:
She is definately all woman from from the neck down. Not sure about all the way down.

ftboomer should win some sort of award for helping out the cause with Marcia's pic. I can't believe how thin Marcia and Eva appear. They must split a bowl of steam for lunch.

Originally posted by tall1
They must split a bowl of steam for lunch.

OK, you win today's LOL award! :D

Originally posted by tall1
Not sure about all the way down.

What do you mean by that? Down where? Is there something down there? Could you explain to me b/c I don't quite get it?




Originally posted by tall1
ftboomer should win some sort of award for helping out the cause with Marcia's pic. I can't believe how thin Marcia and Eva appear. They must split a bowl of steam for lunch.

I think that you're totally wrong. They split a peanut in half for desert and they also split a grain of rice in half and they eat that for dinner. I will give Marcia credit b/c she has alot "up top" while sadly, Eva has nothing "up top" or on the bottom. With Eva there is nothing to play with. In that situation she has to go at it hard during "sessions". I'll take a women who has not filled out, but she goes at it hard during "sessions" than a women who has filled out well who doesn't go at it hard during "sessions". Now the best of both worlds is a woman who has completely filled out and she goes at it hard. ;)

I just wish that Teri Hatcher had larger tatas and then I would kill for her. I liked her looks when she was in SuperMan. Give me one that has killer tatas and I will make sure that she makes up for it in the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, hottub, swimming pool, did I miss anything? Okay the Golfcart, just got a new one that will run 30 miles an hour, hope I don't kill myself.

Originally posted by plasmamaniac
I just wish that Teri Hatcher had larger tatas and then I would kill for her. I liked her looks when she was in SuperMan.

Yeh, but she is old and they do tend to drop after a while. Instead of classifing Terri's and many other older women as 32a, b, c, d, etc. the bra manufacturers should classify them as 32L, 33L, 34L etc. L would stand for long. Some women would have to be classified as 34L & B. L & B would stand for Long and Big but Teri doesn't fall into the L & B category.

I understand that but I have to have certain dimensions in order to be happy playing with them. I saw an actress on Jah Leno and my wife says "I bet you like her" and I said "I would not be happy with her because she had everything but absolutely nothing in that department and she even was the first to admit it. Nothing wrong with that but I just want what I want.

Originally posted by plasmamaniac
I understand that but I have to have certain dimensions in order to be happy playing with them. I saw an actress on Jah Leno and my wife says "I bet you like her" and I said "I would not be happy with her because she had everything but absolutely nothing in that department and she even was the first to admit it. Nothing wrong with that but I just want what I want.

I agree. The bigger the better. That goes for the top and bottom, although I don't want the bottom too big.

I just wish that Teri Hatcher had larger tatas and then I would kill for her.
"They're real, and they're spectacular"...what more could you want???

I'm sorry but I have followed her for all of her career and when she was with the "SuperMan" thing I told my wife that if she had larger TATAS she would be the perfect woman. If she has had an enhancement, then so be it, but she has been in the "Goldie Hawn" group. You can't have it all.

Originally posted by plasmamaniac
I'm sorry but I have followed her for all of her career and when she was with the "SuperMan" thing I told my wife that if she had larger TATAS she would be the perfect woman. If she has had an enhancement, then so be it, but she has been in the "Goldie Hawn" group. You can't have it all.

At least they are jiggly? Jiggly can be fun during a "session".

Originally posted by AFH
The bigger the better. That goes for the top and bottom, although I don't want the bottom too big.

Are we still talking about men dressed as women? :D ;)

Originally posted by Karyk
Are we still talking about men dressed as women? :D ;)

Yeh, I can see how that can be confusing! :D

Wow, I wonder where this thread is going to be by the time Sunday finally gets here...:eek:

Originally posted by keenan
Wow, I wonder where this thread is going to be by the time Sunday finally gets here...:eek:

Knobby kneecaps and slinky ankles, no doubt. :)

Anyone think Zach whacked his sister? Could this be why his dad hates him and his mother committed suicide?

Originally posted by tall1
Anyone think Zach whacked his sister? Could this be why his dad hates him and his mother committed suicide?

I never saw the first episode of the show but that would be my guess...

ftboomer- You're a good man. Thanks for the pic.

Originally posted by catdaddy
ftboomer- You're a good man. Thanks for the pic.

Just doing what I can to help the cause!

What the hell has become of this thread?

ftboomer-

thank you. A nice treat this morning to remember how good marcia cross looked.

and yes, this thread better get back on track or we are gonna get shut down.

So for some on-topic discussion, yup I think zach whacked his sister...and somehow his parents covered it up, or his parents did it, and blamed zach (made him think he did it), to keep it a secret...either way, that'll mess your mind up good...

L

Originally posted by LeeG23
So for some on-topic discussion, yup I think zach whacked his sister...and somehow his parents covered it up, or his parents did it, and blamed zach (made him think he did it), to keep it a secret...either way, that'll mess your mind up good...

I think the latter is much more likely, for they've too clearly implied the former. Also it plays into the kid being a victim and the father being evil.

Marcia Cross is on Conan tonight.

I am so done with this thread. Have fun with yourselves. :)

Originally posted by Iteki
It has me hooked so far (although it has the potential to disappoint if they can't explain things well enough)....created by JJ Abrams of Alias fame.

It took me a sec to realize you were talking about "Lost" (in a DH thread, no less) but that gave me an idea. ABC has what's known as a "good problem" in that DH is doing so well that Alias might not find a way back on the schedule.

The solution is simple, really. Just have Sydney move to Wisteria Heights next door to Teri Hatcher's character, and be an undercover "Housewife" working for the CIA. She's hotter than the rest of them anyway.

The solution is simple, really. Just have Sydney move to Wisteria Heights next door to Teri Hatcher's character, and be an undercover "Housewife" working for the CIA.

Ummmm...isn't Mike already undercover and working for (most likely) the CIA/FBI?

Originally posted by Karyk
I think the latter is much more likely, for they've too clearly implied the former. Also it plays into the kid being a victim and the father being evil. Personally I think Dad did it but he's been telling Zach for years and years that he (Zach) was responsible for the death of Dana...

some closure tonight... :)

Excellent episode.

Poor Mrs. Kravitz... :)

What sort of idiot leaves what looked to be around $100,000 in cash on a shelf in a kitchen cabinet...:rolleyes: :p

I forgot her name, but the mom with all the little mongrols, Lynette? An outstanding nervous breakdown! Those kids are somthin else! That was the best part of tonites episode.

Originally posted by keenan
What sort of idiot leaves what looked to be around $100,000 in cash on a shelf in a kitchen cabinet...:rolleyes: :p That is exactly what I was thinking. My wife asked "Would you have dumped me if I had snooped around????". I replied, not if it was the kitchen cabinet and you were helping me out with letting the tile guy in the house. Helping yourself to a cup of coffee or cookies is not out of line in my book. If it was a bedroom dresser or a desk in the den, that would be another story, but a kitchen cabinet. That is just dumb.

Originally posted by TomCat
It took me a sec to realize you were talking about "Lost" (in a DH thread, no less) but that gave me an idea. ABC has what's known as a "good problem" in that DH is doing so well that Alias might not find a way back on the schedule.

The solution is simple, really. Just have Sydney move to Wisteria Heights next door to Teri Hatcher's character, and be an undercover "Housewife" working for the CIA. She's hotter than the rest of them anyway.

Check out LOST

quote:Originally posted by GregF
Is it me or are these new shows just bland? I thought it was fun at times but I spent big gaps of time web-browsing or daydreaming. It seemed slow and this is with 50% of the running time dedicated to commercials. Next week, given a choice of this or Criminal Intent or my beloved Adult Swim.....


I was responding to the above post...everything has a context.

Originally posted by CycloneGT
That is exactly what I was thinking. My wife asked "Would you have dumped me if I had snooped around????". I replied, not if it was the kitchen cabinet and you were helping me out with letting the tile guy in the house. Helping yourself to a cup of coffee or cookies is not out of line in my book. If it was a bedroom dresser or a desk in the den, that would be another story, but a kitchen cabinet. That is just dumb.

Agree for the most part here, I think Mike was mad at himself for leaving it lying around as much as he was mad at her. It's important to remember that she found the money BEFORE he agreed to let her help him with the tile guy. That was her excuse to snoop some more. Also remember that noone asked her to get the dog a snack. Women DO snoop, not sure whether it comes naturally or as a defense mechanism against us guys being untrustworthy :-)

Edited For Spelling

Originally posted by im timmy
I forgot her name, but the mom with all the little mongrols, Lynette? An outstanding nervous breakdown! Those kids are somthin else! That was the best part of tonites episode.

Very Sopranosesque.

What's with the "Eagle State" license plates? Is that just supposed to be a generic, non-specific state - or is there a state that is actually the Eagle State?

Originally posted by CPanther95
What's with the "Eagle State" license plates? Is that just supposed to be a generic, non-specific state - or is there a state that is actually the Eagle State?

Must be, the old Anytown, Anywhere, USA thing..

Originally posted by CPanther95
Poor Mrs. Kravitz... :)

Reportedly, she will return in flashbacks as the mystery unwinds.

This makes sense, as she apparently knows/knew what happened to Dana.

Originally posted by plasmamaniac
I'm sorry but I have followed her for all of her career and when she was with the "SuperMan" thing I told my wife that if she had larger TATAS she would be the perfect woman. If she has had an enhancement, then so be it, but she has been in the "Goldie Hawn" group. You can't have it all.

I believe that you would change your mind after watching her early (topless) movies. See IMDB for titles.

Originally posted by wjbjr
I believe that you would change your mind after watching her early (topless) movies. See IMDB for titles.

Really! :eek: How?

Originally posted by keenan
What sort of idiot leaves what looked to be around $100,000 in cash on a shelf in a kitchen cabinet...:rolleyes: :p

Even worse - who leaves a loaded gun in a kitchen cabinet!

Originally posted by Joxer
Even worse - who leaves a loaded gun in a kitchen cabinet!

Both the gun and the cash were left in the cabinet by the "idiot" who was instructed to do so by the script so that Susan could find them without appearing to be searching through his personal things.

By the by, there is an interesting DH cover story in the November 29 'Newsweek' issue.

Originally posted by wjbjr
Both the gun and the cash were left in the cabinet by the "idiot" who was instructed to do so by the script so that Susan could find them without appearing to be searching through his personal things.


:D :D

It's just TV, but that sort of ridiculous plot setup really stretches reality to the breaking point.

Whatever happened to the two kids' "love" story? I thought that was a very funny part of the show, and the abscence of the storyline has weakened the two characters. It was part of the quirky edge that made the show unique.

Originally posted by squicken
Whatever happened to the two kids' "love" story? I thought that was a very funny part of the show, and the abscence of the storyline has weakened the two characters. It was part of the quirky edge that made the show unique.

i think the love triangle with the dad, twin and the mom is much funnier, or the sister and her open marriage

But we haven't seen Buster and Lucille Ostero together in a while either...

Or Michael and Gob going after Marta until 'hermano' got in the way ;) (LOL)

The reason I was wondering was b/c of this week's "Steve Holt" show. When G.M asked Maybe(sp?) about it, he didn't seem anything more than curious. I guess it's b/c of Ann (not pictured).

*bump*

There was a scene in episode 203 where Michael tells George Michael "That cousin of yours is a helluva girl...its too bad you cant date her", and GM responds with "What...you wouldnt have a problem with that?". So I think the storyline is still there, just on the backburner. This is the type of show that loves to bring things back later down the road, so I wouldnt be suprised to see it turn up in the future.

So nobody has commented on last night's episode and the major relevation? Why were there adult remains in the toy chest when Dana was supposedly a baby?

Originally posted by PJO1966
So nobody has commented on last night's episode and the major relevation? Why were there adult remains in the toy chest when Dana was supposedly a baby? I've been wondering why Paul dug up the chest in the first place. Must've wanted it to be found since there's little chance his wife's suicide would ever send investigators into his pool with jackhammers. It was pretty safe right where it was. Tossing it into the creek guaranteed discovery.

After a while last year the Cousin love jokes got alittle stale with me. I think it is also back on the burner so they can come up with new angles to use it rather then GM doing idiotic things to impress Maybe.

I must confess, last nite i was rewinding my tivo to get a better look at the WMD's. LOL! :D

Originally posted by PJO1966
So nobody has commented on last night's episode and the major relevation? Why were there adult remains in the toy chest when Dana was supposedly a baby?

In the words of Keanu Reeves I said "Whoa" when the detective said it was an adults remains. I think it was speculation that Dana was in the chest. So who else could it be? Someone that Mike the plumber is looking for?

Man, is Gabrielle lucky or what?

hehe, at least we don't have to wait 2 months until a new episode.

Originally posted by mx6bfast
In the words of Keanu Reeves I said "Whoa" when the detective said it was an adults remains. I think it was speculation that Dana was in the chest. So who else could it be? Someone that Mike the plumber is looking for?

Mike did say at one point that he was looking for the sister of the girl who was staying with him... how long has she been missing?

Man, is Gabrielle lucky or what?

So far... but I doubt it will last. I'll be very surprised if the kid's mom doesn't turn him in.

I knew John was in high school, but I thought he was 18. She started sleeping with him when he was 16? Ew. I don't care how hot he is... Ew.

Topics merged.

Wait... is this thread about DH or about Arrested Development? I'm confused...

Originally posted by Ken H
Topics merged.

What did you do? U combined a couple of Arrested Development posts with a whole thread that talks about Desperate Housewives! Why? Maybe I'm confused by I don't think that George Michael and Lucille live next door to Eddi and the rest of the women on Wisteria Lane.

The only correlation I can see between the two shows is a married woman and a high school boy... though in Arrested Development he is clearly over 18 as he is a career student.

Ken H, you drinking on the job? What a strange topic merge this one is.

We also were caught by surprise at the end. I'm betting it has something to do with the woman Mike is looking for, although I don't know how it's going to tie in together. Very intriguing.

Originally posted by sangs
Ken H, you drinking on the job? What a strange topic merge this one is.

We also were caught by surprise at the end. I'm betting it has something to do with the woman Mike is looking for, although I don't know how it's going to tie in together. Very intriguing.

Whoa, now I'm confused. :eek: Who the hell is Mike? I don't remember a Mike being on DH or AD. You must be thinking about Las Vegas b/c there is a Mike on that show. :) Now Ken, Sangs did mention Mike but I would hope that you don't merge this thread with the Las Vegas threads. Ken you may also want to layoff of the midday benders. ;) Just a suggestion!

Originally posted by PJO1966
The only correlation I can see between the two shows is a married woman and a high school boy... though in Arrested Development he is clearly over 18 as he is a career student.

Well I guess you could say John's development was arrested by Gabriele..:p

Originally posted by AFH
Whoa, now I'm confused. :eek: Who the hell is Mike? I don't remember a Mike being on DH or AD. You must be thinking about Las Vegas b/c there is a Mike on that show. :) Now Ken, Sangs did mention Mike but I would hope that you don't merge this thread with the Las Vegas threads. Ken you may also want to layoff of the midday benders. ;) Just a suggestion!

Mike is the name of the mysterious guy across the street that's shagging Teri Hatcher. Right? Now I'm getting confused.

Originally posted by sangs
Mike is the name of the mysterious guy across the street that's shagging Teri Hatcher. Right? Now I'm getting confused.

Right, he's the plumber. Or the guy from the sadly defunct Treat Matrix.

Originally posted by sangs
Mike is the name of the mysterious guy across the street that's shagging Teri Hatcher. Right? Now I'm getting confused.

Yes. This thread is getting better than the show itself...:p

Originally posted by sangs
Mike is the name of the mysterious guy across the street that's shagging Teri Hatcher. Right? Now I'm getting confused.

Oh yeh, he is the one that is going to fix Hatcher's "plumbing". Did he use or is he going to use his snake to dig out Hatcher's plumbing? I haven't seen that episode yet.

.Thought this might get the thread back on track.

http://www.blazinbeauties.com/images5/marcia_cross/marcia_cross_9.jpg

That does NOT look like the body of a 41 year old... she's amazing.

Did you see Marcia in that dress last episode? She looked even skinnier than in the catdaddy's pics....btw, thanks catdaddy for the wake up post ;) I really wonder if she has an eating disorder.

I saw her on Leno last week, and in hi-def too (I hate Leno, but saw her on the show as I flipped through the channels).

Yes, she does look great. Too bad this thread and the LOST thread make it hard to read at work (people walking by...)

Good thing my female manager didn't just walk behind me

there is some nipular action going on

Originally posted by mx6bfast
Good thing my female manager didn't just walk behind me

there is some nipular action going on

You gotta get a office man. I have a office with a door and the monitor is turned so that only I can see it, but I won't look at these pics until I get home b/c I'm parnoid. You know they're always watching us. :D

Be on your best behavior in this thread boys, we can't run the risk of it being locked up! I have a feeling I might be returning to page 12 with some frequency....

Be advised that the photos have been forwarded to the FCC by 100,000 "concerned parents" -- all with the same message of protest.<g>

Could it be a body double? <g>

Originally posted by wjbjr
Be advised that the photos have been forwarded to the FCC by 100,000 "concerned parents" -- all with the same message of protest.<g>


Oh no! :eek: I am afraid now! <sarcasim>

I am loving watching Desperate Housewives on ABC HD. The high-def makes the show look soooo good. The show moves at a great pace with lots of story lines going on. I love how they switch between the scenes. The opening credits is a work of art in HD. I am always surprised at what happens each week. And the shirtless gardener and plumber is not bad eye candy.

Originally posted by AFH
You gotta get a office man. I have a office with a door and the monitor is turned so that only I can see it, but I won't look at these pics until I get home b/c I'm parnoid. You know they're always watching us. :D

as long as you leave both hands where they can be seen,, I think you're A-ok!

Originally posted by fjerina
I am loving watching Desperate Housewives on ABC HD. The high-def makes the show look soooo good. The show moves at a great pace with lots of story lines going on. I love how they switch between the scenes. The opening credits is a work of art in HD. I am always surprised at what happens each week. And the shirtless gardener and plumber is not bad eye candy.

My wife and I watched Desperate Housewives for the first time in HD this past Sunday. She couldn't get over how much more red Bree's hair was. I then switched it back to SD and she immediately saw the difference. Needless to say, that was the moment my wife was finally sold on HD.

Originally posted by bmwf1techie
My wife and I watched Desperate Housewives for the first time in HD this past Sunday. She couldn't get over how much more red Bree's hair was. I then switched it back to SD and she immediately saw the difference. Needless to say, that was the moment my wife was finally sold on HD.

I couldn't believe how nice Bree's breasts looked when she wore that outfit for her husband. Yes, is all that I could say.

Anybody see this yet?
http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/features/2004/longoria/

I know she's been in one of the men's magazines before, but she snagged the cover. It'd be nice to see all of the DH women share a cover/feature...

I would mow her lawn for free.

Originally posted by cyberbri
Anybody see this yet?
http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/features/2004/longoria/

It'd be nice to see all of the DH women share a cover/feature...

They were -- and still are -- on the cover of the November 29 issue of 'Newsweek'.

*BUMP*

This show just keeps getting better. I love how they're plugging that Dynasty movie during the commercials. They know their audience.

There were some great moments this week, but I love Gabrielle pushing the furniture down the street. She has some of the best sight gags (mowing the lawn in an evening gown).

I guess we put to rest the possibility that Rex was gay this week. He just likes to be dominated.

Originally posted by PJO1966
This show just keeps getting better. I love how they're plugging that Dynasty movie during the commercials. They know their audience.

There were some great moments this week, but I love Gabrielle pushing the furniture down the street. She has some of the best sight gags (mowing the lawn in an evening gown).

I guess we put to rest the possibility that Rex was gay this week. He just likes to be dominated. I loved that scene too with Gabby. I think Rex is in for more pain from Bree than he ever experienced with his dominatrix.

It's funny. I only watched this show's premier because there wasn't anything else on I wanted to see. I was completely expecting to hate it. Now I never want to miss it. I like the characters & plot which just keeps twisting all over the place.

Originally posted by tall1
I think Rex is in for more pain from Bree than he ever experienced with his dominatrix.

Ironic, isn't it? He is finally getting what he wants from Bree - pain. This will probably end up saving their relationship. ;)

The Rex plot twist is absolutely awesome! This show has some fresh ideas and it seems to be getting better.

Originally posted by dmbatch
Ironic, isn't it? He is finally getting what he wants from Bree - pain. This will probably end up saving their relationship. ;)

When she was giving him hell at the end my Partner said "he's probably getting off on this."

Originally posted by PJO1966
When she was giving him hell at the end my Partner said "he's probably getting off on this."

He certainly had that look on his face when Bree was chewing him out! ;)