- Desperate Housewives was one of the biggest shows of the noughties
- But now a new reboot of the comedy-drama is in the works
- And fans aren’t happy!
Desperate Housewives was one of the biggest shows of the noughties.
Starring Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross – and, for the first five seasons, Nicollette Sheridan – the comedy-drama amassed a huge following, as fans were desperate to keep up to date with all the goings on in their fictional street.
And now, producers are bringing the show back… sort of.
Wisteria Lane – the name of the original cul-de-sac in Desperate Housewives – has been set up for development, and comes from Kerry Washington‘s Simpson Street and 20th Television.
Described as a “fun, sexy, darkly comedic soap/mystery”, the show will be “set among a group of five very different friends – and sometimes frenemies – who all live on Wisteria Lane”.
But after fans noticed that it will be a different set of friends this time, they took to social media to voice their concerns – and didn’t hold back.
‘It won’t work’, say Desperate Housewives fans
you’ll never be them pic.twitter.com/TPXYV6F0Ne https://t.co/GjjJRud2qn
— msbolandbotwin 🌻 (@msboland_botwin) April 30, 2025
Branding the reimagining as “disrespectful”, some were quite diplomatic about the news.
“I really don’t think this is necessary,” wrote one polite fan on Twitter/X. Another said, “I’ll remain skeptical and hope to be proven wrong.”
Another added, “It won’t work I don’t think but good luck!”
But others were more, erm, to the point in their reactions.
“No thanks, can we leave classic shows be and stop doing these reimagining bs,” wrote one, as someone else went on, “STOP REMAKING S*** omg you’ll never get even close to the original when will they understand. There are SO many good stories to adapt.”
Another threatened, “Don’t f*** my show up.”
Others begged producers to give them the original cast back.
“NO NO NO AND NO, give us a reunion not a new show NO,” one cried, as another said, “If Marcia Cross isn’t there, cancel it. Idc if it’s ‘only in the works’ and ‘not even airing yet’, cancel it.”
Someone else referenced the Sex and The City reboot, and exclaimed, “Noooooooooooo I can’t face an And Just Like That’d Bree or Edie.”
Fans beg Desperate Housewives producers to ‘stop doing remakes’
DON’T. https://t.co/KjAB0u2h8n pic.twitter.com/nlZ2PQ8pVp
— cuntiana (@catrachiana) April 29, 2025
Others made some very fair points.
“They can make a dark comedy soap opera based in a cul de sac without it being a reboot,” someone said, as another agreed, “Can we please STOP DOING REMAKES.”
“I mean like… work and I will watch, but why not just do…a mystery dramedy that’s fun, sexy, darkly comedic but original setting instead of Wisteria Lane like dlfkfkdkdkd I hate that this is the only way to get s*** made it feels like,” someone else went on.
Other fans commented that the show wouldn’t work thanks to the modern way of keeping TV seasons short.
“A show that cannot work in TV’s current production schedule,” one mused. “Desperate Housewives is about taking 22 episodes every year to reveal that your new neighbour is evil and must die/be forced out of civilization. Forcing Bush-era glamorous psychosis into a sedate 8 episodes? Never!”
Someone else concurred, “Sorry but I legit don’t know how you can replicate Desperate Housewives today.
“Even setting aside all the societal and cultural changes that happened since the show was airing, you CAN’T tell a Desperate Housewives story within short nine episodes seasons we get nowadays.”
And one person just wanted an answer to a very simple question.
“But can you truly capture how utterly f***ing unhinged it was?” they asked. We guess we’ll have to wait and see…
