Daily commented, "When we came on in season three, the mandate was to bring the show back to its roots. He added: "And I'm going to work much harder to criss-cross all the women's stories so that their lives bump up against each other." To help refresh the show, several new writers were hired, including Greenstein, Joe Keenan, who also served as an executive producer, and Bob Daily, who was also a producer. The cast also expressed disappointment in the second season James Denton considered leaving the show and Marcia Cross confessed "I've been at Marc's door plenty of times with script complaints, going 'You've got to be kidding.'" Cherry stated that the six-month time jump would help the storylines develop quicker, as the second season's storylines lagged. "One of the problems I had with season two was that I had to keep going with the previous year's stuff," he explained that he learned he had to go back to square one to build up the tension again, expressing his own disappointment in the development of the second season. Cherry stated that he regretted most of the second season, as scheduling problems made it difficult to plan the season's storylines. Ĭherry's decision to advance the storylines by six months for the third-season premiere came as a response to the series' problematic second season. New directors for the third season included David Warren, Sanaa Hamri, and Matthew Diamond. Shaw and Grossman continued to direct episodes, as did Wendey Stanzler. Bans and Etten also served as story editors. Alexander, Christian McLaughlin, Valerie Ahern, and Jeff Greenstein. Alexandra Cunningham, Jenna Bans, Kevin Etten, Josh Senter, and Dahvi Waller returned to the writing staff and were joined by Susan Nirah Jaffee, Brian A. All but Black, Grossman, Perkins, and Shaw also served as writers for the third season. Larry Shaw and David Grossman, both of whom previously served as producers and directors for the series, were promoted to co-executive producers, with Bob Daily rounding out the team. John Pardee, Joey Murphy, and Chris Black continued to serve as co-executive producers. Perkins, both of whom had previously served as co-executive producers in earlier seasons. They were replaced by Kevin Murphy and George W.
Michael Edelstein and Tom Spezialy, who served as executive producers for seasons one and two, did not return for the series' third season due to creative differences. After leaving the episodic writing to his staff during the second season, he returned as a writer as well.
Marc Cherry returned as the series' showrunner and executive producer. Buena Vista Home Entertainment officially released the season on DVD in the United States and Canada on September 4, 2007. The highest-rated episode of the season was the season premiere, watched by 24.09 million viewers with an 8.5 rating, ranking second in the week.
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Despite numerous complaints about scheduling in the previous seasons, Desperate Housewives was one of the few ABC series to keep its original time slot. This season also aired the first "disaster episode" of the series, " Bang", which saw the main characters dealing with a shooting in a local supermarket. The production team and the cast members received positive critical response, resulting in numerous awards and nominations. The season received critical acclaim, most critics noting an improvement in the writing after the unsuccessful second season. " Secrets and Lies" was narrated by Brenda Strong and was the last clip show to be produced for the series, airing before the inception of the fourth season. " The Juciest Bites" aired before the seventeenth episode, detailing the events of the first three seasons, in order to introduce the new story arcs in the end of the season. In addition, two clip shows were produced for the season, in order to put the previous events of the show in perspective. Broadcast in the Sunday night timeslot at 9:00 ET, the season aired twenty-three regular episodes. The season continues the story of the Wisteria Lane residents, describing their lives in the suburban neighborhood, while dealing with the arrival of the mysterious Orson Hodge. The third season of the American dramedy-mystery television series Desperate Housewives commenced airing on ABC in the United States on September 24, 2006, and concluded on May 20, 2007.
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