When the first season aired it (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/13397-desperate-housewives/) was on every magazine, ABC advertised the hell out of it, and it seemed to hit at the right moment. Yet, it (https://web.archive.org/web/20140403160428/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3141018-desperate-housewives-a-trip-down-memory-lane/?view=getnewpost) seems to be almost totally forgotten (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/28279831-why-did-desperate-housewives-fade-away-), unless the Teri Hatcher drama is mentioned. Compare the show with Sex and the City, which ended the same year that Desperate Housewives (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/desperatehousewives.htm) started. SATC is still talked about, it had two movies and recently got a follow up series.