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[edit] Introduction

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[edit] The Show

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[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 2004

• On July 5, 2004, the Desperate Housewives LiveJournal community des_housewives was created. [1]
• On October 3, 2004, Desperate Housewives debuted on television in the United States on ABC. [2][3]
• On November 1, 2004, the LiveJournal community desperate_hw was created. [4]
• On November 9, 2004, the LiveJournal communty the_housewives was created. [5]
• On December 1, 2004, the Eva Longoria LiveJournal community evalongoria_fan was created. [6]

[edit] 2005

• On January 2, 2005, the LiveJournal community dh_directory was created. [7]
• On January 18, 2005, the message board Wisteria Lane was created. [8]

Chart for past 6 months of of January 6, 2008 comparing CSI: Miami, Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives fan fiction blog references.

• On January 19, 2005, the United Kingdom based LiveJournal community dh_uk was created. [9]
• On November 28, 2005, the Russian language LiveJournal community ru_desperate was created. [10]

[edit] 2007

• Around June 20, 2007, the message board desperatehousewives.freeforums.org was created. [11]

[edit] 2008

• On January 10, 2008, the last episode taped before the Writers Strike started aired. [12]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential Fanworks

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[edit] The Internet

[edit] LiveJournal

There is a small but active community of fans on LiveJournal. Some of the biggest communities of fans are focused on discussing new episodes, the actors and icon making.

[edit] National Communities

Because the show airs on different dates in different countries and because of language issues, various national communities have arisen which have their own unique histories.

[edit] Russia

On November 28, 2005, the Russian language LiveJournal community ru_desperate was created. [13]

[edit] United Kingdom

On January 19, 2005, the United Kingdom based LiveJournal community dh_uk was created. [14]

[edit] United States

On October 3, 2004, Desperate Housewives debuted on television in the United States on ABC. [15][16]

[edit] Fandom Members

• Roaming Tigress, an author at FanFiction.Net
• eevee_gurl, maintainer of des_housewives
• lea724, maintainer of des_housewives

See also Desperate Housewives fans.

[edit] Fandom Size

As of August 19, 2007, there are 9 Desperate Housewives stories on FanLib [17] and has des_housewives 1383 members.

See also Desperate Housewives fan fiction community size.

[edit] External Links

• des_housewives @ LiveJournal.Com
• Desperate Housewives @ FanLib
• Desperate Housewives @ FanWorksFinder

[edit] See also

• Terri Hatcher

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