Some shows are hard to define. In a way, Desperate Housewives has it all: adultery, blackmail, shocking deaths, and plot twists, and every kind of dysfunctional relationship imaginable. Fans of the series loved the gorgeous style of the series and the main characters, as well as the shocking secrets in this perfect suburban world.
The series is available to stream on Hulu, but fans may choose to forgo another rewatch in favor of checking out one of the following series. These shows offer enough romance, scandal, and drama- from new hits to older favorites- to entertain even the most devout fans of Desperate Housewives.
10 Bridgerton (Netflix)
Bridgerton is a hit period piece, that employs the female gaze and tells a love story from a young woman's point of view. Those who enjoy the abundance of female protagonists in Desperate Housewives is will likely love Bridgerton (which is returning for a second season!). This series offers up a ton of drama in the form of developing romances and hidden family secrets in upper-class Regency-era English families, and has a similarly gorgeous style, too.
9 Gossip Girl (HBO Max)
Like Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl features women at the center of all sorts of scandals. Like the housewives, the main characters of Gossip Girl know how to get messy.
Things these "best friends" have done to each other include: stealing phones, cheating, sleeping with each other's significant other(s), blackmail, and bullying, just to name a few. Also, Gabrielle would definitely approve of the fashion. With six seasons streaming on HBO Max, and a reboot on the way, check out Gossip Girl.
8 Grey's Anatomy (Netflix, Hulu)
Like Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy is a product of the 2000s. As such, it has a distinctive vibe that will feel familiar to Housewives fans. However, where Housewives ended its run soon after the turn of the decade, Grey's kept on. The latter is currently on its 17th season, and hasn't yet shown any signs of slowing down. For fans looking for something to occupy them for the long run, it's a smart idea to consider investing time in Grey's Anatomy, one of the most popular medical dramas of all time.
7 Killing Eve (Hulu)
Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh (who also starred as Christina Yang on Grey's Anatomy), shares something of the general tone and black comedy of Desperate Housewives. Like Housewives, Killing Eve involves a a lot of murder and danger, but does so with a wry sense of humor about it all. Killing Eve offers two interesting, multi-faceted female protagonists. Oh's Eve becomes obsessed with tracking down assassin Villanelle, played by Jodie Comer, and the two develop feelings that complicate their dynamic along the way.
6 One Tree Hill (Hulu)
If the family dynamics and drama are the appeal of Desperate Housewives, check out One Tree Hill. This series follows two teenage half brothers and the people in their lives. Nathan and Lucas hate each other, but share a father, and said father causes all kinds of trouble for basically everyone in their small town. A lot of the plot deals with the boys and their mothers, telling stories about these dynamics from the sons' point of view, something of a reversal of how these dynamics are explored on Housewives (think Bree and Andrew).
5 Ozark (Netflix)
Adultery is a common theme in both Desperate Housewives and the Netflix original drama series Ozark. As Housewives fans know, two out of the four main housewives were unfaithful to their husbands at one point or another, and everyone but Lynette knew what it was like to be cheated on. The family drama in Ozark begins when Marty finds proof that his wife has been having an affair. They have to stay together for the sake of their family's safety, so they eventually work things out, but there's a good deal of drama in the meantime. The series centers on the trouble they get into when Marty takes a job laundering money for a drug cartel, and his wife and kids get involved.
4 Pretty Little Liars (HBO Max)
Pretty Little Liars may be one of the only series in existence that can boast more instances of blackmail than Desperate Housewives, which, fans will know, is really saying something. Just as the plot of Housewives kicks off with Mary Alice's suicide after she finds out she's being blackmailed, PLL's story kicks off with an anonymous text from "A", who apparently knows all of the friends' secrets in the wake of the supposed death of their friend Alison. Another way that the girls of PLL are like the housewives is their penchant for failed romances.
3 Scream Queens (Hulu)
Fans who love the murder mystery element of Desperate Housewives will probably like Scream Queens. This show, which only ran for two seasons, is all about a series of murders that the main characters try to both avoid and solve. Season one takes place at a college campus, as a sorority house with a dark history is plagued by grisly murders. Season two has the characters working in a learning hospital, where yet another murderer is on the loose.
2 The Americans (Amazon Prime)
The Americans focuses a lot on the marriage between Philip and Elizabeth, the two main characters. It's also a full-on, high-brow espionage drama about the Cold War, but Desperate Housewives fans will likely enjoy the relationship drama, danger, and intrigue. Another thing The Americans has in common with Desperate Housewives is the setting: both series take place largely in the suburbs.
1 You (Netflix)
There's no shortage of stalking on Desperate Housewives, nor is there on the Netflix original series You, starring Penn Badgley, who also starred as Dan Humphrey in Gossip Girl. You centers on serial stalker and murder Joe, who sees himself as the romantic hero in his twisted story. He preys on women obsessively, and when they inevitably let him down in some way, he kills them. There's a whole lot of murder and romance in this surprisingly fun series.
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April 21, 2021 at 05:30AM
