And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But there's so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did.
And they didn't have to get into a lot of legal speak or talk ER terms, they were real people. I think that's why so many actresses were attracted to it. And it was just about problems that you could identify with so much, right off the bat.
Because there's so much of it as a kid, you sort of rebel, so you hate country music. I never had any musical aspirations at all.
I believe in Steve McPherson, who took over ABC. I think he's got a great idea of where he wants the network to go.
I bought land in Montana, and in a perfect world, this show would run for four years and then you'd never see me again.
I have a long track record of really horrible relationships and a divorce behind me; so I'm not the guy to ask. I just got really fortunate with this one.
I just went to Chicago to do theater and stumbled into the professional, on-camera side of it. I didn't start until I was 28.
I knew I could bulk up quicker than I could lose weight. I tried to beef up the top half so the middle would look smaller.
I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting.
I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.
I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.
I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.
I think it helps a lot when they tell people that Teri Hatcher likes you. If you're Teri Hatcher's boyfriend, suddenly you're hunky I guess. I've spent 40 years being average and now I'm Teri hatcher's boyfriend and here we are. I've been really fortunate.
I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders.
I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.
I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.
I wasn't aware of the dynamics of my parents' marriage until I was out of college.
I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that.
I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really.
I'm pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican.
I've been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about.
It slows down grocery shopping, because so many women at the store watch the show. I always end up talking to two or three people every time I go to Ralphs. It's fun.
It was described as Sex and the Suburbs. It's so not that. Because on Sex and the City, those women told each other everything; on our show, it's much more like the real suburbs - nobody tells anybody anything. Everything's a secret.
It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.
James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid.
Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it's fun to know people are watching, and to know that all of your hard work is not sort of wasted.
My last real job was selling air time for CBS affiliates. I quit that when I was 28, and that was the last real job I had. I beat the system. I've been able to do this full-time for almost 15 years.
My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it.
My wife being a trainer helps, because when I'm at home, everything we keep at the house is pretty healthy.
Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium.
Reese Witherspoon is from Nashville, and that's the only other actor that I know of.
Some advertisers pulled out, but what did they think they were buying? They saw the pilot, and the pilot was a little racier than the other episodes.
The biggest difference is, Desperate Housewives is really funny, because Mark Cherry, the creator, is a really great comedy writer.
The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there.
The cast is so big that you really don't work very much.
The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny.
The West Wing was at the height of its popularity at the time. It was just such a great fun set to be on and watch those other actors work.
They're pretty particular about what they show. They certainly edit the scripts and have conversations with the writers about what they are and aren't willing to portray. But the writers and the network are pretty much on the same page.
This is my third ABC show over the last four years, so we were afraid that nobody would find it. ABC was really struggling and so we just weren't very confident that it would find an audience.
This one's fun because a lot more people are interested in the show, wanting to talk about the mystery and that kind of stuff.
We've all been around love enough to know how lucky we are. I've never seen anybody have a cross word on the set, and I'm there a lot. All the women just got brand-new trailers, so they're happy.
When I came out here, my manager thought that casting directors might think I'm a girl, and when I did Threat Matrix, they thought Jamie was a little light.
Working with Rob Lowe was a lot of fun. He was very professional and really prepared.
You just assume or hope or trust that you're good enough at what you do that'll you continue to work and that there will be another job.
Whenever James is in Atlanta, he likes going to "Varsity" (a restaurant in downtown Atlanta).
James appeared on the Celebrity edition of the gameshow Jeporday!
During the 2006 break from Desperate Housewives, James went to Santa Fe in New Mexico, where he starred in a historical comedy-western called Wanted: Undead Or Alive.
James starred in the play, In Walked Monk while also starring on The Pretender. For one whole month, twice a week, he played two completely different roles within a twenty-four hour period .
James moved to Chicago to further pursue acting. His first role there was as Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire.
James won the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. (Desperate Housewives)
In the past, James has been a Big Brother/mentor.
James' first role was as George Gibbs in a production of Our Town during the bicentennial in Nashville.
James' father was a dentist.
James is often called Jamie.
On Febuary 19 of 2005, James was the recipient of Oprah Winfrey's Your Wildest Dream. He was taken to City of Palms, Florida to spend an afternoon training with the Boston Red Sox baseball team at their spring training facility.
James dated country music star Deana Carter in high school.
James attended Goodlettsville High School in Tennessee.
James and his wife, Erin, welcomed their first child, Sheppard, on March of 2003. They welcomed their second child, a girl, on March 22, 2005. Her name was Malin O'Brien Denton, and she weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
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