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<b>DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES</b> - Episode Information and Ratings (Numbers are from Nielsen Media Research)

<b>Live+7 Total Viewers</b> = Live Viewers + DVR playback up to 7 days later (Live + 7)

<b>Live+SD Total Viewers</b> = Live Viewers + Same Day DVR playback (Live + Same Day)

<b>Live Total Viewers</b> = Live Viewers

<b>18-49</b> = Live + SD Numbers

Season 7

Timeslot: Sunday at 9pm

Episode 7.1: "Remember Paul?"

Air Date: September 26, 2010

Written By: Marc Cherry

Directed By: David Grossman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 15.16 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 13.06 million

18-49: 4.3/10

18-49 Live+7: 5.3

Episode 7.2: "You Must Meet My Wife"

Air Date: October 3, 2010

Written By: Dave Flebotte

Directed By: Larry Shaw

Live+7 Total Viewers: 15.0 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 13.23 million

18-49: 4.4/10

18-49 Live+7: 5.3

Episode 7.3: "Truly Content"

Air Date: October 10, 2010

Written By: Matt Berry

Directed By: Tara Nicole Weyr

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.17 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 12.38 million

18-49: 3.9/10

18-49 Live+7: 4.8

Episode 7.4: "The Thing That Counts is What's Inside"

Air Date: October 17, 2010

Written By: Jason Ganzel

Directed By: David Grossman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.48 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 12.67 million

18-49: 3.9/10

18-49 Live+7: 4.8

Episode 7.5: "Let Me Entertain You"

Air Date: October 24, 2010

Written By: Sara Parriot & Josann McGibbon

Directed By: Lonny Price

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.90 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 12.16 million

18-49: 3.9/9

18-49 Live+7: 4.7

Episode 7.6: "Excited and Scared"

Air Date: October 31, 2010

Written By: Jeff Greenstein

Directed By: Jeff Greenstein

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.25 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.10 million

18-49: 3.5/9

18-49 Live+7: 4.6

Episode 7.7: "A Humiliating Business"

Air Date: November 7, 2010

Written By: Marco Pennette

Directed By: Larry Shaw

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.73 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 12.72 million

18-49: 4.1/10

18-49 Live+7: 5.0

Episode 7.8: "Sorry Grateful"

Air Date: November 14, 2010

Written By: Annie Weisman

Directed By: David Grossman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.72 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.92 million

18-49: 3.8/9

18-49 Live+7: 4.6

Episode 7.9: "Pleasant Little Kingdom"

Air Date: December 5, 2010

Written By: Dave Flebotte

Directed By: Arlene Sanford

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.20 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.36 million

18-49: 3.6/8

18-49 Live+7: 4.5

Episode 7.10: "Down The Block There's a Riot"

Air Date: December 12, 2010

Written By: Bob Daily

Directed By: Larry Shaw

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.52 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.60 million

18-49: 3.6/8

18-49 Live+7: 4.4

Episode 7.11: "Assassins"

Air Date: January 2, 2011

Written By: John Paul Bullock III

Directed By: David Warren

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.03 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 12.19 million

18-49: 3.8/9

18-49 Live+7: 4.6

Episode 7.12: "Where Do I Belong?"

Air Date: January 9, 2011

Written By: David Schladweiler

Directed By: David Grossman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 14.74 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 12.83 million

18-49: 3.9/9

18-49 Live+7: 4.8

Episode 7.13: "I'm Still Here"

Air Date: January 16, 2011

Written By: Sara Parriot & Josann McGibbon

Directed By: Lonny Price

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.34 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.25 million

18-49: 3.1/8

18-49 Live+7: 4.0

Episode 7.14: "Flashback"

Air Date: February 13, 2011

Written By: Matt Berry

Directed By: Andrew Doerfer

Live+7 Total Viewers: 11.42 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 9.20 million

18-49: 2.7/7

18-49 Live+7: 3.7

Episode 7.15: "Farewell Letter"

Air Date: February 20, 2011

Written By: Marco Pennette

Directed By: David Grossman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.36 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.58 million

18-49: 3.1/8

18-49 Live+7: 3.9

Episode 7.16: "Searching"

Air Date: March 6, 2011

Written By: Jeff Greenstein

Directed By: Larry Shaw

Live+7 Total Viewers: 13.23 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 11.35 million

18-49: 3.4/8

18-49 Live+7: 4.3

Episode 7.17: "Everything's Different, Nothing's Changed"

Air Date: April 3, 2011

Written By: Annie Weisman

Directed By: David Warren

Live+7 Total Viewers: 11.27 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 9.05 million

18-49: 2.9/7

18-49 Live+7: 3.7

Episode 7.18: "Moments in the Woods"

Air Date: April 17, 2011

Written By: John Paul Bullock III

Directed By: David Grossman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 11.27 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 9.10 million

18-49: 2.7/7

18-49 Live+7: 3.7

Episode 7.19: "The Lies Ill-Concealed"

Air Date: April 24, 2011

Written By: David Schladweiler

Directed By: Larry Shaw

Live+7 Total Viewers:

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.15 million

18-49: 3.1/8

18-49 Live+7:

Episode 7.20: "I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday"

Air Date: May 1, 2011

Written By: Jason Ganzel

Directed By: David Warren

Live+7 Total Viewers: 11.29 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 9.44 million

18-49: 2.8/7

18-49 Live+7: 3.7

Episode 7.21: "Then I Really Got Scared"

Air Date: May 8, 2011

Written By: Valerie Brotski

Directed By: Larry Shaw

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.16 million

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.0 million

18-49: 2.9/7

18-49 Live+7: 3.9

Episode 7.22: "And Lots of Security..."

Air Date: May 15, 2011

Written By: Joe Keenan

Directed By: David Grossman

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.56 million *

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.25 million *

18-49: 3.1/7 *

18-49 Live+7: 4.1 *

Episode 7.23: "Come on Over for Dinner"

Air Date: May 15, 2011

Written By: Bob Daily

Directed By: Larry Shaw

Live+7 Total Viewers: 12.56 million *

Live+SD Total Viewers: 10.25 million *

18-49: 3.1/7 *

18-49 Live+7: 4.1 *

* 2 hour average

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I'm Hyped!

All of the articles gaurantee that there will be more interaction amongst the housewives, an integral story involving every house on Wisteria Lane and characters (mainly Bree and Gabby since Susan and Lynette didn't change that much) acting like their true self.

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Awesome so far! Love the introduction of the new mystery. Orson looked like a punk last season... but obviously I would think that things are not as straight forward as they seem. Maybe she is locked up. I don't think he killed her.

Is Lynette still working? Loving that each storyline is being given good airtime. And love that Edie is actually on!!

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It was good. Grew tired of the Mike/Susan thing and switched channels when that came on. LOVED Lynette's story tonight. That nosey neighboure in the beginning, LOVE the actress (name slips me), she can play anything perfectly! Nice to see the housewives together again. Loved Gabby! Some great lines tonight. Overall 8/10. Welcome back DH!

ETA: LAURIE METCALF that's her name...PURE GREATNESS.

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The HUMOR is back and that's what I loved. I laughed out loud so many times and I haven't done that with DH in a while.

Loved Gabby and Carlos searching for Xiao Mai and Gaby getting the Chinese food dumped on her and then her peeling away from Carlos when he was going to open up to her about his American dream. Gaby is hilarious. Eva Longoria is absolutely perfect as Gaby. Oh -- loved Gabby laughing at Bree telling the girls she and Orson were waiting until they got married.

Bree and the orgasm was hilarious. I actually kinda like Orson. Very intriguing character and Kyle McLachlan is a great actor.

I was bored with the Susan/Mike stuff. It was sweet but eh ... lol. I kinda like Susan with the ComaHusband (his name slips me). And it was hilarious when she spilled the smoothie on ComaWife Jane. LMAO. Teri Hatcher plays clumsy so well.

I enjoyed the Lynette/Tom story as well. Fun. I love Kirsten Warren. She's hilarious.

Laurie Metcalf ... that woman is brilliant. I love her.

It was nice seeing Edie tonight so much! Her trying to sell Mary Alice's house was hilarious. Loved seeing Kathryn Joosten (Mrs. McCluskey) as well.

Good good episode. DH is back baby!!

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Great one-liners.

Loved seeing Edie - and Laurie Metcalf!

Other than that, I'm sort of tired of how Bree always ends up with some pyscho - and I'm not a big Kyle M. fan.

They just introduce WAY too many characters on this show...Seems like Susan is always hitting on a new guy or has a new guy hitting on her every 3 episodes. Way too many names that I have to try and remember as they're brought up in the future.

And get that Saved By The Bell chick off the show - she's annoying in this role.

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Susan's had 4 love interests on the show. Mike, Karl, Dr. Ron and now Ian. Now that many over 3 seasons and I don't consider Dr. Ron much of a love interest.

And how many characters did they introduce tonight? 2? Ian and Carolyn Bixby. And Orson's wife Alma, if you want to count her. So not that many.

ANYway, I loved the ep. So much fun, I'm watching it again right now.

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