Desperate Housewives

Originally started off as a comedy pilot, and was rejected by every network including Lifetime and HBO. ABC expressed an interest, and it was retooled to its current format of a dark comedy/drama.

Marcia Cross originally tried for the part of Mary Alice Young, but was cast as Bree Van De Kamp. Nicollette Sheridan tried for the part of Bree Van De Kamp, but was cast as Edie Britt.

Bree's response when her son tells her he's gay is, "I'd love you even if you were a murderer", the same quote that creator Marc Cherry's mother told him when he came out.