Desperate Housewives is a television series from America .
The storyline covers 13 years of the women 's lives over eight seasons , set between the years 2004 -- 2008 , and later 2013 -- 2017 -LRB- the story arc includes a five-year passage of time , as well as flashbacks ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s -RRB- .
Desperate Housewives