Desperate Housewives creators declare the show shares some similarities with Twin Peaks .
p. 203 However , on October 23 , 2003 , Desperate Housewives was announced by ABC , presented as a prime time soap opera created by Charles Pratt , Jr. of Melrose Place fame , and Marc Cherry , who declared the new show to be a mix of Knots Landing and American Beauty with a little bit of Twin Peaks .
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