Desperate Housewives (season 4)
Date Country Channel Time
September 30 , 2007 USA ABC 9:00 pm/8.00pmc
September 30 , 2007 Canada CTV 9:00 pm/8:00pmc
October 15 , 2007 Poland n ( Poland ) Video on Demand
December 4 , 2007 Turkey CNBC-e ( cable TV ) Tuesdays 9:00 pm
December 5 , 2007 Italy FOXlife ( Sky Italia - SAT TV ) 9:00 pm
January 7 , 2008 Arab World Showtime Arabia 9:00 pm
January 8 , 2008 Ireland RTÉ Two 9:50 pm
January 8 , 2008 Portugal Fox Life 9:00 pm
January 31 , 2008 South Africa M-Net 8:30 pm
February 4 , 2008 New Zealand TV 2 8:30 pm
February 11 , 2008 Switzerland SF2 8:00 pm
February 11 , 2008 Austria ORF1 9:00 pm
February 11 , 2008 Australia Seven 8:30 pm
February 13 , 2008 Germany Pro7 Wednesdays 8:15 pm
February 13 , 2008 Latin America Sony Entertainment Television 10:00 pm
February 14 , 2008 Poland FOXlife 9:00 pm
February 19 , 2008 Norway TV 2 9:45 pm
March 10 , 2008 Finland Nelonen 9:00 pm
March 25 , 2008 Malaysia 8TV 10:30 pm
March 26 , 2008 August 27 , 2008 United Kingdom ( excluding Wales ) Channel 4 10.00 pm - main UK showing See notes below
Season debuts
The fourth season of Desperate Housewives, an American television series created by Marc Cherry, premiered on September 30, 2007 on ABC. Filming for the series was interrupted by the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike in November 2007, after production on the two-episode tornado storyline wrapped. The first part, Something's Coming, aired on December 2, 2007. Welcome to Kanagawa, the second part and the last episode filmed before the strike, was originally going to be aired after the strike's resolution, but aired on January 6, 2008. Seven additional episodes were produced for the fourth season after the strike, the first of which aired on April 13, 2008. The final two episodes served as a two-part finale and were aired consecutively on May 18, 2008. A total of 17 episodes aired as part of the season, with one recap special airing on September 23, 2007. The series continues to focus on Wisteria Lane residents Susan Delfino, Lynette Scavo, Bree Hodge, Gabrielle Solis and Edie Britt, with Mary Alice Young returning as the series' narrator. Katherine Mayfair and her family are introduced in this season and are the center of the season's mystery. Critical reception for the season was positive, and ratings increased from the third season. The series drew in an average of 17.9 million viewers per episode during the 2007-08 American television season, becoming the sixth most-watched program of the year and the most-watched scripted program for the first time. The series was released on a five-disc DVD box set by ABC Studios on September 2, 2008 in Region 1, October 29, 2008 in Region 4, November 3, 2008 in Region 2, and March 17, 2009 in Region 5.