Desperate Housewives is an American comedy drama mystery television series created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, for a total of 180 episodes. Executive producer Marc Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman, and Larry Shaw. Set on Wisteria Lane, a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State, Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their friend and neighbor who commits suicide in the pilot episode. The storyline covers fifteen years of the women's lives over eight seasons, set between the years 2004–2008, and later 2013–2018 (the story line includes a five-year jump in time, as well as flashbacks and flashforwards ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s). They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes, and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—on the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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| MAIN CHARACTERS | |||
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Susan Delfino
Susan Mayer |
Teri Hatcher | |
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Lynette Scavo
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Felicity Huffman | |
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Bree Van de Kamp
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Marcia Cross | |
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Gabrielle Solis
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Eva Longoria | |
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Edie Britt
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Nicollette Sheridan | |
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Mike Delfino
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James Denton | |
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Rex Van de Kamp
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Steven Culp | |
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Carlos Solis
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Ricardo Chavira | |
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Paul Young
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Mark Moses | |
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Mary Alice Young
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Brenda Strong | |
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Julie Mayer
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Andrea Bowen | |
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John Rowland
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Jesse Metcalfe | |
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Zachary "Zach" Young
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Cody Kasch | |
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Betty Applewhite
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Alfre Woodard | |
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Tom Scavo
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Doug Savant | |
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Karl Mayer
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Richard Burgi | |
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Orson Hodge
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Kyle MacLachlan | |
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Katherine Mayfair
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Dana Delany | |
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Dave Williams
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Neal McDonough | |
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Andrew Van de Kamp
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Shawn Pyfrom | |
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Angie Bolen
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Drea de Matteo | |
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Ana Solis
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Maiara Walsh | |
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Karen McCluskey
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Kathryn Joosten | |
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Renee Perry
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Vanessa Williams | |
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Martha Huber
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Christine Estabrook | |
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Lee McDermott
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Kevin Rahm | |
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Bob Hunter
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Tuc Watkins | |
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Roy Bender
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Orson Bean | |
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Chuck Vance
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Jonathan Cake | |
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Ben Faulkner
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Charles Mesure | |
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Juanita Solis
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Madison De La Garza | |
| Kaili Say | |||
| SUPPORTING CHARACTERS | |||
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Porter Scavo
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Charlie Carver | |
| Shane Kinsman (young) | |||
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Preston Scavo
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Max Carver | |
| Brent Kinsman (young) | |||
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Parker Scavo
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Joshua Moore | |
| Zane Huett (young) | |||
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Penny Scavo
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Kendall Applegate | |
| Darcy Rose Byrnes | |||
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Kayla Scavo
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Rachel Fox | |
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M.J. Delfino
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Mason Vale Cotton | |
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Juanita "Mama" Solis
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Lupe Ontiveros | |
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Adam Mayfair
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Nathan Fillion | |
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Sophie Bremmer
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Lesley Ann Warren | |
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Ida Greenberg
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Pat Crawford Brown | |
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Nick Bolen
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Jeffrey Nordling | |
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Danny Bolen
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Beau Mirchoff | |
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Keith Watson
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Brian Austin Green | |
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Beth Young
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Emily Bergl | |
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Trip Weston
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Scott Bakula | |
International versions[]
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Afrikaans | Desperate Housewives | SABC 3 (formerly) StarTimes One |
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Cantonese | 靚太唔易做 | TVB Pearl (via SAP, formerly) TDM Ou Mun (formerly) |
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Czech | Zoufalé manželky | Prima (formerly) Prima Love (formerly) Jednotka (season 1, formerly) |
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French | Desperate Housewives Beautés désespérées (Canada) |
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly) TSR1 (formerly) M6 (formerly) 6ter (formerly) W9 (formerly) Canal+ (formerly) RTL-TVI (formerly) MBC 1 (formerly)[10] Apple TV Amazon Prime Video Disney+ Netflix |
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German | Desperate Housewives | ProSieben (formerly) SRF zwei (formerly) ORF 1 (formerly) Disney Channel (formerly) Premiere (formerly) Joyn Disney+ maxdome Apple TV Sky Deutschland |
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Hungarian | Született feleségek | Cool TV (formerly) FEM3 (formerly) TV2 (formerly) TV4 (formerly) Story4 (formerly) |
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Italian | Desperate Housewives - I segreti di Wisteria Lane | Fox Life (formerly) Rai 2 (formerly) Rai 3 (formerly) Rai 4 (formerly) Mya (formerly) La7d (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Japanese | デスパレートな妻たち | NHK BS2 (formerly) NHK General TV (formerly) NHK BS Premium (formerly) LaLa TV (formerly) Dlife (formerly) GYAO! (formerly) Hulu Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Korean | 위기의 주부들 | KBS 2TV (formerly) OCN (formerly) |
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Mandarin (China) | 绝望的主妇 | CCTV-8 (formerly) |
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Mandarin (Taiwan) | 慾望師奶 | CTV (formerly) Star World (formerly) Videoland Max TV Disney+ |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | Donas de Casa Desperadas | RedeTV! (formerly) Sony Channel (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ Netflix Star+ |
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Russian | Отчаянные домохозяйки | STS (formerly) Domashniy (formerly) Fox Life (formerly) Subbota (formerly) |
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Slovak | Zúfalé manželky | Jednotka (formerly) |
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Spanish (Latin America) (Diseño en Audio) |
Esposas desesperadas | Azteca 7 (formerly) WAPA-TV (formerly) Televisión Nacional de Chile (formerly) Teletica (formerly) La Tele (formerly) Red TV (formerly) XHIMT (formerly) Sony Channel (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Spanish (Latin America) (CCI Digital) |
Esposas desesperadas | unknown |
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Spanish (Spain) | Mujeres desesperadas | La 1 (formerly) La 2[11] (formerly) Fox (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Turkish (DYG Stüdyoları) |
Umutsuz Ev Kadınları | Kanal D (formerly) Fox (formerly) CNBC-e (formerly) e2 (formerly) |
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Turkish (Aton Stüdyoları) |
Umutsuz Ev Kadınları | Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Ukrainian (Tak Treba Production, season 1-2) |
Відчайдушні домогосподарки | ICTV (formerly) K1 (formerly) Novyi Kanal (formerly) Otse TV (formerly) Sweet.tv |
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Armenian | Հուսահատ տնտեսուհիները | Shant TV (formerly) |
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Bulgarian | Отчаяни съпруги | bTV (formerly) Fox Life (formerly) TV7 (formerly) Diva Universal (formerly) |
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Georgian | სასოწარკვეთილი დიასახლისები | Adjara TV (formerly) |
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Latvian | Bīstamās mājsaimnieces | STV Pirmā! (formerly) TV3 (formerly) |
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Lithuanian | Nusivylusios namų šeimininkės | TV3 (formerly) |
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Polish | Gotowe na wszystko | Polsat (formerly) Fox Life (formerly) Comedy Central (formerly) |
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Ukrainian (Novyi Kanal) |
Відчайдушні домогосподарки | Novyi Kanal (formerly) Otse TV (formerly) |
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Ukrainian (Tak Treba Production, season 8) |
Відчайдушні домогосподарки | K1 (formerly) Otse TV (formerly) |
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Vietnamese | Những Bà Nội Trợ Kiểu Mỹ | VTV3 (formerly) |
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Arabic | ربات بيوت يائسات | MBC 4 (formerly) OSN First (formerly) |
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Bosnian | Očajne kućanice | Mreža Plus |
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Bulgarian | Отчаяни съпруги | Disney+ |
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Croatian | Kućanice | Nova TV (formerly) RTL Televizija (formerly) RTL 2 (formerly) Fox (formerly) |
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Czech | Zoufalé manželky | Disney+ |
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Danish | Desperate Housewives | TV 2 Zulu (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Dutch | Desperate Housewives | Net5 (formerly) RTL Lounge (formerly) Vitaya (formerly) Eén (formerly) Canvas (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Estonian | Meeleheitel koduperenaised | Kanal 2 (formerly) Fox Life (formerly) |
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Finnish | Täydelliset naiset | Nelonen (formerly) Liv (formerly) AVA (formerly) |
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Greek | Νοικοκυρές Σε Απόγνωση | ANT1 (formerly) ERT1 (formerly) ERT2 (formerly) Fox Life Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Hebrew | עקרות בית נואשות | HOT VOD (formerly) yesVOD (formerly) Star World (formerly) HOT3 |
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Hindi | עקרות בית נואשות | Hulu Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Hungarian | Született feleségek | Disney+ |
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Icelandic | Aðþrengdar eiginkonur | RÚV (formerly) |
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Indonesian | Desperate Housewives | Indosiar (formerly) Disney+ Hotstar |
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Korean | 위기의 주부들 | Disney+ |
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Macedonian | Очајни домаќинки | A1 (formerly) |
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Norwegian | Frustrerte fruer | TV 2 Direkte (formerly) TV 2 Play Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | Donas de Casa Desesperadas | SIC (formerly) Fox Fox Life (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Romanian | Neveste disperate | TVR 1 (formerly) Prima TV (formerly)[12] Amazon Prime Video Disney+ |
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Serbian | Очајне домаћице | RTV Pink (formerly) RTS 1 (formerly) Fox Life (formerly) |
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Slovak | Zúfalé manželky | Disney+ |
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Slovene | Razočarane gospodinje | POP TV (formerly) Pro Plus (formerly) |
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Swedish | Desperate Housewives | Kanal 5 (formerly) Amazon Prime Video Disney+ Tele2 Play |
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Thai | สมาคมแม่บ้านหัวใจเปลี่ยว | direct-to-DVD |
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Vietnamese | Những Bà Nội Trợ Kiểu Mỹ | Star World |
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- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090928051448/http://silverbirdtv.com/tvguide.php
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