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As red-state America was supposedly pining for traditional values, the breakout hit on TV was a campy nighttime soap that showcased a quintet of sex-crazed women (from left: Nicollette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, and Teri Hatcher). Pill popping, adultery, drunken driving, suicide—anything goes on manicured Wisteria Lane. Suburban dysfunction has rarely been this much fun—or popular.


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FROM THE DECEMBER 27, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004

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