Umutsuz Ev Kadınları

Umutsuz Ev Kadınları, is a Turkish comedy drama TV series, based on the American comedy drama TV series Desperate Housewives.[1]

Umutsuz Ev Kadınları
StarringSongül Öden
Bennu Yıldırımlar
Ceyda Düvenci
Deniz Uğur
Özge Özder
Evrim Solmaz
Theme music composerAyşe Önder
Ümit Önder
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes154
Production
Production locationsIstanbul, Turkey
Running time90 min. (1-54)
45 min. (55-80)
60/70 min. (81-154)
Production companyMed Yapım
Release
Original networkKanal D (2011-2013)
FOX (2013-2014)
Original releaseOctober 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) 
June 19, 2014 (2014-06-19)

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired (Turkey)
Season premiere Season finale
1 37 October 2, 2011 June 17, 2012
2 43 October 11, 2012 June 16, 2013
3 74 September 7, 2013 June 19, 2014

International broadcasts

Country Network Premiere date Original Name
Turkey Kanal D (1-2)
FOX (2-3)
October 2, 2011 Umutsuz Ev Kadınları
Northern Cyprus
Arab World MBC January 13, 2012 نساء حائرات
North Macedonia Kanal 5 April 28, 2012 Очајни домаќинки
Bulgaria NTV June 4, 2012 Другите отчаяни съпруги
Albania TV Klan 30 November, 2014 Shtëpiake të dëshpëruara
Serbia Prva Srpska TV January 20, 2014 Domaćice sa Bosfora
Montenegro Prva TV February, 2014
Greece Star Channel July 14, 2014 Γυναίκες σε απόγνωση

Differences from the Original Series

  • Andrew isn't gay.
  • Katherine is not a lesbian and doesn't leave the street with Robin.
  • Susan doesn't move out from Wisteria Lane in the 6th season.
  • Eddie doesn't kill his mother or move in with Lynette.
  • Julie doesn't become pregnant.
  • Edie doesn't have a son.
  • Mike isn't a plumber, he is an electric engineer.
  • Bree never becomes an alcoholic.
  • Orson doesn't hit Chuck with a car.
  • Yasemin's house doesn't have a gas explosion in the 1st season, its windows are smashed.
  • No plane falls onto the street.
  • Bree's house doesn't get damaged from a tornado, it is damaged by a gas explosion. Sylvia blew up the kitchen to kill herself.
  • Karen McCluskey's house doesn't get demolished by a tornado.
  • Gabrielle is acted by two actresses, firstly (1-80) Evrim Solmaz, then (80-154) Deniz Uğur.
  • There is not as much sexual content as in the original series.
  • Karl doesn't die, but he doesn't appear after the 2nd season. In the rest of the seasons Karl is changed with Julie's uncle Ejder.
  • Bree and Karl don't get together.
  • Susan doesn't do cleaning in front of a webcam in lingerie.
  • Edie doesn't die, Özge Özder continued to act as Renee Perry from 124th episode until final.
  • Karl doesn't buy a house for Susan after hers burnt down, he rents one.
  • Susan doesn't stay in a caravan after her house burnt down.
  • Susan doesn't write a children's novels, she is a tailor.
  • Susan and Karl don't have sex in the second season. Karl comes to Susan's house drunk and vomits so she has to take him into her house.
  • Victor Lang doesn't die in the tornado, he's shot by Wayne.
  • Carlos doesn't become blind from getting hit in the head with a flying object, he becomes blind from being shot in the head by Victor.
  • Beth doesn't commit suicide with a gunshot, she cuts herself in Susan's bathroom.
  • 4362 Wisteria Lane, Edie and Renee's house, is replaced with three houses. In the first episode it was a first-floor, single-story apartment flat. After a fire it's replaced with another apartment flat in the street. In the third season it's replaced with a blue, two-story house.
  • Mary Alice's house doesn't include a pool. The pool is replaced with a tree.
  • There isn't a character for Ida Greenberg.
  • Alejandro isn't Gabrielle's stepfather, he's her ex-husband who beat her during their marriage.
  • Susan doesn't get locked out naked, she was in her bathrobe.
  • Susan doesn't have a relationship with anyone when Mike is in a coma.

References

  1. "Desperate Housewives'ın yerli versiyonu Umutsuz Ev Kadınları başlıyor". demirkulak.com. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.