‘Desperate Housewives Africa’, the local adaptation of the multiple award-winning ABC television drama hit series, is set to launch on April 30 on EbonyLife TV, exclusively on DStv Channel 165.
Executive Chairman and CEO of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu, said they were extremely excited to bring the rich, thrilling and captivating drama to the channel’s local and global audiences.
“We have put in a lot to maintain our premium homegrown quality of production and our viewers can absolutely look forward with great delight to watching a most riveting adaptation of the multiple-award winning version from Africa; one with a uniquely African essence that closely mirrors the format and storylines of the multiple award winning American version,” she stated.
EbonyLife TV’s Director of Scripted Programming, Quinty Pillay shares her enthusiasm, saying that no stone has been left unturned in ensuring that they worked with the best in every facet of the production.
This launch, the channel said, is to be preceded by a premiere in Lagos on April 28 where the new ‘Desperate Housewives of Africa’ will be introduced in person along with the all-African suburban ‘Wisteria Lane’ neighbourhood where the series will be based.
‘Desperate Housewives Africa’ will closely reflect the original multi-award winning American version with a uniquely African flavour. Viewers can look forward to an enthralling and spell-binding homegrown pilot that takes the ‘Desperate Housewives’ format as you once knew it to scandalously new dimensions.
Since 2006, five different versions of ‘Desperate Housewives’ have been produced for EMEA and Latin American audiences. The original Desperate Housewives won both the 2005 and 2006 Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and was created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios. The series is broadcast in more than 200 territories around the world, where it has been one of the most popular U.S. TV shows in recent history with its eighth and final series concluding in 2012.
Among the desperate housewives are actresses: Marcy Dolapo Oni, Tari Gambadia, Nini Wacera, and Kehinde Bankole.
