Eva Longoria was already a familiar name before audiences got to know her on “Desperate Housewives.”
However, Longoria didn’t have much faith in the show.
It wasn’t a comedy and it wasn’t a drama.

Nobody knew what we were," she toldHuffPost.
It’s easy to see why Longoria thought “Desperate Housewives” might end up like “Dragnet.”
However, “Desperate Housewives” balanced its many narratives seamlessly.

Not only that, but at one point, she was one of the highest-paid actresses on television.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, who’s here?
Is, like, Bono here?
And the driver was like, ‘You?”
she toldTodayon the 20th anniversary of the show.