Devious Maids

Devious Maids
Genre	Comedy drama Mystery Soap opera
Created by	Marc Cherry
Based on	Ellas son...la Alegría del Hogar
Starring	Ana Ortiz Dania Ramirez Roselyn Sánchez Judy Reyes Edy Ganem Rebecca Wisocky Tom Irwin Brianna Brown Brett Cullen Matt Cedeno Mariana Klaveno Grant Show Drew Van Acker Wolé Parks Susan Lucci Mark Deklin Joanna P. Adler Dominic Adams Colin Woodell Gilles Marini Cristián de la Fuente Nathan Owens Sol Rodríguez
Composer	Edward Shearmur
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	49 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	David Lonner Eva Longoria[1] John Mass Larry Shuman Marc Cherry Michael Garcia Paul McGuigan Paul Presburger Sabrina Wind Brian Tanen Curtis Kheel
Producers	Justin Lillehei (assoc.) Brian Tanen David Warren
Production locations	Atlanta, Georgia[2] (Filming) Beverly Hills, California (Setting)
Cinematography	Oliver Bokelberg
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	ABC Studios Cherry/Wind Productions Televisa Internacional
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) – August 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)
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Devious Maids is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, produced by ABC Studios, and executive produced by Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, Paul Presburger, and Michael Garcia. It is based on the Mexican series Ellas son... la alegría del hogar. It originally aired on Lifetime for four seasons from June 23, 2013, to August 8, 2016.

Set in Beverly Hills, California, Devious Maids followed the lives of four Latina maids working for the area's wealthiest and most powerful families. The series featured an ensemble cast led by Ana Ortiz as Marisol Suarez, Dania Ramirez as Rosie Falta, Roselyn Sánchez as Carmen Luna, and Judy Reyes as Zoila Diaz. While working for Beverly Hills' most glamorous and powerful citizens, the maids are exposed to and often a part of secrets, mysteries and crimes hidden behind their employers' wealthy facade as well as the closed doors of their homes. Edy Ganem, Susan Lucci, Rebecca Wisocky, Tom Irwin, Brianna Brown, Brett Cullen, Grant Show, Drew Van Acker, and Nathan Owens feature in supporting roles throughout the series.

The series was originally in development to air on ABC, but was ultimately picked up by Lifetime.^[3] The first season was the subject of positive reviews from television critics.^[4] In September 2016, Lifetime announced that they were cancelling Devious Maids after four seasons, leaving the series to conclude on an unresolved cliffhanger.^[5] Despite online petitions from viewers who campaigned for the series to continue on another network or streaming service, it was confirmed that Devious Maids would not continue as options with the cast had expired.^[6]