The Art of Making Art

"**The Art of Making Art**"
"The Art of Making Art"
Desperate Housewives episode
Episode no.	Season 8; Episode 5
Directed by	Lonny Price
Written by	Dave Flebotte
Production code	805
Original air date	October 23, 2011
Guest appearances
	Miguel Ferrer as Andre Zeller; Richard Ruccolo as Scott; Dakin Matthews as Reverend Sykes; Becky Wu as Amy Yamada; Randee Heller as Karen; Melissa Greenspan as Cindy; Lindsey Stoddart as Melissa; Jillian Armenante as Rachel; Frank Crim as Donnie; Eli Bildner as Hipster; Kurt Cole as Young Guy; Angela E. Gibbs as City Councilman; Brian Michael Jones as Guy; Daran Norris as Phil; Bill Coelius as Damon;
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"The Art of Making Art" is the 162nd episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the fifth episode of the show's eighth season and was broadcast on October 23, 2011.

Plot[]

Susan is mortified, but tries her best to comply when her art teacher, Andre Zeller, asks the students to show up to class naked in order to help them create from a point of honesty. When Susan learns this, she tries making breakfast naked, but she isn't a naked person. Bree serves up some delicious, homemade soup for the homeless at the local shelter, but ends up enticing the local hipsters and pushing out those in need; Gaby finds herself without a staff to help set up a school event when her lackadaisical approach to her new job as president of the PBA insults the parent volunteers; Renee helps a reluctant Lynette get back into the dating pool by taking her to a singles bar; and Carlos finds himself hitting rock bottom when the guilt over murdering Gaby's stepfather begins to engulf him.

Reception[]

According to Nielsen ratings, "The Art of Making Art" was watched by 9.17 million viewers and held 3.0 rating between 18 and 49 years of age.^[1] The episode was competing against Sunday Night Football on NBC, which averaged 12.47 million viewers and a 5.2 rating/13 share, The Good Wife on CBS, which was watched by 9.77 million viewers but held a 2.0 rating, and Game 4 of the 2011 World Series on Fox which was watched by 15.16 million viewers and held 4.2/11 rating in the 18-49 demographic.. The ratings were up from the previous episode "School of Hard Knocks", which had set a series low in total viewers and in the 18-49 demographic. The slight increase in ratings was largely due to the lead in from the series premiere of Once Upon a Time at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central on ABC which was watched by 12.93 million viewers and received a 4.0 in the 18-49 demographic. The episode gained an additional 2.1 million viewers and 0.9 rating in the week following the original broadcast due to DVR recordings.^[2]

Notes[]

Jonathan Cake (Chuck Vance) and Madison De La Garza (Juanita Solis) do not appear in this episode and are not credited.

Title reference[]

The episode title, The Art of Making Art is a lyric from the song "Putting it Together" from the Stephen Sondheim musical, Sunday in the Park with George.

International titles[]

German: Sex erlaubt (Sex allowed)
Polish: Sztuka tworzenia sztuki (Art of creating art)
Hebrew: האומנות שבעשיית האומנות (The art in creating art)

References[]

^ Gorman, Bill (October 25, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon A Time' Adjusted Up + Final Ratings For World Series Game 4 & Saints/Colts". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
^ Seidman, Robert (November 7, 2011). "Live+7 DVR Ratings: 'Modern Family' Tops Absolute Gains, 'Private Practice' Tops % Gains In Week 5". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2011.

[1] Gorman, Bill (October 25, 2011). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon A Time' Adjusted Up + Final Ratings For World Series Game 4 & Saints/Colts". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.

[2] Seidman, Robert (November 7, 2011). "Live+7 DVR Ratings: 'Modern Family' Tops Absolute Gains, 'Private Practice' Tops % Gains In Week 5". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2011.

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