The Men of Wisteria Lane

Like Jesse, it has taken time for Ricardo Antonio Chavira, who plays Gabrielle's husband, Carlos Solis, on Desperate Housewives, to understand the meaning of the show's success.

Ricardo says his first realization of fame came months ago. "I guess when I had to come up to Chicago to do the Thanksgiving Day parade," he says, "and just walking down Michigan Avenue and people were saying, 'Oh, my God, that's the guy from Desperate Housewives.'"