Desperate Housewives by Ron Tom/ABC
When ABCs Desperate Housewives returns Sunday at 9 pmET viewers finally will get some answers to the big questions raised by the season-ending five-year jump Bree and Andrew are chummy Gabys no longer a size double-zero And a mom And why is Susan no longer with Mike but instead kissing Gale Harold Executive producer Bob Daily tackles those and other burning Qs Matt MitovichTVGuidecom As you got down to the business of actually writing the new episodes did you realize any unforeseen benefit of the five-year jumpBob Daily We have an episode where we fill people in on some of the details from the past five years some of which are serious and some of which are just funny and frivolous It gives us this great well that we can dip into periodically for back story Fleshing out those five years is proving to be really funTVGuidecom Which housewife would you say is most differentDaily Gabys circumstances have changed the most shes gone from bei
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Question: There is one aspect of the entire writers' strike I don't really understand. Following the arrival of Dana Delany, Desperate Housewives is enjoying a lot of positive buzz this fall. Or what about Private Practice — the critical response hasn't been very good at all, and three million people have abandoned the series since its debut, but it's still the most-watched new drama on any network this fall. And then there's Dirty Sexy Money (the show I personally adore with the kind of passion I haven't felt since the early days of Desperate Housewives in 2004). It's not a blockbuster, but not a failure either, and I hear it's doing really well with adults 18-34 and all female demos. All these shows and many, many others are in a very delicate state this lackluster fall. There is buzz and a prospect for growth, but you have to nurture them and ensure they bloom and grow. You take that away and all the hard work done by them and thousands of production people (whom, by the way, this ...
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Tuc Watkins and Kevin Rahm, Desperate Housewives
Two gay guys are about to shake up Wisteria Lane, but it's not their sexuality that's the issue — it's their bad taste in art! On October 21, Desperate Housewives (Sundays at 9 pm/ET, ABC) will introduce newbie neighbors Bob and Lee — played by Tuc Watkins (One Life to Live) and Kevin Rahm (Judging Amy) — and they'll quickly get tiffy with Susan (Teri Hatcher).
"Susan is so desperate to be nice, she puts her foot in her mouth and pisses them off," reveals creator Marc Cherry. "She
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Get ready for some Desperate Housepartners. According to AfterElton.com, a gay couple will move to Wisteria Lane around Episode 5. "We're going to have the first male desperate housewives," show creator and head writer Marc Cherry told the website. "They will move into the old Applewhite house, and one of the gay men will just have a fractious, hateful relationship with Teri Hatcher."Cherry said he’ll draw from his own life for inspiration. “Susan (Hatcher) wants to be so politically correct and show how open-minded she is [that] she puts her foot in her mouth instantly and it goes downhill from there,” Cherry said. “I'm basing it a little bit on my relationship with my neighbors.” The only thing still up in the air is who will play the new characters. “We just started writing the episodes," Cherry said. "So I probably won't start casting for another few weeks." — Reporting by Ali Gazan
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Dana Delany by Stephen Lovekin/WireImage.com
OK, so apparently it's the fourth time that's the charm. Although Dana Delany turned down the role of Desperate Housewives' Bree three times back when the prime-time soap was but a gleam in Marc Cherry's eye, she may finally plant roots on Wisteria Lane after all.Setside sources tell me that the China Beach Emmy winner is in advance talks to become a new series regular. And get this: Her character is the spitting image of Bree. According to the casting breakdown, Katherine is a "conservative Republican with an all-American wholesomeness and a mastery of passive-aggressiveness."Tell me that doesn't sound like someone we know.Unlike the new mom-to-be, however, Katherine is a former neighbor who is coming home after an absence of more than a decade, with a younger man for a husband (described as "the best-looking gynecologist in town") and a 17-year-old daughter who sounds like she could assume Andrew's mantel as the show's biggest JV troublemaker.So how do we feel about Delany's move ...
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Tiara courtesy Doris Panos Designs
When Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry told TV Guide that he wouldn’t dream of skimping on Gaby’s upcoming wedding, he wasn’t kidding: Eva Longoria will be wearing a $1.3 million tiara designed by Doris Panos when she walks down the aisle in the season finale.The tiara — see our exclusive photo, at right — is made of 15 carats’ worth of diamonds, and is being flown in from Basel, Switzerland, and hand-carried to Los Angeles. It will arrive at the set in a Brinks truck on Monday morning.“We figured Gaby is a rich little girl who is used to the best of everything,” says Housewives costume supervisor Karo Vartanian, who met Panos, a New York-based designer, at a gem show a few years ago. “Since she’s marrying this much richer guy, Victor, giving her a tiara would be perfect.” So Vartanian and his team reached out to five different jewelry designers asking for their ideas. “This was absolutely the best one,” says ...
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Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry says he expects the show to run another four years. “We will be a seven-year run” Cherry told TV Guide at the GLAAD Media Awards in Hollywood over the weekend. “I’ve kind of informed the network and the studio that’s how long I will be with the show and that’s how long it is going to run... and I’m planning accordingly.” The show ends its third season in May. So is there anything he can tell us about the future? “Just for this coming season, in the finale there will be a couple of weddings going on, an interesting pregnancy story and a major health crisis for one of the main characters.” — Reporting by Carita Rizzo
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Former Frasier scribe Joe Keenan will exit Desperate Housewives at the end of this season, after just one round with the serial. Though the split is described as "amicable," insiders tell Variety there was tension between Keenan and series creator Marc Cherry.... CMT won't Miss America. The cabler has dropped the pageant, leaving the 86-year-old competition without a home for the second time in three years.... Creepshow 3 premieres on DVD May 15.... My Trivial Matt'rs blog has been updated.
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Question: Why don't the producers at Desperate Housewives just admit they stumbled badly when Rex was pinched out of existence for what amounted to minor offenses in this bent neighborhood? Rex's narration last Sunday reminded me anew of the snark and backbone he added to the plot, as a partner who rolled his eyes along with the rest of us when Bree climbed on her polished soapbox. Steven Culp's Rex is the only male lead struck down when his character could have added such delicious spice to the recipe. Why was Rex sent packing to the afterlife? Marc Cherry has said it was because Rex was modeled on his own late father. But this brand of logic could also lead you to conclude that his real mother (Bree) was an alcoholic who lusted after her sex-addicted sponsor who then bedded her manipulative son (Andrew/Cherry) who in turn embraced life on the streets as a hustler. Well, did Rex's demise enhance the storytelling? Offer insight into Bree or Andrew? Not that I could tell. In fact, it ...
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In what is being touted as one of the year's biggest TV deals, Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has inked a four-year, eight-figure pact with ABC Television Studio (née Touchstone), Variety reports. The agreement keeps Cherry lording over Wisteria Lane through May 2011, at which time he anticipates wrapping up the story of Bree, Lynette et al. (ABC has also quietly negotiated deals with key cast members through '11.) "After seven seasons, it will be a good time to call it quits," Cherry tells the trade mag. "I don't want anyone else to run the show, and I don't want us to fade away."
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