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Bob Daily

Birth Name:Bob Daily

Profession Writer, Producer, Actor

Credits See All

King of the Hill
Shifting Gears
Frasier

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Desperate Housewives Showrunner on Mike's "Heroic Ending" and His Possible Return

There are still five episodes of Desperate Housewives left, but fans will say an early goodbye to one Fairview resident when Wisteria Lane gathers to lay Mike Delfino (James Denton) to rest this Sunday (9/8c on ABC). Why was Mike the one to bite the bullet? How will Susan cope with the loss? And what does it mean for the rest of the women? Showrunner Bob Daily spoke with TVGuide.com about the decision behind the big death, the "heartbreaking" funeral and why we may not have seen the last of Mike just yet! How long had Mike's death been in the works? Bob Daily: Quite some time. And I can't believe that we were able to keep this secret as long as we did. I think we pitched it to the network and the studio maybe as early as December. First Look: Desperate Housewives kisses one of its own goodbye Why did you decide to kill Mike?Daily: I think we knew we wanted another blockbuster moment as we approached the end. Everybody's been married at least a couple times and we were running out of other big life events. We had a lot of births. We thought...

Fri, Mar 16, 2012
Desperate Housewives Showrunner on Mike's "Heroic Ending" and His Possible Return

How Will Desperate Housewives End? Marc Cherry Teases a Special Cameo

What will the final chapter of Desperate Housewives look like? Don't bother asking series creator Marc Cherry. "I'm so not revealing what the end is going to be," the creator and executive producer told reporters Tuesday at ABC's winter TV previews. "I have it in my head and I'm hyper-protective of it." The Housewives boss is confident he's ending the series at the right time, acknowledging that in recent years it became more difficult for...

Wed, Jan 11, 2012
How Will Desperate Housewives End? Marc Cherry Teases a Special Cameo

Desperate Housewives' Executive Producer and Cast on the Final Season: All Bets Are Off

  Birth. Death. Marriage. Divorce. Tornadoes. Shootings. Plane crashes. Cancer. Yes, the women of Desperate Housewives have been through a lot. But they ain't seen nothing yet. "You get to do story lines that you wouldn't otherwise do because you don't have to worry about the ramifications," executive producer Bob Daily tells TVGuide.com of the series' final season. "So people can move, people can die, people can have babies and you don't have to worry about the babies growing up. It will definitely change the way we...

Tue, Aug 9, 2011
Desperate Housewives' Executive Producer and Cast on the Final Season: All Bets Are Off

Keck's Exclusives: Desperate Housewives Casting A Girlfriend for Tom Scavo

This is going to be hard to watch. With their marriage having crumbled at the end of last season, Desperate Housewives' one stable couple, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) and Tom (Doug Savant), will enter the series' eighth and final season as a separated couple on their way to divorce. Executive producer Bob Daily confirms to me that both will be seen dating new people. The series is on the lookout for a fortysomething

Mon, Aug 8, 2011
Keck's Exclusives: Desperate Housewives Casting A Girlfriend for Tom Scavo

Is This the End for Desperate Housewives?

The ladies of Wisteria Lane might want to call in the moving vans. ABC and the producers behind long-running Sunday-night soap Desperate Housewives could decide in a few weeks if the show's upcoming eighth season will be its last. Creator Marc Cherry and executive producer Bob Daily are both signed to remain with the series through the season, as well as a potential ninth season. But rumblings have started that...

Tue, Jul 12, 2011
Is This the End for Desperate Housewives?

Trailers & Videos See All

Shifting Gears
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Frasier: Official Trailer (UK)
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Frasier: Official Trailer
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Frasier (UK)
0:27
Frasier
0:30
Frasier: Working With Kelsey Grammer
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