Dana Delany-related stories
Posted Feb 9th 2009 3:02AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E14) "We can no longer afford Tom's mid-life crisis." - LynetteThe financial crisis hit Wisteria Lane this week: the Scavos had to sell Tom's car and accept an investment from Bree; Mike had to work extra shifts to help take care of his son; Susan had to get a new job with regular hours to help pay for MJ's tuition; and the show had to resort to
ad placement (Sprint, Lexus) to make ends meet! And since it's
Desperate Housewives we are talking about here, the financial crisis was tackled with humor and some bitchiness.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Mama Spent Money When She Had None
Posted Dec 8th 2008 10:24AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E10) "I'll be with you soon." - DaveI must admit that I didn't expected the episode to end the way it ended. Oh, I'm not talking about the actual reveal, which I'll talk about after the jump. I'm talking about the fact the last new
Desperate Housewives episode before the holidays actually didn't end with a huge cliffhanger (there are a few loose ends and questions but nothing that will prevent me from sleeping until January) and, instead, offered us some answers. Yes, actual answers. Let's talk about them, shall we?
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: A Vision's Just a Vision
Posted Nov 30th 2008 11:55PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E09) "We're going to protect our son." - Lynette to TomTwo weeks ago, we were treated with what was supposed to be
an important episode for ABC's
Desperate Housewives, special effects and story-wise. No matter if we enjoyed the episode or not, it did set some wheels in motion. So after such an episode, I expected this week's installment to continue on the path set forth by "City on Fire." I wanted the detectives to bring in some people for questioning and make an arrest sooner rather than later, I hoped to see Dave try to wrap up loose ends so to not be accused and expected him to make a bigger move on Mike, I thought that there would be more drama for Porter and Anne. In short: I expected action. Sadly, the episode was a letdown.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Me and My Town
Posted Oct 20th 2008 10:25AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E04) "Orson, we're partners. We share everything. Any success I have is just as much yours as it is mine." - BreeIt's no secret Bree is my favorite character. Yet, I didn't enjoy this week's Bree-centric episode that much. It wasn't bad but it's not one of the episodes I'll watch again. I get why Bree told Orson that they share everything and that any success she has is also his; after all, they are husband and wife. But what is Orson's share of Bree's success? He wasn't there when she launched the company and worked hard to make it successful. Does he really deserve a "we were named business woman of the year"?
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Back in Business
Posted Oct 12th 2008 11:52PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E03) "This guy is up to something." - McCluskey about Dave
There were much better lines said in this week's episode than the one I just put above (more on those lines later). However, what McCluskey said is what has been interesting me the most since the
season premiere: what is Dave really up to. We get that he doesn't like McCluskey at all and that he is trying to befriend everyone on Wisteria Lane. But what is his ultimate game plan? Who is he really after and why? These questions, and the fact that Dave is so creepy and well played by actor
Neal McDonough, help keep me glued to my TV during
Desperate Housewives and make me think that Dave's storyline may turn out to be as good as, if not better, than Katherine's storyline last season.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else
Posted Jul 18th 2008 10:34AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Desperate Housewives, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
Thanks to Marc Cherry and Shonda Rhimes, the ABC show-runner panel was a good way to start the afternoon. Unfortunately, things went downhill from there, as the panels for
Dirty Sexy Money, Private Practice, and Desperate Housewives were surprisingly dull, especially considering the fact that Cherry and Rhimes returned for the
DH and
Practice panels, respectively.
Even something Cherry said that seemed like it would be news -- that he's going to end
DH after the seventh season -- turned out to be old hat, as he
announced the very same thing at the Winter 2007 tour. "Yeah, I've made the decision that after seven years, I will probably keel over in a hump and die," he said. "I love my baby, you know. I love working with these gals, but the idea of letting anyone else take the show from me kind of makes me sad and sick to my stomach."
Continue reading Desperate Housewives panel: Five years older, and surprisingly dull - TCA Report
Posted May 19th 2008 1:16AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E16/S04E17) "I'm Wayne Davis. We're about to have some fun." - WayneAnswers. As ABC promised us, we've got them. The two-hour season finale of
Desperate Housewives wrapped up the season-long Katherine/Dylan/Wayne storyline, sent Kayla packing, and paved the way for a revamped Wisteria Lane.
For ease of writing and reading, I'll be commenting the events of "The Gun Song" and "Free" in one slightly longer than usual post. I sadly can't comment everything that happened in this special two-hour event, so feel free to dish and comment about what I didn't pick on.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: The Gun Song / Free (season finale)
Posted May 16th 2008 5:42PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Michael Weinfeld of the Associated Press was able to sit down with television's most neurotic homemaker. Marcia Cross, who plays Bree Hodge on
Desperate Housewives, dished about
this Sunday's big finale event. The muffin-baking, rose bush-pruning domestic diva told all about what happens to herself and the other inhabitants of Wisteria Lane.
SPOILER ALERT: Marcia Cross talks about the Desperate Housewives finale after the jump. Continue reading Marcia Cross dishes about Desperate Housewives finale
Posted May 14th 2008 7:00AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: News, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Animation, Reality-Free
We learned yesterday that ABC's
Desperate Housewives will be
back for season five next fall, in its same time-slot of Sunday at 9 p.m. I'm sure creator Marc Cherry has stocked up on Tums in the past few years, as the series waffled between must-see and mediocrity. Right now, it's somewhere in the middle, although I've made a point to watch every week, so that says something right there.
ET Online is breaking news tonight that
Dana Delany will be returning to the series in the fall. Although no storyline has been as compelling as the murder intrigue that super-charged season one, the mystery surrounding Delany's Katherine Mayfair this season has been mildly interesting.
We know it has something to do with her daughter, Dylan (Lyndsy Fonseca) and ex-husband, Wayne (Gary Cole), who struck up a relationship with Dylan in recent weeks. I must admit, I'm curious enough to make sure the DVR records when the season finale rolls around.
Continue reading Dana Delany back on Wisteria Lane next season
Posted Apr 28th 2008 12:38AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E13) "Everyone has a reason for not following the rules." - Mary AliceThings are definitely moving forward on Wisteria Lane. This week, we found out who set Rick's restaurant on fire, Mike finally discovered that Orson ran him over, Dylan met her father, and Edie actually made sense!
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Hello, Little Girl
Posted Nov 25th 2007 11:25PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews
(S04E08) "If the cover has holes in it, the book is no good." - Susan to Julie when the latter tells her mother not to judge a book by its coverIt was blackmail time this week on
Desperate Housewives. Okay, that's nothing new but this week, it played an important part of more than one storyline. "A Distant Past" also offered the conclusion of the Stella storyline and started a new chapter in the Victor/Gaby/Carlos triangle.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: A Distant Past
Posted Nov 6th 2007 11:22AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, CSI, ER, Daytime, The Office, TV Squad Lists, Weeds, Private Practice
About two years ago, I set out to list the hottest women on TV who are
over 40,
over 50, and
over 60. There were a lot candidates to choose from, even in the over 60 category, making it a particularly tough set of list to compose.
But now that our friends at AOL have decided to compile a list of TV's
50 sexiest women of all time (starting today with Nos. 50-41), I'm going to take on an even greater challenge: making one master list of seventeen beauties over 40. It's not as easy as you think; the TV landscape has changed a bit, and a few new strong contenders have recently entered their 40s, and a few of the previous list members have left the TV landscape. To make this list, a woman has to have been a regular or significant guest on a TV series or news program in 2007. So, after the jump, a list -- in no particular order -- of fifteen beauties who combine looks, maturity and grace to make one compellingly sexy package.
Thumbnails are with the list, but you can click on the gallery below to get a much better view of these lovely women. Then add your own choices in the comments.
Continue reading Seventeen of TV's hottest women over 40
Posted Nov 4th 2007 11:41PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews
(S04E06) "Sometimes greatness needs a little nudge." - MiltonThe moment of truth arrived: Danielle gave birth. About three weeks ago, I polled TV Squad visitors about
the sex of Danielle's baby. Close to 54% of the voters thought it would be a baby girl but
spoilers readers knew since mid-September that the baby would be a boy.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Now I Know, Don't Be Scared
Posted Oct 28th 2007 11:21PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews
(
S04E05)
"Bossy women rule this street." - LynetteDesperate Housewives episodes are not consistent this year (were they ever in the past?) but they are at least entertaining. First, we got a good premiere. Then, we were treated with a delicious lemon meringue face off between Bree and Katherine. This was followed by a somewhat disappointing game night. And last week, we witness what I call a filler episode since storylines (maybe except the Bree one) didn't advance much and Susan was so ridiculously stupid that it was uncomfortable to watch her. In short, we were due for a good
Desperate Housewives episode.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Art Isn't Easy
Posted Oct 15th 2007 12:41AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews
(
S04E03)
"Uncomfortable people don't ask questions." - KatherineLast week introduced "Kree" or "Bretherine" (two suggestions made by TV Squad reader
D) to us. Most of the TV Squad readers who took part in
our poll seemed to like the nemesis and their respectful yet devilish fights. After last week's great episode, I had high expectations for this week's
Desperate Housewives: I wanted more Bree and Katherine face offs, I wanted to get a few clues to the Mayfairs' secret, and I wanted the hit man hired by Carlos to take care of Edie.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: The Game
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