Wisteria Lane-related stories
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 7:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Reality-Free

We told you several days ago about the
plane crash that will happen on Desperate Housewives later this season (it may or may not be an Oceanic plane, there are conflicting reports on that). Here's the first pic from the scene, with all of its devastation.
The Daily Mail has more.
Creator Marc Cherry says the crash will kill several characters.
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Posted Oct 18th 2009 11:10PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S06E04) "Even the people we love keep secrets." - Mary Alice Mary Alice probably told us twice a season in her narration that people on Wisteria Lane had secrets. This week's
Desperate Housewives main secrets involve: the Bolens are afraid Danny will spill out their secrets and we learn a bit more about Angie's scar; thanks to Andrew, Susan learns some of Julie's secrets; Lynette tries to hide her secret from Carlos but the body changes pregnant women experience are making it more difficult for her to hide her pregnancy; Bree lies to Katherine so that the latter doesn't discover the affair with Karl.
Continue reading Review: Desperate Housewives - The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues
Posted Oct 15th 2009 4:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Lost, Reality-Free

Yes, you read that headline right: an Oceanic Airlines plane is going to crash on Wisteria Lane.
One of the big ratings stunts on
Desperate Housewives this season will be a
plane crash that happens in the ladies' neighborhood that will affect everyone on the show (when a plane crashes in your neighborhood that's bound to happen). But a source at ABC tells E! that
the plane will be an Oceanic plane, in a nod to
Lost. No, it won't be the same plane, Oceanic 815, just a plane from the same airline. So don't expect time travel or polar bears running around Gabrielle's lawn. Although a weird crossover like that might be fascinating to see. Of course, I wonder how
this billboard from FlashForward could possibly be right if this happens.
This isn't the first time the airline has shown up on a non-ABC show. The pic above is from FOX's
The War At Home.
Posted Jul 31st 2009 6:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Desperate Housewives, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free

Show of hands: how many people here watch both
Torchwood and
Desperate Housewives? Well, your dreams might be answered.
Torchwood star
John Barrowman revealed on a British talk show this week that he is going to Los Angeles to meet with the producers of the ABC drama for a role. Though he didn't say what role it would be.
Maybe he can play the same character he plays on
Torchwood, add a little sci-fi to the show. Wouldn't that be unbelievably wild? That's why it would never happen.
[via
TV Tattle]
Posted Feb 16th 2009 12:43AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E15) "Camping? Have you met me?" - Edie to DaveMost of the storylines this week were a continuation of what started to unfold
last week: the Scavos had to ponder selling the restaurant; Bree continued spending big bucks; Susan continued to act like a child; and Gaby wanted money and went back to her old self to get it. The way the storylines unfolded was not that entertaining. However, each had a twist that could have major repercussions in the coming weeks.
The storyline that got the least air time this week was that of Dave and Edie. Yet, I think it was the most interesting because it showed us that Dave's revenge plan is now entering the last phase.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: In a World Where the Kings are Employers
Posted Dec 10th 2008 9:02PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Reality-Free

I read today that
Desperate Housewives might run for an extra two seasons, instead of the original seven planned by creator
Marc Cherry. According to TVGuide.com,
Cherry made the announcement today at a cake-cutting ceremony celebrating 100 episodes of the ABC suds-fest.
Unless they can ramp up the storylines, I'm not sure this is such a good thing. Sure, the series has picked up steam this season, but it's still slow-going. While I'm on-board and watching it every week, nothing about the storylines has really wowed me. An extra two seasons? Not feeling it at the moment.
Let's see here ... If the original pact between Cherry and ABC stands, the series would wrap in 2011. That seems like a good amount of time to throw a few more juicy stories into the mix and give the housewives of Wisteria Lane a good send-off.
Continue reading Two extra seasons for Desperate Housewives? Not feeling it
Posted Jul 16th 2008 4:28PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Reality-Free

Last season's
Desperate Housewives' finale was pretty much a game changer. The denizens of Wisteria Lane jumped five years into the future and into completely different lives. Just to recap: Gaby (Eva Longoria Parker) is a mom, Bree (Marcia Cross) is the new Martha Stewart and is back with Orson (Kyle MacLachlan), Lynette's (Felicity Huffman) sons are juvenile delinquents, Susan (Teri Hatcher) has a new man and Edie (Nicolette Sheridan) is nowhere to be found. So basically things are a little ... different.
Executive producers Bob Daily and Sabrina Wind discuss just how different life on Wisteria Lane is going to be this season.
Daily says that the five year jump has allowed them to wipe the slate clean, "We keep talking about this first episode likes it's another pilot. We're starting over and each woman has a new drive now." For more information on what to expect on
Desperate Housewives this season, follow me after the jump.
WARNING: SPOILERS AFTER THE JUMPContinue reading Producers dish Desperate secrets
Posted Jul 16th 2008 12:26PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Celebrities, Reality-Free

Haircuts on TV shows are often a very big deal. Remember when Keri Russell had the audacity to cut her long, curl mane on
Felicity? Some fans never forgave her or the character!
Well, be prepared for another cut to your psyche,
Desperate Housewives' devotees. Eva Longoria Parker has
cut her hair for the upcoming sixth season of the show. Unlike Keri, however, Eva's cut was done with the blessing of the producers.
As you can see, it's a very cute 'doo; not too blunt or pixie-ish. It's quite stylish and flattering. The idea is that with the five-year time jump that we saw in the finale last season, Gaby doesn't have the time or inclination to care for her long, flowing locks. (If you've ever had long, full hair like hers, you know what I'm talking about!)
Continue reading Desperate Housewife gets trimmed ... her hair, that is
Posted Apr 15th 2008 3:21PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Reality-Free
And yes there are MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! So turn back now if you don't want to be spoiled!
There's a big twist coming to ABC's Desperate Housewives. And it involves Teri Hatcher and Marcia Cross wearing jetpacks and eating pills that will take the place of meals.
Well, OK, maybe they won't have any of that, but Desperate Housewives is taking a cue from Lost and will jump five years into the future in the last moments of the season finale in May. Cross let the news out on Ellen. But it's not going to do a back and forth in time like Lost, it's going to stay in the year 2013 (or will that be 2012, considering this season started in 2007?).
Continue reading Desperate Housewives about to serve up a big twist
Posted Mar 18th 2008 8:26AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Desperate Housewives, Casting

There's going to be a new lady swinging down Wisteria Lane this spring.
Entertainment Tonight reported that
Justine Bateman has signed onto Desperate Housewives for a few episodes. The actress, who will forever be remembered for playing Alex P. Keaton -- Michael J. Fox's -- sister Mallory on
Family Ties, will be playing "a hip artist living with Gabby and Carlos."
Continue reading Justine Bateman coming to Wisteria Lane
Posted Jul 3rd 2007 1:07PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Casting

On the heels of
yesterday's news that Dana Delany may soon become a
Desperate Housewife, is news that Nathan Fillion is also in talks to join the show.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Fillion would play Delany's much younger husband. They'd be the new couple on the block at Wisteria Lane and would, no doubt, have some sort of mysterious past and secrets that they're hiding from the neighbors.
Rounding up the Fillion/Delany family is Lyndsy Fonseca, who may play the couple's daughter. Fonseca is currently the unnamed "daughter" that we occasionally see at the beginning of
How I Met Your Mother.
It'll be interesting to see whether Fillion's addition to the show brings some Browncoats over to ABC on Sunday nights (probably not this Browncoat). Fillion had a lot of support from his fans when
Drive launched this spring, but it was swiftly canceled by Fox.
Posted Mar 22nd 2007 7:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: ABC, Desperate Housewives, Celebrities
Britney Spears went there, and so did Lindsay Lohan. Mel Gibson did too, and I even think that Isaiah Washington went there to cure himself of homophobia, or whatever the reason was. Yup, it's celebrity rehab, and there's another person who has joined the club: Desperate Housewives star Jesse Metcalfe (though he's not on it that much this year).
Metcalfe's publicist has announced that he entered a rehab on March 19 to "deal with alcohol issues" and he "hopes that the media will allow him the privacy to deal properly with his treatment."
I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that I too will be going into rehab. I've been addicted to television and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for far too long and it's time I did something about it.
Posted Jan 16th 2007 7:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Industry, Programming, Desperate Housewives, Celebrities, TCA Press Tour
And before you say anything, that's the word used by show creator Marc Cherry, not me.
At a TCA Q and A (check out the reports from Joel and Kevin here), the Desperate Housewives creator says he spends $100,000 a week just getting rid of nipples that show through clothing because "I've got a couple of actresses who refuse to wear bras, and the Standards and Practices go 'Can't see that'...then I'll turn on Friends and it's a Nipplefest."
It's funny because I was just noticing the other day on a Friends repeat that Jennifer Aniston was, um, showing quite a bit. Personally I would have used the word "Nipplepalooza," but that's just me. Now, who are the actresses he's talking about?
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Posted Jan 10th 2007 2:30PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, The Office, Ugly Betty, Awards
The Golden Globes: the award season's equivalent to a Roman orgy (tastefully done, of course). No seat-holders, plenty of food and libations, and no cue-card written, inane banter between presenters. Most importantly the Globes only present awards to the actors, directors and writers and leave the accolades for best costuming, makeup, and gaffing to the Oscars.
What I like most about the Golden Globes, and subsequently the Screen Actors Guild and People's Choice Awards (the Wal-Mart of awards shows), is that they recognize both television and movies, which makes it interesting for fans of both types of media. If you're not a big movie fan then you don't have to wait too long to see who wins a television category. As I write for . . . ahem . . . TV Squad, my interests tend to lean in favor of the big video box. This is especially true when it comes to television comedies.
With that being said, my in-depth five-minute analysis of the nominees for best comedy can be found after the jump.
Continue reading The Golden Globes: Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Posted Oct 20th 2006 9:00AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Desperate Housewives, Celebrities
Nicollete might be desperate, but she's not that desperate.*
The ABC star was at a dog event the other day called "Dine With Your Dog Day," was supposed to eat dog food at the event, because Eight Is Enough's Dick Van Patten (his company sponsors the event) wanted to show people that "how delicious pet chow can be." Actress Linda Blair was there too and she didn't want to eat it either. Melissa Gilbert and Ross The Intern from Leno's show were there and actually sampled the doggie dinner. James Farentino was there too; no word on whether he ate any dog food or not.
(*And, yes, I know that technically Sheridan isn't one of the housewives, but I can't let a joke go by like that, can I?)
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