Di Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 'Housewives' receive critics' honours Monday, July 25 2005, 15:30 BST -- by Kris Green Hit American shows Desperate Housewives has won top award from the Television Critics Association. Marc Cherry’s Desperate Housewives was named programme of the year achievement in drama. The show is currently filming it's second season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Burgi becomes 'Housewives' regular Tuesday, July 26 2005, 15:48 BST -- by Kris Green Desperate Housewives star Richard Burgi has become a regular cast member for the show's second season, according to Variety. The actor, who plays Susan Mayer’s (Teri Hatcher) husband Karl, will become romantically involved with Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan). As previously reported, Doug Savant (Tom Scavo) is also being upped to the regular cast. 'Housewives' season two teasers Tuesday, July 26 2005, 15:54 BST -- by Kris Green Warning: This article contains some spoilers which some readers may prefer to avoid. Please scroll down to continue. As filming for the second season of Desperate Housewives gets underway, more teasers of the planned storylines are beginning to emerge. As filming for the second season of Desperate Housewives gets underway, more teasers of the planned storylines are beginning to emerge. Speaking at the Television Critics Association tour, series creator Marc Cherry confirmed that Rex Van De Kamp (Steven Culp) is definitely dead: "There was a scene in the finale which made it really, really clear. Because we were long, I cut it. I thought the phone call [from the doctor to Bree] did it. I did not mean to confuse the fans in any way." Cherry also explained how Rex’s mother, who will be played by Shirley Knight, will have a “battle royale†with Bree (Marcia Cross) over Rex’s funeral. Other titbits included information on Wisteria Lane’s latest addition, Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodward). "Her character was a concert pianist," he teased. "She's going to be involved in something pretty gothic on the show - pretty dark and spooky." According to Get Desperate, Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) will also find out Mike’s true relation to Zach, Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) will have a relationship which annoys Susan – presumably with Susan’s ex-husband Karl Mayer (Richard Burgi) – and Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) will finally convince Carlos (Ricardo Shavira) that she is carrying his baby, not John Rowland’s (Jesse Metcalfe). Nostradamus actress Joely Fisher will also guest star as a boss of Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman) when she starts back at work - but "in a surprising way." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Housewives set to air final laundry Date: 04/08/05 By Amy Fallon Australians sucked in by the twists and turns of TVs suburban satire Desperate Housewives will have some closure when the first season finale screens next week. But the final episode of the Seven Network's smash hit show also promises to pose new questions, leaving fans in limbo until the series return some time next year. After six months of airing their dirty laundry, the five foxy ladies from Wisteria Lane have snared a large and hopefully loyal audience in Australia. Up to two million Australia are expected to tune in for next week's farewell, on Monday at 8.30pm. Seven will be hoping they stick around for series two. The signs are good. Desperate Housewives is the number one rating show for 2005, taking over from last year's winner, the Nine Network's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It attracts an average weekly audience of more than two million people across the five largest capital cities. And if you take into account rural Australia, the real figure is somewhere up near three million viewers, Seven claims. Desperate Housewives, part soap opera, part comedy, part satire, follows the lives of five housewives in suburban America. So far this year viewers have seen divorcee Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) fall in love with new plumber Mike (Jamie Denton), later revealed to be a murderer. Model-turned housewife Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria) had an affair with hunky gardener John Rowland (Jesse Metcalfe) while husband Carlos (Ricardo Chavira) was investigated by the FBI on fraud charges. Seductress Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) started the season with her house burning down and progressed through a string of loves. Neurotic Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross) has had the biggest year of her life in which she nearly divorced her husband Rex (Steven Culp) and discovered her teenage son might be gay. But she still managed to keep her hair in place and the house spotless, unlike her neighbour Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), who discovered that motherhood is her toughest role yet. In the final episode of series one, viewers will find out the shocking truth about Mary Alice Young, the show's narrator and the housewife who killed herself in the first episode of the show. The audience will also learn whether Susan and Mike live happily ever after, see if Rex survives a heart attack and find out what happens when Carlos learns about Gabrielle's infidelity. In the United States, following salary squabbles by its female stars, the second season of Desperate Housewives is in production and due to return to the ABC network in about mid-September. A new housewife and the death of a character will mean a change in group dynamics for season two. Looking back on the program's successful first run, Seven's director of corporate communications Simon Francis said Desperate Housewives worked on many different levels. "It works as a weekly soap opera," Francis said. "It also works as an extraordinary satire on life in suburbia, and the program itself has so many extraordinary twists and turns." According to Seven, Australians in particular seem to enjoy the mix. "Australia is the biggest market for Desperate Housewives anywhere in the world, in terms of the total audience share," claimed Francis. He said it was consistently the number one program this year in the 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54 age brackets. "It's the highest rating new program on television in more than a decade." Meanwhile, Seven hopes to fill the gap in the Housewives timeslot with its new medical drama Grey's Anatomy, currently the highest-rating new US program. "It's a very similar demographic profile to Desperate Housewives," Francis said. "We're giving it our best opportunity by giving the show its first broadcast following Desperate Housewives. "And then Grey's Anatomy will maybe do a Desperate Housewives." Meanwhile, Seven will air the grand finale of its other big hit, Lost, on August 25. Like Desperate Housewives, Lost too will be back next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Does anyone from the UK know what this might be so I don't have to watch Seven for the next hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierced Musie Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 If its the Justin/Andrew fight scene that was cut from the finale I am going to scream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 The finale just finished here so it could be... I think the promo said "The secret scene the producers cut but are desperate to show you" I'll try and capture if I catch it just incase it is because I know how much you want to see that scene They're teasing us... just flashed this up However I think it might be an Edie scene which was banned in the USA because it was "too sexy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierced Musie Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 I cried when I found out that scene had been cut because after Episode 15 aired they said there would be more Justin/Andrew storyline in the finale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Talk about Ch7 hyping it up. It was just a crappy scene with Bree and George and her therapist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmy Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 OMG I just had this thought...could Mike or IS Mike Zach/Danas father?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire_louise Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Yes, but you should probably put that in spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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