The TV Zone

The babes are back - and older.


You love "Desperate Housewives," right? Otherwise, why read this post? In any event, there was a pretty interesting "DH" sesh yesterday at press tour, over which the loquacious, likable and amusing creator Marc Cherry held court. Cherry likes this audience, and I find that the audience pretty much reciprocates. He had a lot of stuff to say about the new season, in which Wisteria Lane moves forward a full five years. So let's just bullet the high points, because you've got a busy day:
* Cherry actually wanted to move the show SEVEN years in the future, because "labor laws" had prevented him from doing more complicated storylines with the show's child actors, and that "older kids allow you to do more involved storylines..." But he got immediate flak from the cast, members of which were afraid they'd look too old on screen. Cherry compromised on five.
* Eva Longoria Parker's Gabriella has gained a little weight and looks a little dowdy five years from now - doesn't wear much makeup (because Carlos is still blind and can't see her anyway) and because she has two kids, so who has time for makeup? The "weight" question came up and Cherry said his aunts back in Oklahoma don't have time to doll themselves up, so why should his beloved ladies?
* Teri Hatcher's Susan - still kinda skinny - has a new love interest, "an interesting artsy guy" played by actor, Gale Harold. You definitely know Harold - was briefly in "Grey's" AND was Brian Kinney in "Queer as Folk." He was also Wyatt Earp in "Deadwood." Cherry said of James Denton, "you will see Mike in the show, and that's all I'm gonna say."
* Neal McDonough, (right) as you know, is joining the cast next season. Says Cherry, his character moves to Wisteria Lane "and he has revenge on the mind." Uh-huh. Who doesn't?