Two extra seasons for Desperate Housewives? Not feeling it
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.
But extending it to 2013 seems like a lot of time to fill, especially when the powers-that-be really haven't given us much to be delighted about during the past year (or two).
And I would think the housewives know each other pretty well by now, so what could they possibly do that would be surprising? What heinous acts could their spouses confess to that they haven't already? The "quiet" neighborhood has seen murders, affairs, arson, and tornadoes, just to name a few crises.
Unless they're all sucked into an alien spaceship or put into a government protection program, I'm not sure anything that happens there will shock us to the point of wanting another two seasons. Maybe they'll do a 50-year time jump a la Six Feet Under and let us see what happens at the end of their lives. Now there's a concept!
What do you think? Should the Housewives get another two seasons?
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Marcia Cross sighting on September 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Marcia Cross sighting on September 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Marcia Cross sighting on September 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Marcia Cross sighting on September 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Marcia Cross sighting on September 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Marcia Cross sighting on September 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Marcia Cross sighting on September 28, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Tony Parker and Eva Longoria Parker arrive at the EA Sports Presents NBA Live 09 VIP Launch Party at Beso on September 26, 2008 in Hollywood, California.
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Tony Parker and Eva Longoria Parker arrive at the EA Sports Presents NBA Live 09 VIP Launch Party at Beso on September 26, 2008 in Hollywood, California.
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Actress Eva Longoria arrives at the EA Sports Presents NBA Live 09 VIP Launch Party at Beso on September 26, 2008 in Hollywood, California.
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