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Felicity Huffman Reacts To Kerry Washington’s ‘Desperate Housewives’ Offshoot


With some new housewives moving onto one of TV's most famous streets, Felicity Huffman is welcoming them to the neighborhood.

Huffman had no suggestions on who should take over her role as Lynette, an overworked stay-at-home mother of five children who longs for the workplace and eventually struggles with both alcoholism and cancer during the show’s eight-season run from 2004 to 2012. (L-R): Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Nicollette Sheridan, Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria in ‘Desperate Housewives’ Danny Feld/ABC/courtesy everett collection Desperate Housewives starred Huffman, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross and Nicollette Sheridan as five women — mostly friends — living on Wisteria Lane, who begin uncovering dark secrets after their neighbor Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) kills herself.

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