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‘Desperate Housewives’ Offshoot ‘Wisteria Lane’ In Works At Onyx From Kerry Washington & Natalie Chaidez
Wisteria Lane, a reimagining of the ABC dramedy Desperate Housewives, has been set up for development as a new TV series with Kerry Washington as EP.
Desperate Housewives starred Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and, for the first five seasons, Nicollette Sheridan as five women — mostly friends — living on Wisteria Lane, who begin uncovering dark secrets after their neighbor Mary Alice Young kills herself. “The character I miss writing the most is actually Wisteria Lane; that was the most fun playground anyone in the history of television has ever had,” he told People at the time, noting that he would be interested in revisiting the street and its housewives in a different decade, notably the 1960s, for a follow-up to his original series. Launching the same season as fellow hit ABC series Lost and Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives was an instant smash, becoming a pop-culture obsession and introducing an addictive new genre that mixes comedy and drama, mystery and soapy storytelling.
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