ECAP SPECIALS ON “LOST” AND “DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES” TO STREAM IN THEIR ENTIRETY ON ABC.COM

ABC.com will stream in their entirety recap specials on “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” originally produced for and broadcast on the ABC Television Network, it was announced today.

This will be the first time ABC.com will stream a primetime program in its entirety.

“Desperate Housewives: Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry” began streaming on ABC.com yesterday, April 26, and “Lost: The Journey” will be available on Thursday, April 28, following its ABC network broadcast tonight. The specials will remain live in ABC.com’s video player until May 22 and May 25, the season finales of the respective series.

In addition to the shows streaming in their entirety, ABC.com will also offer streams of each act so viewers can watch the stories of each individual character.

“Placing these two specials literally at the fingertips of internet users is a great ‘first’ for ABC.com, and an exciting way to introduce new viewers to two of the most talked about new series of the year while also feeding the appetite of current fans,” said Bruce Gersh, senior vice president, Business Development, ABC Entertainment Television Group.

With “Lost: The Journey,” ABC invites new and avid “Lost” viewers to take a fresh look at one of this season’s most talked about shows. The special promises to explore the series in a way that will bring new viewers up to date — but which current viewers will also find illuminating.

“Lost” stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Maggie Grace as Shannon, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Malcolm David Kelley as Walt, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie, Terry O’Quinn as Locke, Harold Perrineau as Michael and Ian Somerhalder as Boone. “Lost” airs Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m., ET, on the ABC Television Network.

An all-new hour-long special, “Desperate Housewives: Sorting Out the Dirty Laundry” will bring new viewers up to speed on the biggest moments of the season while giving die-hard fans of the hit series fresh insight into the many mysteries of TV’s most famous street.

The hour recaps the stories-to-date of Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van De Kamp and Gabrielle Solis, and looks back at the central mysteries that have kept viewers guessing: Why did Mary Alice kill herself? Who’s buried in the toy chest that Paul Young dug up from the bottom of his pool? And who is Mike Delfino, and what is his real agenda in moving to Wisteria Lane?

Desperate Housewives” stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van De Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt, Steven Culp as Rex Van De Kamp, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Mark Moses as Paul Young, Andrea Bowen as Julie Mayer, Jesse Metcalfe as John, Cody Kasch as Zach Young, Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young and James Denton as Mike Delfino. The series, which has garnered both People’s Choice and Golden Globe Awards for best comedy series, airs Sundays at 9:00 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.
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The ladies on Wisteria Lane are friends on and off the set, Felicity Huffman, one of the lead actresses on the hit television show, Desperate Housewives, said on Sunday. “We’re all friends. We all get along. I love going to work,” said Huffman, who plays Lynette Scavo, on the show. There had been talk of tension among the cast, which reportedly boiled over at a group cover shoot for “Vanity Fair” when Marcia Cross stormed off the set. The incident was chronicled by the magazine’s writer Ned Zeman. “I have to tip my hat off to that writer (Zeman) because it’s a tempest in a teapot,” Huffman told Reuters.
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A swarm of locusts hit CBS on Sunday, but the insect invasion was no match for a clip-show recap episode of ABC’s Desperate Housewives. ABC easily won the night, as usual, with a solid performance from a special Sorting out the Dirty Laundry highlight reel episode of Housewives that lured in 23.7 million viewers and 10.0 rating/23 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. ABC also dominated at 8 p.m. hour with a fresh episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (16.7 million, 6.7/17) and at 10 p.m. with fledgling drama Grey’s Anatomy (18.2 million, 8.1/20). CBS had a good night with 8 p.m. drama Cold Case (16.5 million, 3.7/10) building significantly on its 60 Minutes lead-in (12.4 million, 2.5/8).
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Mehcad Brooks is set to join the cast of ABC’s hit dramedy Desperate Housewives as a potential regular. On Touchstone TV’s Desperate Housewives, Brooks will play the son of Alfre Woodard’s character. The two will move into a house on Wisteria Lane. Brooks will make his debut on the show in the final two episodes of the season and will return next season as a recurring with an option to become a regular. Brooks recently wrapped the Walt Disney Co. feature Glory Road for producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The actor, whose credits also include a four-episode arc on Fox’s Boston Public.
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Having you been in Pretender fan fiction withdrawal? Yes, it may be hard with FanFiction.net and other sites putting up stories but don’t you miss all the fan fiction from The Pretender Fan Fiction Archive? Me too. I have great news…

There is a site up and running called “Missing Pieces”. They are currently (I’m helping) tracking down all the authors on the site to get permission to upload all their stories. A daunting task but so far pretty successful despite some trouble with old email address… want to help?

Do you know any of the authors from the old Pretender Fan Fiction Archive or maybe you are one? Email Mknzy

If you have stories to post, head over to the website. There is also a Yahoo Group by the same name.
Missing Pieces Site
Missing Pieces Yahoo Group

Alfre Woodard is joining the cast of the ABC hit Desperate Housewives.
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Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives had a celebrity-laden crowd purring when she helped open a new lounge featuring the famous Pussycat Dolls at Caesars Palace hotel-casino. Eva said she had always been desperate to be a pussycat…
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Latest news, now that Grey’s Anatomy will continue to air Sundays at 10, April 24 is not a rerun either now! The DH special will air then. It is called: “Desperate Housewives: Sorting Out The Dirty Laundry.” It’ll air 9pm, in the regular DH slot. Then the final 4 episodes of the season will air May 1, 8, 15 and 22. Season finale could be 2 hours, ABC still doesn’t know the duration on that.

They may appear sultry and ready for summer on the May cover of Vanity Fair, but according to the magazine, the stars of ABC’s Desperate Housewives were actually steaming angry. Vanity Fair’s cover proclaims: “You wouldn’t believe what it took just to get this photo!”
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Andrea Bowman, who plays Julie on Desperate Housewives will step in for an episode next week, while Elisabeth Hasselback is away on maternity leave. Check your local listings for more information.

ABC has ordered second seasons of Desperate Housewives, Lost and Boston Legal, while lining up a fifth season of Alias. Desperate Housewives and Lost were two of the most buzz-worthy pilots of the last development season and became out-of-the-box hits for ABC.
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Catch Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos Solis) on [bGeroge Lopez[/b] on Tuesday, May 3 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on ABC in the episode George’s Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition.

ABC looks like it has another drama hit on its hands. “Grey’s Anatomy” held up extremely well in its second outing Sunday behind another highly rated installment of Desperate Housewives. Grey’s Anatomy pulled in an impressive 18.2 million viewers and 7.9 rating/19 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, coming out of 24.4 million viewers and 10.7/24 for “Housewives” in the 9 p.m. hour, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. “Anatomy” crushed the competition from a repeat of NBC’s Crossing Jordan (9.5 million, 2.7/7) and the final hour of CBS telecast of the 2002 Denzel Washington starrer John Q, which averaged 7.6 million viewers and 2.2/5 in adults 18-49.- Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter

This month watch for Patrick back on NBC in the limited-run series Revelations.