Desperate Housewive Casting News

  • Post published:February 6, 2005
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Nick Chinlund has landed a recurring role on ABC’s hit new drama Desperate Housewives. He will play Detective Sullivan, who is investigating the death of Martha Huber (Christine Estabrook). Chinlund, who has appeared in such features as The Chronicles of Riddick, Training Day, Con Air and Lethal Weapon 3, next appears on the big screen in Legend of Zorro, opposite Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and in the futuristic thriller Ultraviolet.

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Desperate Housewives spin off?

  • Post published:February 4, 2005
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There’s more dirty laundry headed ABC’s way: As reported in next week’s TV Guide magazine, Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has had informal talks with ABC about giving his monster hit a sister soap. “The network has saved an area [on the schedule] for me when I’m ready to write it,” he reveals. “But it’s going to take me a couple of seasons before I have the energy-slash-time.” So what will the show be about? Fetch yourself a copy of the new TV Guide (on sale Thursday) for all the scoop!
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What’s New with Patrick aka Sydney?

  • Post published:February 3, 2005
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Patrick’s been up to a lot!

  • Check out the Ray Charles biopic Ray, which was released on DVD yesterday. Patrick plays Dr. Hacker. Ray has received six Academy Award nominations.
  • You can also look for Patick in an upcoming episode of the new Fox series, House, as Dr. Rowan Chase, the father of of series regular Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer). Check out Fox’s House Site.
  • Watch for The Dead Zone’s return and an appearance by Patrick in an episode writen by Juan Carlos Coto (wrote for The Pretender).
  • Patrick is back on NBC in the limited-run series Revelations, starting in April.
  • Patrick will also be in an indie feature called The Perfect Sleep, coming out later this year.
  • Inconsoblableis about Mr. Fisher (Patrick), a repentant German soldier following World War II. Look for it in 2006.
  • Patrick recently completed initial work on the film Boy Culture in which he plays Gregory, an “older, enigmatic male client” of one of the main characters. The film is adapted from the book of the same name and is being directed by Allan Brocka.
  • Also look for Deadly due out sometime this year. Patrick plays Dr. Arndt. See www.deadlythemovie.com.
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    Jamie! Look for him!

    • Post published:February 3, 2005
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    Jamie’s on Oprah today! I totally missed it!

    Don’t worry if you did too… on Friday night, Jamie will be a guest starring on REBA. Jamie will be appearing on LENO Friday as well. On Saturday night, he will be one of the presenters (along with Teri Hatcher) at the SAG AWARDS. As always, check your local listings for times and channels. Set your VCR’s, DVR’s, PVR’s or whatever R’s you’ve got.

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    Housewives Hunk Happy to Be a Hit

    • Post published:January 30, 2005
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    ABC’s Sunday smash Desperate Housewives has emerged as one of the TV season’s bona fide phenomena, a bracingly original water-cooler show that has been embraced by critics and viewers across the country. All the ensuing hoopla is great fun, says Desperate cast member James Denton, but it pales next to something else every actor craves — job security. “To tell the truth, it’s more relief than anything else,” says the 42-year-old actor, who plays hunky Wisteria Lane plumber Mike Delfino on the tongue-in-cheek soap.
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    About Those Would-Be ‘Housewives’ …

    • Post published:January 27, 2005
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    For the past couple of weeks, a story has floated around the Internet that Pamela Anderson, she of Baywatch and Playboy fame, was regretting turning down a part in ABC’s hit series Desperate Housewives. Some reports have also noted that Heather Locklear, who starred in this season’s short-lived “LAX” on NBC, was also considered for one of women of Wisteria Lane — although Locklear herself has never said so, as best we can tell. Both accounts, however, elicit a raised eyebrow from “Housewives” creator Marc Cherry.
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    Opinions Differ on Lost, Housewives Overruns

    • Post published:January 26, 2005
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    As TiVo and even VCR users know, the phrase “hour-long drama” doesn’t mean what it used to in the television universe. All season long, fans of several hit ABC dramas — Lost and Desperate Housewives in particular — have complained that because their favorite shows have been known to end at a minute or two past the hour, they’ve missed crucial information, or at least crucial closing credit sequences. At ABC’s Television Critics Association press tour sessions over the weekend, it became clear that there are myriad reasons behind those minor overages which cause such frustration for so many. “You know, sometimes it’s based on creative and sometimes it’s based on strategic,” says ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson. “Sometimes the shows just run longer and it’s hard to edit them down and we give the producers a minute or two. Sometimes it’s to bridge… the commercial gap there and be a little more strategic with our schedule. [W]e don’t do it on every show, there are opportunities where we think it makes sense.”
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    Desperate Hussy Tells All

    • Post published:January 24, 2005
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    She may have been snubbed by the Golden Globes, but Eva Longoria ain’t complaining these days. Her insta-breakout role as suburban adulteress Gabrielle Solis on Desperate Housewives has made this 29-year-old Young & the Restless alumna one of TV’s hottest (in every sense of the word) young actresses. Here, Longoria dishes with TV Guide Online about her show’s best-comedy Globe, her desire to defeat CSI and her 90210 memories…
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    ABC’s Lost, Desperate Housewives Get Extra Episode

    • Post published:January 24, 2005
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    She may have been snubbed by the Golden Globes, but Eva Longoria ain’t complaining these days. Her insta-breakout role as suburban adulteress Gabrielle Solis on Desperate Housewives has made this 29-year-old Young & the Restless alumna one of TV’s hottest (in every sense of the word) young actresses. Here, Longoria dishes with TV Guide Online about her show’s best-comedy Globe, her desire to defeat CSI and her 90210 memories…

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    Lee May Return To Housewives

    • Post published:January 24, 2005
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    Marc Cherry, creator of ABC’s hit comedy-drama Desperate Housewives, told SCI FI Wire that he’s hoping to bring back actress Sheryl Lee (Twin Peaks) for a guest role, since Lee’s role in the pilot was recast for the series. Lee played the character of Mary Alice, who kills herself, then provides the voice-over narration for the show from beyond the grave. When the series was picked up, Lee was replaced with Brenda Strong because producers decided they needed a warmer narrator, Cherry said.
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    Desperate Housewives Demand Bigger Paychecks

    • Post published:January 24, 2005
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    The stars of hit sitcom Desperate Housewives have reportedly threatened a revolt over their small salaries.
    Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria and Nicolette Sheridan are all demanding bigger paychecks to cash in on the worldwide success of the ABC series that won two Golden Globe Awards last week, reports Britain’s Daily Star Sunday newspaper.
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    Housewives Baby News!

    • Post published:January 21, 2005
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    Married Melrose Placealums Sydney and Matt – aka Laura Leighton of ABC’s upcoming Eyes and Desperate Housewives’ Doug Savant- are expecting their second child in June. The couple share a 4-year-old son, Jack, and Savant has two older daughters from a previous marriage, Arianna, 13 and Madeline, 11.- TV Guide Online

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    The View Gets Desperate

    • Post published:January 21, 2005
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    The ladies at The View are getting pretty desperate. During the week of Feb. 7, the five stars of Desperate Housewives will co-host ABC’s The View while the show broadcasts from Los Angeles. Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Nicollette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross will each join the daytime talk show for a day.
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