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It’s a girl for James Denton (Mr. Lyle, The Pretender; Mike Delfino, Deperate Housewives) and his wife, Erin O’Brien Denton who just gave birth to their second child, Malin O’Brien Denton who weighed 7-pounds, 5-ounces when she was born early Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at a Los Angeles area hospital. They also have a son, 22-month old Sheppard.
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ABC has found a way to squeeze a little more life out of frosh blockbusters “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives”– and possibly expand their already sizeable fan base to boot.
ABC has greenlit separate one-hour specials tied to both series, with the network’s marketing and current programming departments overseeing production of both. But rather than serving up simple clipfests catering to current viewers, ABC is designing the specials to serve as introductory guides to the serialized shows.
“There can be a reluctance on the part of the audience to invest in these kinds of shows,” said ABC current department toppertopper Lance Taylor. “What we’re trying to do is keep those tent doors open and invite as many people in as possible to enjoy the last part of the season.”
Added ABC marketing chief Mike Benson, “We want to do everything we can to make sure these series finish the season in the biggest way possible.”
The “DH,” special will “look very much like an episode” of the show, Taylor said.
“Mary Alice (the show’s narrator) will be our guide, and she’ll take us through the show,” he added. Focus will be on the four main housewives.
The “DH” hour — from Lynne Lussier Prods.– will air in the hour preceding the show’s season finale. ABC has not yet announced scheduling for the finale.
Benson said ABC is already talking with its sister companies about other uses for these specials, such as including them on DVD releases of the shows.
Apparently Less Than Perfect is ending their season earily. It seems this means there will only be 22 episodes instead of the promised 24, but time will tell. The season finale will air on April 15 (tax day here in the states).
“Claude the Expert” – Claude encourages Charlie to audition for a band, but then, when he makes the cut and has to leave town indefinitely, she realizes her relationship skills are better applied to Jeb and Lydia. Meanwhile, Owen and Ramona throw a surprise birthday party for Carl, but it turns out to be a much bigger celebration than they’d expected. And Jeb and Lydia, reunited, hold an impromptu wedding at Denny’s, performed by the waiter/minister, guest-starring Christopher Knight, on the season finale of “Less than Perfect.”
Ryan Merriman the actor who portrayed Young Jarod and Jarod’s clone, isn’t so little anymore. This Friday you will be able to see Ryan Merriman (Young Jarod, Clone) in his new film The Ring 2.
PHQ's Newsletter #7 is up for your reading pleasure. PHQ NL#7 contains price comparisons on The Pretender DVD set. Ryan Merriman new. Deperate Housewives DVD news. And information about The Pretender's Official Online Team.
We’ve compared a few prices for you and here are the results:
Amazon.com – $27.99, no tax no shipping
Target.com – $27.99 + shipping – tax?
Overstock.com – $28.29 + shipping – tax?
BestBuy.com – $32.99 + shipping – tax?
Borders.com – $35.99 + shipping – tax?
TVShowsOnDVD.com – $39.98 + shipping – tax?
Target Store may have same price but there will be tax. Probably the
same with Best Buy.
Nothing at Walmart.com but I know it is coming to my Wal-Mart. It could be pretty cheap there but because I didn’t have to pay tax of shipping at Amazon I chose them.
I recommend heading to Amazon to purchase The Pretender Season One on DVD.
Nicolette Sheridan’s bare back is safe for prime-time viewing. The Federal Communications Commission ruled Monday (March 14) that a skit involving Desperate Housewives star Sheridan that aired on ABC’s Monday Night Football last fall may have been “titillating,” but it wasn’t indecent.
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This Wednesday, March 16 from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on TV Land, Desperate Housewives will receive the Future Classic Award at the 3rd Annual TV Land Awards.
Also, there will be a hilarious Desperate Housewives skit from classic TV stars:
The women of classic TV proved that desperation doesn’t end at 40, in a parody entitled “Desperate Classic Housewives,” which aired during the show. Wisteria Lane’s newest inhabitants featured Marion Ross of “Happy Days” filling in for Marcia Cross (“Bree Van De Kamp”), Barbara Eden of “I Dream of Jeannie” for Nicolette Sheridan (“Edit Britt”), Charo of “The Love Boat” for Eva Longoria (“Gabrielle Solis”), Joyce DeWitt of “Three’s Company” for Teri Hatcher (“Susan Mayer”) and Shirley Jones of “The Partridge Family” for Felicity Huffman (“Lynette Scavo”). Also starring in the parody were The Beaver himself, Jerry Mathers (“Sexy, Young Gardener”), Don Knotts of “The Andy Griffith Show” & “Three’s Company” (Mary Alice’s husband), “Happy Days'” Tom Bosley (“Rex”) and “Barney Miller’s” Abe Vigoda (Hot Stud Plumber”).
What to expect on the DVD boxset come September 20th.
The double-Golden Globe-winning show will come to DVD with a wealth of extras. The studio hasn’t given us a final list of them yet, but the rumors include mention of these possibilities, but not everything may even be listed here:
Amazon rates their merchandise and apparently The Pretender is #84 in the DVD’s. Not the greatest but considering how many DVD’s they sell… not bad either. Let’s get the ranking up there. Click the link at the top to purchase the DVD set if you haven’t already.
This coming weeks TV Guide (on newstands right now) has a spread on all the Wisteria Lane hotties… including our favorite Jamie Denton! Go pick it up today!
The story of how Marc Cherry’s mother helped inspire him to create Desperate Housewives is by now an “oft-told tale,” as he puts it. Her influence on the hit series, however, didn’t really stop with the pilot script, Cherry told a sold-out auditorium Tuesday night (March 8) at the Museum of Television & Radio’s annual Paley Television Festival.
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You may have already noticed the front page is different. The system I had was crashing the site and the best solution was to have pages open separately. You may have to close a window you’ve open before you can view another.
The other change is the Data Annex tab. It was links to Official sites and other great link. Now it is Archived information for the site. Links are now at the bottom of the front page. As always I will continue to try and improve the site. I’m sorry for all the changes.
Cult Times has the cast of ‘Housewives’ on the cover of it’s March 2005 issue but it’s creator Marc Cherry who is interviewed. The magazine is on newstands now.
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Desperate Housewives has tapped Oscar-nominated actress Lesley Ann Warren to play Teri Hatcher’s “high-maintenance” mother in an upcoming episode.
ABC’s satiric soap took a bite Sunday out of CBS’ Grammys telecast, the third major awards show this season to apparently fall victim to the women of Wisteria Lane.
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There may be no better measure of the breakout popularity of Desperate Housewives than this: The show’s narrator, Brenda Strong, is being recognized in public just by her voice.
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