News that ABC is looking to transfer Desperate Housewives’ Dana Delany to a new procedural next season would seem to suggest that her late-in-life-lesbian alter ego, Katherine, is headed straight off Wisteria Lane. But that may not necessarily be the case.

First off, Delany’s deal to join the cast of Body of Evidence is still not done. And second, even if the Emmy winner does sign on the dotted line, there’s no guarantee the pilot will become an actual series. “You never know with pilots,” Delany shrugs. “Many of them never get off the ground, so all this talk could be rendered [pointless]. But I am realistically hopeful. I love the [Evidence] character, so I hope it all works out.”

Delany’s ideal scenario has her headlining Evidence next season and making occasional guest appearances on Housewives. “[Series creator] Marc Cherry [promised] he would not kill me off and told me I was always welcome to come back to the Lane,” she says. “I would love for Katherine to pop into town and say hi to the gang every once in awhile.”

In the meantime, Delany remains focused on finishing out this season of Housewives. Does she think Katherine’s big gay awakening will stick? “This might actually be her thing,” she says. “It may make her happier than she has ever been. She does not have the best track record with men to begin with.”

Coincidentally, Delany’s current on-screen squeeze, Julie Benz, also landed an ABC pilot — the super-powered drama No Ordinary Family. For her part, Benz hopes the simultaneous bookings will result in a happy ending for Katherine and Robin. “I love the idea that those two may ride of into the sunset together.”

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A valuable piece of real estate is about to open up along America’s most popular cul-de-sac — and I’m not referring to Dana Delany’s possible departure: Drea de Matteo is leaving Desperate Housewives in May.

Series creator Marc Cherry, however, insists tabloid talk that the Emmy-winning Sopranos vet was fired because she wasn’t clicking with the cast is not true. “When I heard that stuff, I was stunned,” confesses Cherry. “We adore her. She is the sweetest gal in the world.”

The reality is, de Matteo’s stint on Housewives was never intended to go beyond this season, according to Cherry. “Part of the deal when we hired Drea was she was only interested in doing one season,” he explains. “She has a baby and is eager to get back to her life in New York.”

It’s fair to say de Matteo won’t be terribly missed by Housewives fans, many of whom never warmed to her icy character, fugitive matriarch Angie Bolen. But Cherry believes that has less to do with the actress and more to do with the nature of her story line. “We shielded parts of her character because of the mystery,” he says. “As we build toward the end and we start undoing the many layers of [Angie], everyone will get how brilliant she is.”

Cherry declined to reveal how Angie will exit Wisteria Lane (body bag? plane ticket?). Instead, he teases that the arrival in April of Torchwood’s John Barrowman as the man she has been on the run from will build to “an explosive finale,” during which “all the mysterious parts of her past will be revealed.”

Thoughts? Will you miss Angie? Sound off below!

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Wow – and I thought I was popular! Dana Delany is so well-regarded over at ABC that network prez Steve McPherson is inviting her to cheat on Desperate Housewives by starring in an Alphabet pilot that, if it’s picked up, would almost certainly take her away permanently from Wisteria Lane.

As it is, the Emmy winner will already need time off to shoot an hour of Body of Evidence. Of course, that’s provided a deal can be made. As of now, Delany is still in talks to headline Evidence, a procedural that centers around a female medical examiner who used to work as a neurosurgeon. ABC declined to comment.

So, all that said, are you thinking what I am: WTF?! Share your conspiracy theories below. What does this mean for DH? And what on earth is so special about this role on Body that only the China Beach alum could play it?

Looks like Julie Benz is sticking with ABC a bit longer.

The former Dexter star, who currently recurs on Desperate Housewives, has landed the other lead role in the network’s drama pilot No Ordinary Family, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Shield’s Michael Chiklis to play superdad in new pilot

The series centers on a typical American family with super powers. The Shield’s Michael Chiklis is already onboard to play the patriarch, Jim, a former aspiring artist-turned-police artist with special abilities. Benz, 37, will play his wife, a scientist with a power for super speed.

No Ordinary Family comes from Greg Berlanti, the man behind Brothers & Sisters, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money.

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Neal McDonough is preparing a dramatic new look for his role in the ABC pilot “Scoundrels,” the “Desperate Housewives” star told Popcorn Biz.

McDonough immediately starting thinking “prison look” once word came down last week that the crime-family dramedy had received a green light from the network.

“I’m growing the handlebars out for the character,” he said, showing off his burgeoning stubble. “And I’m hitting the weights really hard. Eating as much chicken and protein as possible.”

McDonough will star as the crime family head with a lot of time for bodybuilding after being sent to prison for his misdeeds. His onscreen wife, Virginia Madsen, then decides to raise her kids outside of the family crime business so they don’t end up with handlebar mustaches of their own in prison one day. McDonough calls it “Sopranos set in the South.”

Despite the crime life, McDonough will continue in his good guy persona. “I’m a good guy in ‘Scoundrels,’ ” he says. “I just happen to be a crime good guy.”

Meanwhile he admits feeling blessed that he has another major project right on the heels of leaving a very popular series. “After a year of ‘Desperate Housewives‘ it’s amazing to get another gift like this,” he says. “It’s a guarantee of eight episodes to air. I’m just happy. This doesn’t happen very often.”

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How many hot mommas can one show hold?

Apparently, two more when it comes to Desperate Housewives.

Sources tell me exclusively that supermodels and reality-TV staples Heidi Klum and Paulina Porizkova have just signed deals today to guest star on the hit ABC series. A rep for ABC confirms this new to us.

So who are Heidi and Paulina playing?

According to sources, they’ll be playing themselves in an episode tentatively slated to air in March. And sorry, Desperate dudes, but it’ll be solely a female affair.

In the episode Gaby (Eva Longoria Parker), who is a former model, and Angie (Drea de Mateo) run into the Project Runway host and former America’s Next Top Model judge in New York City. The storyline will take place in NYC but the episode will be shot here in Los Angeles.

I’m told Heidi and Paulina’s deals just closed today, so the ink is still drying. This is arguably Desperate Housewives’ splashiest/sexiest guest-star casting yet, though there have been some seriously fine actors to come through Wisteria Lane, including Alfre Woodard, Nathan Fillion, Neal McDonough, Dougray Scott and John Slattery.

Are you excited to see Heidi and Paulina on Desperate Housewives? Catch the next episode this Sunday on ABC.

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Apparently Kristin got her dates wrong, the next new episode isn’t until FEBRUARY 21st, but that doesn’t mean don’t love the article any less. Good onya Kristin.

“Desperate Housewives” regular Andrea Bowen will star in the Hallmark Movie Channel original telefilm “After the Fall.”

Greg Evigan (“My Two Dads”) co-stars in the movie, which centers on Jenna (Bowen), a champion horseback rider who fights to walk again after an accident leaves her paralyzed.

Evigan plays her supportive father.

Also cast in the movie are Alicia Ziegler (“Castle”) as Jenna’s best friend who bails on her, Fiona Dourif (“Bored to Death”) as her new goth friend and Rick Malambri (“Criminal Minds”) as a veterinarian and her next-door neighbor.

“Fall” is being produced by Larry Levinson Prods. Filming on the project has begun for a premiere this year. Bradford May is directing the film from a script by Wayne Lemon.

Bowen, who returned to “Housewives” full time this season, is repped by Domain and Framework.

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Well it seems to be Julie Benz news!

In the last episode of  ”Desperate Housewives,” ex-”Dexter” star Julie Benz started her tour of Wisteria Lane and already we hear her contract is being extended.

Benz originally signed on for a three-episode arc, but “Desperate Housewives” executive producer Bob Daily tells Zap2it exclusively that they’re keeping Benz around a while longer.

“We’ve been enjoying [Benz] so much,” Daily says. “We’ve extended her at least one more episode and possibly more beyond that.”

As the stripper with the yearnin’ for learnin’, Benz’s character guilted her way into Teri Hatcher’s character Susan’s life and then her home. Benz won’t be sticking around Susan’s place much longer, though. She’s moving in on Dana Delany’s Katherine (in more ways than one).

“Robin will be getting into a friendship,” says Daily. “That maybe turns into more than a friendship with Katherine. Katherine has had kind of a rough year and I think she’s open to new experiences. She’s had a rough time with men. It’s going to be a sort of twisty and turny conflicted relationship for her, I think.”

Daily says Delany is really into her new girl-on-girl storyline. “[Delany] and Julie Benz have worked together before and were friends,” he says. “She’s really thrilled and enjoying the storyline.”

How about you? Are you thrilled by the Robin/Katherine romance?

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Desperate Housewives boss Marc Cherry has accomplished his mission to get Torchwood star John Barrowman on the ABC soap.

A Wisteria Lane insider confirms that the actor is joining the show later this season for a minimum of five episodes. Barrowman will play the Big Bad at the center of the Angie (Drea de Matteo) mystery.

Last fall, Cherry — a big Torchwood fan — publicly professed his desire to cast Barrowman on the show at some point. It was just a matter of finding the right role.

Barrowman’s arc will kick off in early April and span the final five episodes of the season.

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Neal McDonough, who played Edie’s crazy husband Dave Williams on Desperate Housewives, and his wife, Ruvé, have a new addition to their family.

Daughter London Jane McDonough was born on the morning of Jan. 11 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms. She weighed 7.95 lbs and measured 19 inches long.

“Morgan Patrick, 4, and Catherine Maggie, who is 2 ½, are thrilled to have a new baby sister in the house,” Ruvé tells PEOPLE exclusively. “The first words out of their mouths when they wake up or come home from preschool are, ‘Where’s Baby London?’ ”

London has achieved top status in the family. “She is being treated like the president in the McDonough home,” the new mom jokes. “She sleeps for four hours and breastfeeds a lot. There’s hardly much time for ‘play’ right now, but she’s smothered in hugs and kisses from the kids every chance that they get. We’re definitely going to keep her!”

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We all here on the DFO family want to congratulate Neal and his wife for the new little addition to their family.

Sam Page is going toe-to-toe with another fiery redhead.

The actor, who plays the wayward husband of Christina Hendricks’ Joan on Mad Men, is joining Desperate Housewives for a multi-episode arc as Jeremy, a well-trained cook who idolizes Bree (Marcia Cross) and her old-fashioned values.

Page’s first episode is slated to air in late February. Coincidentally, that’s right around the time the in-demand Shark alum kicks off a recurring role on ABC Family’s Greek as a campaign manager and potential spoiler in the Cappie/Casey romance.

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It seems to be the day of the cast members popping in other shows.

This month and February, Sesame Street is set to feature numerous celebrity guest appearances , including a visit from Eva Longoria, Hugh Jackman and Christina Applegate.

Longoria’s normal TV residence is Wisteria Lane, but next month the Desperate Housewives star will be visiting Sesame Street to present a rather fitting Word on the Street: Exquisite. Jackman’s appearance will have him introducing the word “concentrate.” Below is the schedule of appearances.

• Tuesday, Jan. 19th: Juliana Margulies helps Big Bird when he hurts his wing; Matthew Fox presents the Word on the Street: “Bone.”

• Thursday, Jan. 21st: Rocco Fiorentino stops by for some fun on Sesame Street; Kobe Bryant presents the Word on the Steet: “Miniature.”

• Monday, Jan. 25th: Christina Applegate presents the Word on the Street: “Booth.”

• Wednesday, Jan. 27th: Hugh Jackman presents the Word on the Street: “Concentrate.”

• Tuesday, February 16th: Debi Mazar presents the Word on the Street: “Humungous.”

• Thursday, Feb. 18th: Eva Longoria presents the Word on the Street: “Exquisite.”

Sesame Street airs on PBS Kids. Check your local listings to find the specific channel and time.

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Kinky ABC has OK’d a kind of “wife swap,” lending outDesperate Housewives‘ Dana Delany to Castle for two episodes, sources confirm to me exclusively.

But Delany won’t be playing Katherine Mayfair, she’ll be playing Federal Agent Jordan Shaw.

Why this almost unprecedented move? Try ulterior motives. The network likely is hoping that Delany’s presence will draw more eyeballs to Castle, particularly since her first episode will air on Sunday, March 21 at 10 pm/ET following — duh — Housewives. (Brothers & Sisters has the week off.) The Emmy winner’s second Castle,which reunites her with her Desperate ex, Nathan Fillion, will air in the series’ regular Monday-at-10 timeslot on March 22.

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I am a very happy fangirl right now.

As some of you may know, and others don’t but you will now, in Spain we celebrate on 28th December the same as in April’s Fool and so many jokes are told. This year, there’s been a joke about Dana Delany aka Katherine Mayfair leaving the show after the 6th season. To make this happen, during the 6th season finale, we’d see Katherine moving to Maryland to live with Dylan, Bradley and their son. Of course, the casting for Bradley and the kid had to be done. Also, there were some ‘declarations’ from the ladies about how sad they were to see Dana go, that they wished her the best or that she’d be missed, and even from Dana saying she’d miss the show yet she loved the idea of getting her own show.

This joke went to the point of even giving an airing day, Wednesdays after Modern Family, and even saying ABC had announced this spin off during the holidays when we all know announcements for shows starting next Fall are made between May and June, especially during the upfronts where all the lists of new and renewed shows are published. As well, two sources were given for this piece of news, Entertaintment Weekly and Tv Guide, and in neither of them is a word about this spin off. Two articles were pusblished naming both magazines as source but not linking back anywhere which was already suspicious, and more considering the day it is.

Again, this was just a joke which has been spreading around and even some people believed it, but here we are to clarify this is not true. We hope those of you in Spain like me and Caro had a good day, and those of you who believed this made up story, we’re sorry and we like say in my country… ¡Inocente!

Tori wishes to add that this is one of the best April Fools joke’s she’s seen in awhile for DH, and would like to thank http://www.mujeres-desesperadas.com for coming up with it!

Eva Longoria Parker, the actress and L’Oréal Paris front woman, has delved deeper into beauty with a signature women’s scent, called Eva by Eva Longoria.

The eau de parfum, which was developed by Falic Fashion Group, is due to launch in the U.S. in spring.

“I have always been somewhat allergic to all perfumes and really wanted to create something that every woman could wear,” said Longoria Parker. “So I decided to create my own fragrance that is light, fresh and unique. I think the scent of a woman is extremely sexy and this scent will prove that.”

Longoria Parker, who stars in the ABC TV show “Desperate Housewives,” was closely involved with the scent’s creation, according to Jerome Falic, chief executive officer of Duty Free Americas, parent company of Hollywood, Fla.-based Falic Fashion Group.

“Eva was involved from Day One with all aspects of the project,” said Falic. “At the end of the day, it’s about Eva. She wanted something different, so we designed quite a few different [versions].”
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