Marc Cherry has signed a new deal that could keep Desperate Housewives air through 2013…..

Homer’s coming to Fairview! Well, not exactly. Dan Castellaneta, the actor who has voiced TV’s Homer Simpson for more than 20 years, will guest star on an upcoming episode of Desperate Housewives, TV Guide has learned.

Castellaneta will play the pilot of a small plane that crashes down on Wisteria Lane during a Christmas party on the award-winning ABC dramedy. Producer Marc Cherry has confirmed that several Housewives characters will die as a result of the plane crash.

Swine flu has come to Wisteria Lane!

The set of Desperate Housewives is on swine flu alert this Wednesday, after series star star Teri Hatcher informed the show that she was recently diagnosed with the potentially fatal H1N1 virus.

Teri’s diagnosis comes at crunchtime for the top-rated ABC drama, which had been shooting scenes for the commuter plane that is expected to kill of several characters. Scenes with the entire cast have had to be rescheduled while Teri recuperates.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Teri!

Will Marc Cherry killing off several characters on Desperate Housewives in a devastating plane crash bound for Wisteria Lane?

Desperate Housewives star Kathryn Joosten is battling lung cancer for the second time in less than 10 years.

Kathryn was first diagnosis with cancer in 2001, but quickly recovered, thanks to surgery and early detection. On Monday, the 69-year-old actress, who plays busy body neighbour Mrs McCluskey on the ABC dramedy, told PEOPLE that the disease has returned.

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A Desperate Housewives spinoff is in the works, just in time for the Sept. 27 sixth season premiere of the award-winning ABC dramedy.

The network has inked a deal to produce a series of eight Desperate-themed commercials — which will “unfold as a weekly soap opera” — for mobile phone provider Sprint, Entertainment Weekly has learned. Some of the series’ minor characters may feature as “background extras,” says series Marc Cherry, who will write the spinoff ads.

According to co-executive producer Sabrina Wind, the ads will be shot by Desperate Housewives crewmembers on the Desperate Housewives set and be penned by Desperate Housewives writers.

“It’s very Desperate Housewives,” adds exec producer Sabrina Wind. “It was shot on our set, with our crew, and written by our writers.”

The 35-sec spots promise to feature plenty of “wicked dark humor, murder and adultery and betrayal.”

The women of Wisteria Lane prepare for battle as Amazonian warriors in two newly-released promotional images supporting the forthcoming sixth season of ABC’s Desperate Housewives.

In the latest promo pics released, the five main characters – Bree, Gabrielle, Susan, Katherine and Lynette – pose in grey silk evening gowns atop a pile of red apples of temptation.

The new season begins in September.

Eva Longoria Parker’s lawn boy is on his way back to Wisteria Lane.

Jesse Metcalfe, who portrayed Gabby’s sexy gardener John Rowland on the first season of Desperate Housewives, will return to the ABC dramedy for two episodes when the sixth season premieres this fall.

In Season One, Gabby embarks on a passionate love affair with a then-teenage John Rowland.

The sixth season premiere of ABC’s Desperate Housewives debuts on Sunday, September 27 @ 9/8PM.

Drea De Matteo is joining the cast of Desperate Housewives, Entertainment Weekly reported Monday.

The actress, who won an Emmy for her work as Crazy Horse manager Adriana on The Sopranos, has inked a deal to appear as a series regular on the award-winning ABC series. Taking a cue from her old role on the HBO series, Drea will play the matriarch of a new Italian family moving to Wisteria Lane.

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