Now Housewivier, More Desperate

In shows-I-basically-stopped-following-long-ago news, creator Marc Cherry of Desperate Housewives has announced plans to extend the show’s run to nine years from a planned seven. He and ABC chief Steve McPherson argue that its leap forward in time has reinvigorated interest in the show. It didn’t reinvigorate mine (and I have to wonder whether the failure of most of ABC’s new dramas hasn’t done more to heighten the network’s interest in the show), but if you’re a fan, tell me: are they right?