'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES': ONE OF THE FIVE WILL DIE
By PATRICIA SHIPP
and MICHAEL GLYNN
Marcia Cross is facing
the axe from Desperate
Housewives
to give the critically
battered television show a much-needed
boost. Insiders also say
that bosses want to kill off one of
the five characters — and control
freak Bree van de Kemp has
been singled out as the most
likely to be moving out of Wisteria
Lane forever!
That would leave Nicollette
Sheridan, Teri Hatcher, Eva
Longoria and Felicity Huffman
to entertain viewers of ABC's
Desperate Housewives.
We can reveal writers have
been locked in secret talks about
the shocking plan. Sources say
Cross is the favorite to bow out in
an episode during May sweeps,
when top ratings will be crucial
to guarantee the show's future.
"Ever since the show premiered,
there's been talk that
one of the key characters would
be killed off," said a source close
to the series.
"And ABC and show execs
want a blockbuster plotline
to woo bigger audiences and
regain critical acclaim for the
prime time hit. TV dramas like
Dallas and Lost drew huge numbers
when they hyped killing off
a key cast member. As a result,
after a recent meeting between
writers and show execs, Marcia
is being pegged as the girl most
likely to go in May."
Pick up this week's issue of The National Enquirer to read about how Bree could be killed off.
Published on: 11/22/2005
