‘DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES’: ONE OF THE FIVE WILL DIE

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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.