DR. PHIL'S ON WISTERIA LANE

In his desperate bid to end bitchy in-fighting that's tearing Desperate Housewives apart, producer MARC CHERRY has tried everything from hiring an ice cream truck to posting tongue-in-cheek "Wisteria Rules" like "No backstabbing, only back-scratching" — but now he's gone nuclear, bombing the ladies with the Big One... DR. PHIL! Worried that bad blood will kill chemistry between TERI HATCHER, MARCIA CROSS, EVA LONGORIA, NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN and FELICITY HUFFMAN, Cherry contacted the "Get Real" guru, begged for help — and got it. Several Wisteria Lane ladies balked at facing Dr. Phil's tough medicine, but they all showed up for the super-secret session! So... what did Dr. Phil prescribe? Knowing his advice on fighting fair, I'm guessing he said: "If you make your relationship a competition, that means somebody has to lose in order for you to win. You're not in a competition — it's a partnership." Will Dr. Phil's pill cure the cuties? Stay tuned.