‘THE only harder thing than creating a hit show is knowing when to end it,’ said Marc Cherry as he looked ahead to the final year of ‘Desperate Housewives’.
As ABC made official that the hit series would end after its eighth season, its creator, Cherryannounced that the decision had been made jointly.’I’m very aware that some shows overstay their welcome and I didn’t want that to happen with ‘Desperate Housewives,” Cherry told reporters during a Sunday session of the Television Critics Association conference. ‘We wanted to go out in the classiest way possible.’’Desperate Housewives’, a glossy prime-time soap opera with an ensemble cast including Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria, made a pop-culture and ratings splash when it premiered in 2004.Cherry said he and Lee began discussions a year ago about when the series should be shuttered.’We made this decision together,’ he said, ‘and I feel so good about it. We can have a whole year to reflect on how lucky we’ve been.’’We want to make sure it has its victory lap,’ Lee said.Cherry said he had put out calls to all the show’s cast members in recent days and spoken to about half of them. He added that he and the stars shared a feeling of gratitude for the experience of doing the series. – Nampa-AP
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