Kerry Washington is taking us back to the 'Desperate Housewives' universe with a reboot titled 'Wisteria Lane' that will focus on five brand-new friends and frenemies.
The logline for the new series from 20th Television describes it as a "fun, sexy, darkly comedic soap/mystery, in the vein of, set around a group of five very different friends and sometimes frenemies who all live on a picture-perfect cul-de-sac called 'Wisteria Lane.
'" The logline goes on to conjure up a series that sounds strikingly similar to its predecessor, though perhaps with some timely updates: "On the surface, all the Wisteria neighbors are living the dream. Beautiful homes, gorgeous families, shiny SUVs in the driveway — but behind those white picket fences and smiling Insta posts, are secrets." aired 180 episodes across its eight-season run, from 2004 to 2012. The splashy suburban melodrama earned 38 Emmy nominations and won seven, including a Best Actress trophy for Huffman and two Guest Actress trophies for Kathryn Joosten.In the years since the series went off the air, virtually all of its stars have gone on to acclaimed work on other series, including Huffman withDanny Feld/ABC/Everett, though he could take or leave the original cast."I would probably want to do the idea maybe in an earlier decade," he said,"because the character I miss writing the most is actually Wisteria Lane. That was the most fun playground anyone in the history of television has ever had."in January that"a little buzz" around the series meant a reboot"could happen." And Cross, while not signaling her explicit endorsement of a reboot,
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