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TCA: Paul Lee & Marc Cherry On Ending ‘Housewives’: It’s About Going Out Classy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday August 7, 2011 @ 9:22am PDTTags: ABC, Desperate Housewives, Hallelujah, Marc Cherry, Paul Lee, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association
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EXCLUSIVE: ABC Will End ‘Desperate Housewives’ In May 2012 After 8th Season
This morning ABC officially announced what Deadline readers already knew: that this coming season will be the last for veteran Desperate Housewives, which, along with Lost, turned ABC’s fortunes around in the fall of 2004. “It is an iconic show; we are so proud of it,” ABC entertainment president Paul Lee said. “I just wanted to make sure that the show that put the network on the map had its victory lap and had a chance to build a great final arc.” Lee was then joined by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry. “I think the only thing harder than creating a hit show is to know when to end it,” he said. “It’s something that has weighed on my mind for some time. I’m well aware of people who have overstayed their welcome, and I just didn’t want that to happen to us. I wanted to go out while the network still thought it was a viable series and while it still did well in the ratings; I wanted to go out in the classiest way possible.”

According to the network’s press release, the upcoming “Season Eight of Desperate Housewives will roll out in a way that is accessible even to viewers who may have lapsed in their viewing, and be all the richer and more rewarding to the series’ loyal fans.” Cherry elaborated that the “mystery of what’s going on in the final season harkens back to the first season,” to “the roots of the Mary Alice mystery,” which kicked off the series seven years ago. “It feels right that that would be the storyline that would take us out.” As a result, I hear that Brenda Strong, who narrates the series as Mary Alice but has only made a handful of appearances on the show, may get more screen time this season. Asked whether Nicollette Sheridan’s character Edie Britt will make a return, Cherry, who is being sued by the actress over her termination from the show, made a pause before responding, “I don’t know how I would do that, but I have an idea for the last episode where I want to pay homage to everyone who has been on the show.” READ MORE »

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Jesse Martin Signs Talent Deal With ABC As Marc Cherry’s ‘Hallelujah’ Is Redeveloped

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 21, 2011 @ 9:53am PDTTags: ABC, ABC Studios, Hallelujah, Marc Cherry
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Law & Order star Jesse Martin, who toplined the ABC/ABC Studios drama pilot Hallelujah this past season, is staying at the network, signing a talent holding deal with ABC and ABC Studios. The rich one-year pact is tied … Read More »

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Madeleine Stowe Among Latest Pilot Castings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 15, 2011 @ 7:32pm PDTTags: Good Christian Bitches, Hallelujah, Madeleine Stowe, Reconstruction, Revenge, Robert Knepper, S.I.L.A., The Secret Circle
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Madeleine Stowe and Henry Czerny are set to co-star in ABC’s drama pilot Revenge centers on Emily Thorn/Amanda Clarke (Emily VanCamp), a mysterious woman who comes to the Hamptons to … Read More »

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Terry Kinney, Della Reese, Cheryl Hines Among Latest Broadcast Pilot Castings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 11, 2011 @ 10:45pm PSTTags: Cheryl Hines, Hallelujah, Pilot, Rookies, Suburgatory
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Terry Kinney has joined the cast of CBS’ drama pilot Rookies, an ensemble cop show about six NYPD rookies who balance their personal lives with learning the beat on the streets of Manhattan. Kinney, repped by ICM and Brookside Artist … Read More »

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Donal Logue To Star In Marc Cherry’s Drama Pilot ‘Hallelujah’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 9, 2011 @ 9:45pm PSTTags: ABC, Donal Logue, Hallelujah, Marc Cherry
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After a stint on FX with Terriers, Donal Logue is returning to broadcast television as the lead in Marc Cherry’s Hallelujah drama pilot for ABC. The project is set in the town of Hallelujah, Tenn., where the forces of … Read More »

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Terry O’Quinn To Co-Star In Marc Cherry’s ABC Pilot ‘Hallelujah’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 9, 2011 @ 3:45pm PSTTags: ABC, Hallelujah, Marc Cherry, Terry O'Quinn
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Lost co-star Terry O’Quinn is returning to ABC with a lead role in Marc Cherry’s drama pilot Hallelujah. Once again, he will play a mysterious character, but this time, it looks like he is a baddie. Hallelujah is set … Read More »

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Several Actors Join Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 25, 2011 @ 9:00pm PSTTags: Hallelujah, Hallelujah Casting, Hallelujah Pilot, Iceland, Iceland Pilot, Marc Cherry Hallelujah, TV, TV Casting, TV Pilots
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Frances O’Connor is set to co-star in Marc Cherry’s ABC pilot Hallelujah. It us set in the town of Hallelujah, Tenn., which is being torn apart by the forces of good and evil and whose fortunes change when a stranger, Rye Turner, comes to town, bringing justice, peace and possibly restoring faith. O’Connor will play Rye’s wife dealing with the aftermath of their son’s brain injury. This marks O’Connor’s return to ABC where she had a role on Cashmere Mafia. The actress, repped by Gersh, Rob Marsala and U.K.’s Artists Rights Group, joins previously cast Jesse L. Martin.

Scrubs alumna Kerry Bishe has landed the lead in the Fox single-camera pilot Iceland. The project, from writer-executive producer Andy Bobrow and Sony TV, centers on Mackenzie (Bische), a 20something woman whose fiance recently passed away. Also cast in the pilot is John Boyd. Bishe, repped by WME and Brookside Artists, will next be seen in Kevin Smith’s Red State. Read More »

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Jesse Martin To Star In Marc Cherry’s Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 11:45am PSTTags: Hallelujah, Hallelujah Casting, Hallelujah Pilot, Marc Cherry Hallelujah, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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Former Law & Order star Jesse L. Martin is returning to series TV with a lead role in Marc Cherry’s drama pilot for ABC Hallelujah. Martin is the first actor cast in the project, which features musical elements. Hallelujah is … Read More »

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UPDATE: ABC Loads Heavy Drama Guns, Orders Pilots From Marc Cherry, Oren Peli, Darren Star, ‘Twilight’ Producers, Mark Gordon And ‘Lost’ Alums

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 1, 2011 @ 11:31am PSTTags: ABC Pilots, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Pilot, Marc Cherry, Marc Cherry Hallelujah, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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3RD UPDATE: ABC just greenlighted six drama pilots, including Marc Cherry’s Hallelujah, the Mark Gordon-produced Identity and Once Upon a Time, from Lost executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Also picked up are the Oren Peli/Steven Spielberg collaboration The River, co-produced by DreamWorks TV, the Darren Star-produced Good Christian … Read More »

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