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'Desperate Housewives' Creator Shares Plans For Prequel Series

Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has shared he would love to go back to Wisteria Lane and explore the street in a prequel series set in the 1960s.

In an interview with People magazine, Cherry shared his idea for a prequel to the hit series starring Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria.

"The truth of the matter is that I have a couple of ideas to do it," Cherry said, but it likely wouldn't involve the original cast. 

"I would probably want to do the idea maybe in an earlier decade," Cherry told People. "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 because we owned the whole street. I know that street like the back of my hand. When someone shoots a commercial on that street, I know it instantly, because I know all those houses, I know the geography. It was such a fun place to write for. And there's times when I go, 'You know what? I wonder if I could write Wisteria Lane in, like, 1966.'"

Cherry told the publication he's had "about 70,000 people" ask him about a reboot of the iconic series, which ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2012.

The dramedy series won seven Emmys and three Golden Globes but was plagued with rumours of on-set feuds. 

Series regular Nicollette Sheridan sued Cherry after her character Edie Britt was killed off in season five, claiming Cherry assaulted her on set and then wrote her character off after she reported the alleged assault. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed.