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Desperate Housewives topped the ratings poll for Sunday night premieres this week with all of its usual drama, albeit 5 years down the road from where it left off last May.

According to one TV critic I know and trust, MSNBC.com’s Gael Fashingbauer-Cooper, the writers have been successful so far with the half-decade jump. The ‘wives have new grown-up children (aka not toddlers) without the hassles of writing around pregnancies and babies, while the drama surrounding their relationships seems as feline as ever.

I have to agree with Gael, Edie is still bringing the sass, but now I have to wonder if Nicollette Sheridan is just a good actor or it’s all natural.

Desperate Housewives topped the ratings poll for Sunday night premieres this week with all of its usual drama, albeit 5 years down the road from where it left off last May.According to one TV critic I know and trust, MSNBC.com’s Gael Fashingbauer-Cooper,
the writers have been successful so far with the half-decade jump. The
‘wives have new grown-up children (aka not toddlers) without the
hassles of writing around pregnancies and babies, while the drama
surrounding their relationships seems as feline as ever.I have to agree with Gael, Edie is still bringing the sass, but now I have to wonder if Nicollette Sheridan is just a good actor or it’s all natural.