• A TV critic wrote about his experience of the TV networks' press season. "I asked [Alfre Woodard (Betty Applewhite)] if we'll like her rather mysterious character, she responded by saying, "It depends. Do you like to get spanked?" Hmmm. The Housewives women, by the way, are a classy bunch and good sports." Amused by the constant gossip-rag rumors of on-set fights, Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) told him: "We're always going through the magazines together and saying, 'OK, let's see who's not talking to who today.'"

• Marcia Cross (Bree Van De Kamp) appears on Letterman in the US tonight.

• Eva Longoria (Gabrielle Solis) wants children but is prepared to wait six years. "I would just love to have a brood of kids and be home with them. I am desperate to be a housewife. I have six more years on DH before the babies come."

• Eva Longoria said that she will head down the red carpet at the Emmys with Teri Hatcher (Susan Mayer). Longoria joked that she is an "easy" date so Hatcher "will get lucky."

• A reporter lists Eva Longoria being interviewed in front of a roaring fireplace as one of the best "network party sightings".

• Teri Hatcher attended one of comedian David Spade's birthday parties recently.

• Fashion designer Samora, whose clients include Teri Hatcher, is shunning the Australian wool industry due to its "stunningly cruel" treatment of sheep.

• A website claims that Teri Hatcher has ruffled feathers due to a comment about her wanting to leave the show. The rumor stems from Hatcher reportedly saying "the world of film does sound appealing again" in an interview, a comment that was reproduced widely without context in news items claiming that the actress wanted to leave Desperate Housewives. Sky meanwhile mentions that Teri Hatcher didn't turn up to an ABC party in an excuse to drag up the catfight rumors again.

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