• James Denton (Mike Delfino) and Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos Solis) have joined forces to pro mote the 10-year anniversary of Lee National Denim Day which raises money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. "When you talk about breast cancer, you realize everyone seems to have some connection to the disease," Denton said.

• Concerned Women for America has attacked Desperate Housewies and its values. "Sadly, the utter depravity of Desperate Housewives seemed to make it immensely popular, wrote Jessica Anderson.

• In a recent survey of who would make a good neighbor from Desperate Housewives, Susan and Gabrielle came out top while Edie came bottom.

• There are pictures online of James Denton throwing the opening pitch at a Boston Red Sox game and Marcia Cross (Bree Van De Kamp) in Life & Style Weekly and In Touch Weekly.

• "I don't know how I feel about teenagers watching us," Eva Longoria (Gabrielle Solis) said at the recent Teen Choice awards. "But I did spend all season with a teenager," she joked.

• Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) will appear on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on August 26.

• Someone who entered a script writing contest came first with a Desperate Housewives script called "I Guess This Is Goodbye". You can read the script here.

• Desperate Housewives pulled in 314,000 or 25.5% audience share on average when airing in Ireland. It was also featured in the launch of RTE's autumn schedule last week.

• An American church is holding a six-week sermon called Desperate Households. "In our pastoral care, we see folks who are struggling in their home lives with marriages, parenting or a crisis in the home," said Senior the Rev. Terry Walton. "People are desperate to solve these issues."

• Desperate Housewives has been voted as the most overrated show at The Tubey Awards.

• There is an editorial online complaining that TV shows including Desperate Housewives are too critical of Utah.

• Marcia Cross is mentioned in an article about celibacy in Hollywood.

• Desperate Housewives is cited in an article that looks at TV's resurgence against movies.

• Desperate Housewives' use of Steven Sondheim songs for its episode titles gets a mention in an article about pop culture feeding itself.

• In an article about kids watching adult shows, it mentions that Deperate Housewives is the top-rated show among 9–14 year-olds.

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