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Nicolette Sheridan (Edie Britt) said in an interview recently that Desperate Housewives filled a hole in the TV marketplace, and that she hopes it will help bring an end to reality TV.

"People were yearning for something they could really sink their teeth into, she told Maxim. "Hopefully, this will be it for reality TV. I think it is going to open the way for more shows of this nature. Whenever there's something at this level, people jump on the wagon and try to re-create it."

Sheridan said she was surprised by the level of interest in the show, particularly before the program even aired. "I've never known of any show that's taken off like this one. Before the pilot aired, there was buzz about the show as if it had already been on for six months. It was bizarre. Unlike anything I had ever heard of before. It's amazing how people relate to these characters."

When it comes to the characters, Sheridan tried to guess what it means if a man likes a certain housewife. "To like Teri Hatcher's Susan, he'd have to be very in touch with his feminine side," she said. "To like Marcia Cross's Bree, he'd have to be a little masochistic. To like Felicity Huffman's Lynette, he'd have to be... hmm... really well-rounded. To like Eva Longoria's Gabrielle, he'd have to be extremely sure of himself. And then to like Edie—well, that would make sense!"

Sheridan also addressed the ever ongoing rumors of on-set fights. "It's controversy. The press doesn't want to hear that we all get along, that we're enjoying the work and one another," she said. "They love to build you up and then tear you down. People love all the drama that's created. There seems to be some sort of mole on the set. Somehow things seem to get out... we've been trying to find him".

She also said that she is personally targeted by the rumor mill. "There was this thing written that I had gone into a candle store, and my hair went up in flames because of all the hair spray. First of all, I never have hair spray in my hair, and I've never even heard of this store, and my hair has never been burned."

The full interview, where Sheridan features on the cover, can be found in the November 2005 edition of the US Maxim magazine. Scans of the magazine are available at Desperatefans.org.

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