• With critics providing a growing chorus of criticism for season two, 6abc.com reported that Marcia Cross (Bree Van De Kamp) agreed it would be nice to see the cast have more scenes together, but that any backlash was to be expected. "With a show that successful, that's bound to happen," she said. But she added that she thinks "it'll pass."

• In a review of the new iPod at Casper Star Tribune, writer Matthew Fordhal discussed his experience of downloading an episode of Desperate Housewives using the iTunes service. "With my 6-megabit-per-second DSL connection, an episode of Desperate Housewives was downloaded and transferred to my unit in about 10 minutes. [...] The program looked remarkably clear, and I had no problem reading the tiny credits at the beginning and end of the show. The video was largely stutter-free, the audio quality pristine."

• Bonnie Sayers, autism spectrum disorders editor for BellaOnline, has criticized the show's introduction of Caleb. "I did not like the way this storyline played out and find it offensive that ABC would depict a character with developmental disabilities being cared for and abused in this fashion," she wrote. "This is typecasting from the dark ages, not 2005 when awareness is vital for the adults that are mentally challenged. She urged people to complain to ABC for what she said was a "degrading portrayal of the disabled community as a whole".

• The Detroit News has taken a look at the good and bad things of the new TV season, and Desperate Housewives is ranked in the bad section. "OK, so Betty Applewhite has a man in her basement named Caleb, who is chained up like a modern-day slave," wrote Mekeisha Madden Toby. "Intriguing? Yes. But not as much as the first season of Desperate Housewives which had viewers wondering who blackmailed Mary Alice, what was her real name, who Dana was and all that jazz. Unless the man in the basement turns out to be Jack the Ripper, viewers could abandon Desperate like a roach-infested house party. ABC's Commander In Chief gets a nod in the good section, however.

• In an MSNBC article on the top ten scariest characters on television, the site felt Desperate Housewives had so many worthy choices that the entire supporting cast came in at #10. Explaining some of the decision making, the articles notes: "Lynette's children are little tornados, ripping through her house and her life (or at least they did until Tom took over their care). Bree's pharmacist-turned-fling-turned-love interest George Williams most likely poisoned her S&M-loving husband, and has managed to evade detection by preying on Bree with never-ending empathy."

• Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) spoke about the support she received from the director when filming Transamerica. "I'd call him and say, 'I don't know how to act this scene,' and he would tell me to fax it to him," Huffman told statesman.com. "Then he would walk me through it." She also talked about how she had to lower her voice for the role as a transsexual. "The hormones don't change your voice, so you can look like Kate Moss but sound like James Earl Jones," she said.

• Worth1000.com, a site that holds photo editing competitions, recently held a challenge to design some new postage stamps. Coming fifth was a set of Desperate Housewives stamps desiged by 'designdiva'

• A cast photo signed by the entire Desperate Housewives cast is being auctioned off to benefit the The Delta Children's Home in Kennett reported KAIT. Thanks to Desperate for Desperate Housewives for this!

• Deck the Halls, which stars Steve Culp (Rex Van De Kamp), will be shown on the Lifetime Network in December 2005 reported Totally Steven. According to the site the film tells the story of a widowed woman and her son who move back home to a big city to work in her father's toy company. However it wouldn't be a Christmas tail wihout an evil executive to get in their way, and a inspirational message in store.

• Teri Hatcher: A Tribute To My Idol has posted screengrabs from Teri Hatcher's (Susan Mayer) 1992 movie The Cool Surface.

• Eva Longoria Web has posted screengrabs of Eva Longoria (Gabrielle Solis) from "You'll Never Get Away From Me".

• Scans of an Inside TV feature on Marcia Cross (Bree Van De Kamp) can be found at Marcia Cross Fan Gallery.

• Lucy Lawless will star in Vampire Bats this Sunday on CBS, according to Times Colonist. It is a sequel to Locusts which aired earlier in the year, and is one in a line of CBS movies designed to go up against Desperate Housewives.

• Lynette Scavo is mentioned in an article at Newsday.com about housewives.

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