Season 4 Spoilers and Cast Additions

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Dana Delaney (China Beach), Nathan Fillion (Firefly) and Lyndsy Fonseca (Big Love) are in negotiations to join the cast of the ABC Studios-produced "Desperate Housewives" next season as regulars says The Hollywood Reporter.

Delany and Fillion would play a woman and her much younger husband who move to Wisteria Lane with the woman's daughter (Fonseca).

The casting of Delany is ironic as she was reportedly the first choice for the role of Bree (Marcia Cross) but turned down the pilot.

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Desperate Housewives writer and creator Marc Cherry has revealed his plans to introduce a gay couple to Wisteria Lane in season four.

Cherry - who will use his own life experiences as a basis for the plot - told afterelton.com: "We're going to have the first male desperate housewives.

"They will move into the old Applewhite house, and one of the gay men will just have a fractious, hateful relationship with [Susan Mayer]," he continued.

"Susan wants to be so politically correct and show how open-minded she is, that she puts her foot in her mouth instantly and it goes downhill from there. I'm basing it a little bit on my relationship with my neighbours."

He added: "We've just started writing the episodes, so I probably won't start casting for another few weeks."

Production has already begun on the fourth season of the hit ABC drama, which is due to kick off its 23-episode run in the US on Sunday, September 30.

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After the dramatic (and rather shocking) ending of season three, the fourth series of Desperate Housewives picks up about a month later.

Plenty of spoilers are being bandied around the internet and so I thought I'd give a definitive run-down for you all to see and afterwards say 'I knew I shouldn't have read that but I just couldn't help myself'.

BE WARNED: The following contains detailed spoilers...

- Nicollette Sheridan is still very much a season regular.

- There's a new housewife on the block in series for and her name is Katherine, Bree's long-lost sister/friend. Apparently they were such close friends, they acted like they were sisters.

- Katherine is to be played by Kidnapped star Dana Delany. Her character has been described as a "conservative Republican with an all-American wholesomeness and a mastery of passive aggressiveness".

- Katherine will be joined by husband Adam - reportedly played by Nathan Fillion.

- Lyndsy Fonseca will apparently play their daughter, Dylan. (Adam isn't her biological father)

- Not much is known about the new family, except Katherine moved away from Wisteria Lane 12 years ago. I think it's safe to say that the question 'Why did she move away?' will be at least one of the mysteries of the new season.

- Julie Mayer remembers her and Dylan playing together when they were younger but Dylan remembers nothing...

- Mike Delfino's brother, Terry, will be a recurring character throughout season four. He was supposed to turn up in the season three finale - presumably for Mike and Susan's wedding - but plans for his character were scrapped at the last minute.

- Susan visits a gynecologist in the first few episodes of season four. Apparently she's pregnant (although it's an unconfirmed rumour) and as her regular doctor isn't around, she's surprised to see his replacement - Adam, Katherine's husband.

- Gabrielle's new husband, Victor Laing (John Slattery), will be around for at least the first half of the season - maybe even longer.

- Lynette's ongoing battle with Kayla continues, while Lynette's mother, Stella Wingfield (Polly Bergen), will be a recurring character.

- Rumours are rife that someone will die this season.

- Reports suggest that there's a musical episode is on the cards.

- This woman may be playing a nurse. Oooooh I hear you cry. I did, too.

- And finally, a 'I-don't-think-that-it's-true-because-someone-flagged-it-up-to-me-
as-being-on-Wikipedia' spoiler: former Emmerdale actress Claire King is to play Edie Britt's sister, Helen.

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A top Desperate Housewives star will be departing from the show in the next season, according to a report.

Fans of the hit US series, which returns to the ABC network next month, had speculated that Nicollette Sheridan's character Edie Brit could be killed off in the opening episode, after she was seen preparing to commit suicide in the season three finale. However, sources have confirmed that Sheridan will not be leaving.

Although Nicollette's future on the programme has been assured, rumours suggest that one of the other main actresses will be written out of the show in the fourth season.

"Teri Hatcher (Susan Mayer), Eva Longoria (Gabrielle Solis), Marcia Cross (Bree Hodge) or Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) is going to leave," an insider told the National Ledger. "I don't think anyone other than [show creator] Marc Cherry and the actress involved know for sure who it is."

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Question: Desperate Housewives dish?— Elliot
Ausiello: I'm hearing that a male character will be killed off around February sweeps.

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Could be mike and Susan that leave or Bree and her new husband.

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Desperate Housewives star Andrea Bowen has revealed that her character is getting a new love interest in the next season of the show.

The 17-year-old actress, who plays Susan Mayer's daughter Julie, has admitted that she is thrilled after hearing producers' plans for her character.

"I hear that I get another new love interest so that could always be interesting. I don't know who it will be, don't know when that'll happen but supposedly that's on the horizon, so I'm kind of excited about that," Andrea is quoted by The Sun as saying.

"I think it's fun. It's something that's very realistic for my character's age. I think that it's something else for me to explore and it's always fun to do that."

Desperate Housewives returns to US screens on September 30.

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Former Emmerdale and Bad Girls actress Claire King will not be appearing in the next series of Desperate Housewives, Digital Spy can confirm.

For months, the 44-year-old actress has been rumoured to be joining ABC's hit Wisteria Lane drama as Edie Britt's (Nicollette Sheridan) sister, Helen.

However, a source close to Claire told DS: "Claire has been contacted by a number of producers over in the US ever since Bad Girls aired on BBC America but she'll definitely not be appearing in Desperate Housewives.

"She attended meetings with one producer in particular who's worked on various shows – one of them being Housewives – but they were just throwing ideas around."

They added: "The talks have been more about another show, not Housewives. She's not ruled out anything and there are several offers on the table. Over the years, we've learned to expect the unexpected from her."

Claire played super-bitch Kim Tate in Emmerdale for 11 years before quitting in 1999. She then went on to take a four-year leading role as G-Wing governer Karen Betts in ITV prison drama Bad Girls.

Last year, she also appeared in Hollyoaks' late-night raunchy spin-off In The City as businesswoman Stella.

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Well, it's not David Beckham and Robbie Williams, but this'll do.

Desperate Housewives has tapped One Life to Live's Tuc Watkins and ex-Judging Amy actor Kevin Rahm to play Wisteria Lane's first gay couple. Watkins will play Bob, described as a country mouse who leaves the big city for greener (and quieter) pastures. Rahm is his bitchy partner, Lee.

Interestingly, the characters' names are a tribute to ABC News' Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee, whom series creator Marc Cherry befriended last spring.

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James Denton isn’t likely to be the only guy doing shameless shirtless scenes on Desperate Housewives this season. Jesse Metcalfe, who plays Gabrielle’s hunky lawnboy and lover John, will return to the show in the fourth episode. And John’s on a mission. He confesses to Gabby (Eva Longoria) that his marriage is a sham and he wants her back. Meanwhile, Gabby and Victor (John Slattery) aren’t in newlywed bliss — she’s even still seeing Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) on the side. So exactly how many men can one Wisteria Lane woman handle? We might just find out.