Cherry Picked

From the Thank God files:

ABC also is bringing back "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry full time and resuscitating the funnier formula from its freshman season. That means farewell to Tom Spezialy ("Dead Like Me"), the writer who subbed for Cherry and turned "Desperate" into a melodrama.

"I think everyone, including Marc, admitted that the beginning of last season we stumbled a little bit," McPherson says. "He really spent too much time setting up the mystery, setting up the new arcs, and this year we're going to jump right in."

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