‘Desperate Housewives’ Creator Wants to Do a Wisteria Lane Prequel Series Set in 1966

“The character I miss writing the most is actually Wisteria Lane. That was the most fun playground anyone in the history of television has ever had,” Marc Cherry says

"Desperate Housewives" (Credit: ABC)
"Desperate Housewives" (Credit: ABC)

“Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry has put some thought into a spinoff of the ABC hit set in 1966.

While talking with People in an interview published Wednesday, Cherry admitted mulling over a number of ways he could continue telling stories on Wisteria Lane – which he said he missed writing about as much as any of the characters. One specific idea that’s kept cropping up is a prequel series set in the 1960s.

“I would probably want to do the idea maybe in an earlier decade,” Cherry said. “Because the character I miss writing the most is actually Wisteria Lane.

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