London
(ANI):
'Desperate
Housewives'
star
Teri
Hatcher
will
quit
the
show
after
the
next
season.
The
45-year-old
actress,
who
has
played
ditsy
mother
Susan
Mayer
for
seven
years,
has
told
colleagues
at
ABC
that
the
next
season
will
be
her
last.
And
bosses
at
the
U.S.
network
are
now
prepared
for
a
double
exit
with
co-star
Felicity
Huffman
following
Hatcher
out
of
the
show.
"Teri
has
given
in
her
notice
and
is
making
active
preparations
to
move
on," the
Daily
Mail
quoted
a
TV
insider
as
saying.
"She
has
another
production
deal
in
the
pipeline
and
she
is
in
the
early
stages
of
developing
a
sitcom
that
she
wants
to
start
work
on
immediately
after
she
finishes
Desperate
Housewives
-
she
wants
a
new
show
in
time
for
the
mid-January
pilot
season,"
the
insider
said.
But
while
bosses
are
keen
to
keep
the
hit
show
running
for
at
least
two
more
seasons,
insiders
say
the
drama,
set
on
the
fictional
suburban
street
Wisteria
Lane,
won't
work
without
Hatcher,
meaning
that
the
next
season
will
be
the
last.
The
show's
creator,
Marc
Cherry,
signed
a
deal
with
ABC
Studios
last
October
which
gave
the
show
a
stay
of
execution
for
two
years
providing
that
its
leading
cast
members,
including
Hatcher,
Eva
Longoria
Parker
and
Felicity
Huffman,
remained
happily
onboard.
But
all
three
will
be
out
of
contract
after
the
next
season.
"ABC
hasn't
announced
its
schedule
yet
because
the
future
of
the
series
is
up
in
the
air,"
the
source
said.
"Some
of
the
crew
are
disappointed
in
Teri,
they
feel
like
she
is
abandoning
the
show
that
revived
her
career.
Desperate
Housewives
can't
really
continue
without
Teri
or
Felicity
because
they
need
the
original
stars
to
pull
in
the
ratings."
"Teri
has
been
inspired
by
the
success
of
people
like
Courteney
Cox,
who
walked
away
from
Friends
and
bagged
her
own
prime-time
show,
Cougar
Town.
She
says
she
had
an
amazing
run
on
the
show
but
feels
it
is
time
to
move
on
to
a
project
that
she
has
more
control
over,"
the
source
added.
Meanwhile
a
spokesperson
for
ABC
said:
"We
are
working
on
the
next
season
at
the
moment
and
we
haven't
got
anything
to
say
about
the
one
after."