Eva Longoria has reservations about “Determined Housewives ”reboot: ‘I am unable to sleep with any extra folks on that avenue’

Eva Longoria is able to return to Wisteria Lane — aside from one small downside.

"I can't sleep with any extra folks on that avenue. I’ve slept with each particular person on the road, as did Nicollette Sheridan," Longoria joked on Monday's episode of Watch What Happens Live.

The Desperate Housewives actress beforehand acknowledged that she'd be "the primary to enroll in a reboot," so
host Andy Cohen requested who would want "probably the most convincing" to affix her.

"Marc Cherry, our creator," Longoria mentioned. "He appears like we've exhausted the characters."

Leisure Weekly has reached out to a consultant for Cherry for remark.

Created by Cherry in 2004, Determined Housewives ran for eight seasons on ABC, airing its collection finale in 2012. Cherry's reluctance to return to the suburban cleaning soap in all probability comes right down to the present's demanding manufacturing schedule, Longoria defined.

"Not like Sex and the City, [which] was solely like six episodes, eight episodes a yr, we did 24 episodes a yr for a decade," she famous.

Although Intercourse and the Metropolis's episode-to-season common isn't fairly that low, operating at a excessive of 18 for seasons 2, 3, and 4 and a low of eight in season 5, there are a number of variations that made Determined Housewives, a broadcast community collection, a extra arduous expertise than Intercourse and the Metropolis, which aired on the premium community HBO.

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Not solely did every season of Determined Housewives air a minimal of 23 episodes (excepting the fourth season, which wrapped prematurely as a result of 2007–2008 Writers Guild strike), however the time between every season was considerably shorter. The place Intercourse and the Metropolis averaged seven to 9 months between every season, Determined Housewives premiered a brand new season every September and wrapped every Might, leaving solely three months between every season.

Cohen's different visitor for the night, Sandra Bernhard, requested Longoria if her character, Gabrielle Solis, ever "[slept] with ladies?"

"No, I didn't," Longoria answered, then questioned her personal certainty. "Wait, did I?"

All of Gaby's vital lovers and companions had been males, performed by actors together with Jesse Metcalfe, Ricardo Chavira, and John Slattery. However she did share a kiss with costar Teri Hatcher in a season 3 episode, even telling her, "Simply so you realize, if I used to be a lesbian, I'd completely do you."

Longoria has beforehand mentioned Cherry's reticence to decide to a reboot of the beloved collection. In 2023, she relayed that Cherry "appears like there's no Why now? For the sake of a reboot, he wouldn't do it. He appears like, 'What do I’ve to say with these characters that we haven't already totally mined?'"

Nonetheless, she admitted to holding out hope, saying, "I miss Gaby a lot. I miss being Gaby Solis."

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