This would explain why Metcalfe is hellbent on seeing the show back on the silver screen.

“I think they could definitely reboot Desperate Housewives,” said Metcalfe.

“I could be like one of the parents of like the younger cast or something.”

Jesse Metcalfe at event

“We felt from a creative standpoint that this was the right time.

I feel so good about it.”

Cherry respected the show so much that he couldn’t see it fizzle out and become a has-been.

Jesse Metcalfe and Eva Longoria in 2005

Eva Longoria, Marc Cherry, and Felicity Huffman posing