Major Desperate Housewives character to be killed off – Daily TV round-up

A main character from 'Desperate Housewives' is set to meet their end, according to reports.

The show is to wind up for good at the end of the season, but not before despatching a key member of the Wisteria Lane community.

The cast have been informed of who is to get the chop, and will shoot the scene in the next few weeks.

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But it's thought that leads Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Felicity Huffman will be safe from the axe.

Viewers in the US will see who meets an untimely end when the episode is broadcast in March. British fans, watching on Channel 4, will have to wait until later in the year. [Entertainment Weekly]

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