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September 7, 2007: Superman Meets Desperate Housewives

ABC's "Desperate Housewives" returns for its fourth season on September 30th and there may not be a live-action drama with a stronger Kryptonian pedigree this side of "Smallville". "Desperate Housewives" is the story of a group of families who live in the fictional town of Fairview on the same street, Wisteria Lane. It's a soap opera with a comedic twist. The show is narrated by the off-screen voice of Mary Alice Young, whose suicide in the first episode of the show set the other girls into investigating her death.

Teri Hatcher was Lois Lane on "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" for four seasons. On "DH", Hatcher portrays Susan Meyer, the only divorcee of the group as the show begins. She's a single Mom, a bit of a klutz, always sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong, in love with the single plumber played by James Denton.

When it was time to give Susan a mother, the series cast another television Lois Lane in the role. Lesley Ann Warren played Susan's mother on a series of episodes. Warren played Lois Lane in the late-night ABC-TV adaptation of the "Superman" Broadway musical that aired in 1975. But Warren played Lois Lane one more time, sort of. Warren auditioned for the Lois Lane role that ultimately went to Margot Kidder in "Superman: The Movie" and a portion of her audition is included on the special features to the "Superman" movie DVD.

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