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"Desperate Housewives" Ending After Season 8

Surely coming as unwelcome news to the program's longtime viewers, it has been announced that "Desperate Housewives" will be drawing to an end after Season 8.

The primetime drama - which stars Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross and Felicity Huffman - kicks off the series-ending season on Sunday, September 25th with 22 episodes slated to run through Spring 2012.

The ABC press release breaking the news of the show's end tells: "Season Eight...will roll out in a way that is accessible even to viewers who may have lapsed in their viewing, and be all the richer and more rewarding for the series' loyal fans."

Continuing on, ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee said, "It is an iconic show. We are so proud of it. You're gonna see this really cool take that moved me every time I saw it."

Lee added, "I just wanted to make sure that this show that sort of put this network on the map -- certainly the new brand of this network for the last six or seven years -- had its victory lap. Had a chance to really set out every episode and build an arc for those 22 episodes so that we could say goodbye to this iconic show."