Eva Longoria knows what it’s like to be let down by the finale of one of her favorite TV

series. Nearly two years after Lost signed off, she’s still grumbling that she wasn’t given “a better explanation of what the f— [the island] was. I wasn’t keen on The Sopranos finale, either. All that investment and this is it?”

But Longoria feels confident this won’t be fans’ reaction when ABC’s Desperate Housewives concludes with a two-hour finale on May 13: “It’s that satisfying ending you want in a show that’s been running eight years.”

It could’ve ended in disaster. When the show’s writers were tossing around finale ideas, one suggested demolishing Wisteria Lane. “There would have been a fire or flood,” explains creator Marc Cherry. “But we’ve done so many things to the Lane already, I thought it would be anticlimactic.”

So instead of jaw-dropping hysterics, Cherry crafted a heartfelt farewell revolving around
Renee (Vanessa Williams) marrying Ben (Charles Mesure), Bree (Marcia Cross) considering marriage, Julie (Andrea Bowen) giving birth, crotchety Mrs. McCluskey (Kathryn Joosten) dealing with the final stages of lung cancer and a glimpse back to the arrival of narrator Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) on Wisteria Lane. “It’s a story that will be told visually by the directors in a very cinematic way,” says Doug Savant, who plays Lynette’s husband, Tom.

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The actress writes in her exclusive blog for iVillage’s blog series, CelebVillage, about how she’s learned to trust herself along the journey of motherhood

In her exclusive blog for the iVillage blog series CelebVillage, actress and mom Felicity Huffman writes about her path to figuring out what it means to be a “good mother” to daughters Sophia, 11, and Georgia, 9 — and how she’s learned to trust herself along the way.

I often feel I am drowning in motherhood. It was really bad when my girls were younger, but it still exists now: When I am home I want to be away. When I am away I want to be home. I am no longer the person I was before having children, but not quite comfortable with whom I have become. I feel like I live in two different worlds and the oxygen supply in both is only sustainable for about four hours and then my system starts to stress and suffocate.

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FELICITY HUFFMAN is as funny as she is endearing. This friend of Ellen’s is here to discuss her integral role in the spectacular final season of “Desperate Housewives.”

Then, a heart-stopping performance by one of the contortionists from the Cirque du Soleil show, “IRIS, A Journey Through the World of Cinema,” that will leave you breathless!

Plus, Ellen has put together a video of the best and funniest Groupon adventures we’ve seen all season long. And she checks-in with her favorite principal, Sherrie Gahn of Whitney Elementary!

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TV Fanatic recently had the opportunity to sit down and have a video interview with “Desperate Housewives’” Felicity Huffman and Doug Savant, who play Lynette and Tom Scavo on the show.

During the interview the actors talk about what to expect from the couple in Desperate Housewives’ FINAL season! As well as their
thoughts on the entire show. (spoiler alert???) Doug also mentioned seeing Eva Longoria on a stripper pole coming up in a future episode.

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