Felicity Huffman has rejected claims that Desperate Housewives is becoming repetitive.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, the 47-year-old actress – Lynette Scavo on the ABC series – claimed that the show has “new energy” in its current sixth season.

“So far it has not repeated,” she said. “The format is similar – you know, you go dun-dun-dun and the mystery. But I don’t think we can make a decision as to whether it’s just ploughing the same old ground again.

“My character, that’s new energy. There are places where I feel like possibly we’re spinning our wheels at a table-read and then when it actually gets down to shooting, the writers have fixed it.”

She added: “But you can’t get away from the fact that it’s the same people, we live on the same street and you’re now with them for six years. So it’s not like a Martian is going to come down!”

Desperate Housewives continues Sundays at 9pm on ABC in the US and Wednesdays at 10pm on Channel 4 in the UK.