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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 20, 2012

Judge sets "Desperate Housewives" retrial

A superior court judge has set a retrial date in actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination dispute with the producers of ABC's "Desperate Housewives."

By Erica E. Phillips
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has set retrial for Sept. 10 in actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination dispute with Touchstone Television Productions LLC. Sheridan alleged her character, Edie Britt, was written off Touchstone's and ABC's "Desperate Housewives" in retaliation for complaints she made to the network about the show's executive producer Marc Cherry. After trial and three days of delibera...

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