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Joe Keenan talks about writing for “Desperate Housewives”

by Marilyn Porter

Joe Keenan with Matt WeinerJoe Keenan is a new writer this season for “Desperate Housewives.” You may have heard of him before, he wrote for a lot of successful half-hour comedies such as “Frasier” before joining the ABC powerhouse comedy. And while a full hour comedy/drama is a bit different from a half-hour sitcom, Keenan found it wasn’t very hard to adapt.

“I was interested in trying the show’s mix of satire and creepiness,” he said. This year he has focused on writing for Bree and Orson, and wrote the supermarket hostage episode “Bang” earlier in the season. “Having concentrated purely on comedy, it was nice to write an episode so dark like ‘Bang’. You don’t get to kill people in multi-camera comedy. It’s great to explore other kinds of scenes that you’ve never written before.”

I think we’ve certainly seen the difference he’s brought to the show this year as “Desperate Housewives” has seen a wonderful resurgence after a lack-luster second season. Let’s hope he stays with the show and keeps bringing us the good episodes. Bree and Orson have been a lot of fun to watch this season, and now we know who to thank for that!

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Posted in Interviews on March 8th, 2007

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