Eva Longoria on Possible ‘Desperate Housewives’ Reboot: ‘We Fully Mined Those Characters,’ but ‘I’d Be the First One to Sign Up’

variety.com:

Eva Longoria doesn’t feel that a “Desperate Housewives” reboot is necessary — but if the right idea came along, she’d be the “first to sign up.” Longoria made an appearance at Content London on Wednesday for a panel featuring her production company Hyphenate Media Group, which she co-founded with Cris Abrego last year.

While discussing the projects Hyphenate is looking for, Longoria noted that “we produce with purpose” and ask the questions “What are you saying?” and “Why now?” That then led her to discuss a potential “Desperate Housewives” reboot. “There’s not a ‘why now’ for that show,” she said. “I mean, some people do reboots because it’s like, ‘Reboot!’ It’s a good title.

But I’ve talked to [‘Desperate Housewives’ creator] Marc Cherry a thousand times and it’s like, we fully mined those characters because we were on for a decade and this was 24 episodes a year … That’s a lot of story that you burn through.” At that point, Abrego interjected: “And for the record, if ‘Desperate Housewives’ does come back, we’d like to produce it.” Added Longoria, “I’d be the first one to sign up!

I miss Gaby.” Longoria played Gaby Solis on the comedy drama from 2004 to 2012. In a recent interview with People, Cherry said his idea for a reboot would be a prequel series set in 1966.