Desperate Housewives Surprise: Will It Really Go On for 9 Seasons?

Today 2:29 PM PST by Kristin Dos Santos
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Could Desperate Housewives go all the way to 2013?

Our Ted Casablanca just broke the news that Marc Cherry told his cast and crew as much today in a surprising announcement. So, has ABC honcho Steve McPherson signed off? Are the girls onboard? And since Cherry said he would end the show earlier, why the change of heart?

Here's what inside sources are telling me...