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HBO Takes A Contract Out On ABC's "Desperate Housewives"

  • NY Times, Thursday, November 17, 2005 4:30 PM
HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht is planning to take a hit on ABC Sunday night hit series "Desperate Housewives," and he's contracting Tony Soprano to do it. When "The Sopranos" returns with 12 new Sunday night episodes beginning in March, Albrecht tells New York Times reporter Bill Carter, the Mafia drama will be as "big as it was" despite head-to-head competition with ABC's sophomore hit.

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