There’s a lot of talk about the third season of Desperate Housewives being less rubbish than the second, although if producers chose to stick an endoscope up a goat’s rectum and leave it there for 23 weeks it’d still be more interesting.

However, it looks as if the Desperate Housewives producers have already hit a wall; the ginger one out of Desperate Housewives – or Marcia Cross as she inexplicably prefers to be called – has just announced that she is pregnant. This means we can expect most of Marcia Cross’ dramatic Desperate Housewives season three moments to take place with her expanding belly hidden, like the scene where she confronts her wayward son while standing up to her boobs in a puddle.