Rex to make 'Housewives' return

Steven Culp, who played Desperate Housewives' Rex Van De Kamp, is to make an unexpected return to the programme.

The actor has reportedly been lined up to narrate an upcoming male-orientated episode of the current season, meaning resident narrator Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) would be sidelined for the episode.

Culp's character was bumped off by his wife Bree's (Marcia Cross) obsessed stalker George Williams (Roger Bart) at the end of the first season.