'Housewives' exec looking for 'new Edie'

The executive producer of Desperate Housewives has admitted that he would like to introduce a new character to replace Edie Britt.

Edie, who was played by Nicolette Sheridan, was killed off during season five, but producer Bob Daily has now revealed that he is searching for a possible replacement.

"We agree that [Edie] was a great person to have on The Lane," he told Zap2It. "The sort of vixen troublemaker. That's a great person to have on a television show."

Daily explained that the character will appear in a few episodes this year, but may become a recurring part of the next season.

However, he added that he does not want a "Nicolette clone", saying: "I think Nicolette was so great as that sort of blonde bombshell. I think we'd probably not go in that direction again just because we've had that."

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