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Laura Hurley

Desperate Housewives’ Felicity Huffman Opens Up About Returning To Network Television And Her ‘Certainly Rare’ Comeback

Felicity Huffman as Dr. Joan Ridley at Westside Hospital in Doc Season 2x02.

Felicity Huffman had a weekly presence on the small screen for years as one of the co-leads of Desperate Housewives, which ran for eight seasons and 180 episodes on ABC from 2004-2012. Now, more than a decade after she wrapped her time as Lynette Scavo, Huffman is set to take on her first network TV series regular role since Desperate Housewives, and her new character on Doc in the 2025 TV schedule looks about as different from Lynette as can be.

The actress will debut her new series regular role on September 30 in the second episode of Doc Season 2, following a hostage situation premiere that may have ended the show’s central love triangle for a bit. She has starred on a multi-season show since the end of Desperate Housewives with USA's American Crime, as well as made one-off guest appearances on network shows like The Good Doctor and Accused, but Doc is her first regular network TV role since 2012.

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