Housewives franchise is "a train that keeps on chugging." The post Desperate Housewives Creator Marc Cherry Reacts To Real ...

"Our show came out, and they capitalized on that. And you know what? That's the capitalistic system," the showrunner said ...

Marc Cherry, the creator of Desperate Housewives, is weighing in on The Real Housewives franchise, the Bravo reality TV ...

Desperate Housewives' and 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' ABC Photo Archives / Disney General Entertainment Content / Chris McPherson / NBCU Photo Bank / NBCUniversal / Getty Images Marc ...

"I certainly envy the good folks who produce that show because it's a train that keeps on chugging," Marc Cherry says in a ...

“They didn’t crib my name, to be fair to them,” Cherry said about the Bravo franchise in a story published on Thursday. “They just used the word. Our show came out, and they capitalized on tha ...

Why does Marc Cherry, the creator of Desperate Housewives, envy the popular reality franchise The Real Housewives? Read on to find out.

And while Andy Cohen many be the queer mogul behind the success of Real Housewives and all its wine-soaked iterations, it’s another gay TV titan that inspired the blockbuster Bravo franchise.

Not everyone does, as Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry knows. In a new interview with PEOPLE, Cherry recounted one such conversation with Tony Award-winning actor and director Tommy Tune.