MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Oct.

AFTER turning down Sarah Jessica Parker's part of Carrie in Sex And The City and Bree in Desperate Housewives, Dana Delany isn't taking any more chances.

By SARAH O'MEARA AFTER turning down Sarah Jessica Parker's part of Carrie in Sex And The City and Bree in Desperate Housewives, Dana Delany isn't taking any more chances.

By Mike Hughes For "Desperate Housewives," 2008 is the everything year. It's the year the show has been large and small, tragic and comic, traditional and quirky. "Housewives" has survived a fake tornado and a real strike. Now it's ready to slow down, shrink down and have fun.

By AARON BARNHART By Aaron Barnhart McClatchy Newspapers BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.