By NEAL JUSTIN By Neal Justin Star Tribune The Wisteria Lane neighborhood has spent the past four years battling cancer, tornadoes, blindness, infidelity and attempted murder. Now the residents face the most daunting challenge of their suburban lives: aging.

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.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. _ When does a weird, way-out-there show like "Lost" influence a soapy suburban serial like "Desperate Housewives"? When the creator of the soapy show is desperately looking for something to shake things up.

By JANICE RHOSHALLE LITTLEJOHN BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The women of Wisteria Lane may have only a few more years to resolve their assorted problems.