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Newhart to be Desperate Househusband

Bob Newhart has snagged a recurring role on the ABC series Desperate Housewives. Newhart will play Morty, the estranged boyfriend of Susan Mayer’s mom, Sophie, played by guest star Lesley Ann Warren.

In the episode, Teri Hatcher’s single mom Susan will attempt to get Sophie and Morty back together to keep her mother from moving in with her and her daughter.

We’ve never seen it. From the promos, it looks like an amalgam of Twin Peaks and Northern Exposure, set in Lower 48 suburbia. Newhart should fit right in… oddly enough.