Marc Cherry, the creator of Desperate Housewives, is weighing in on The Real Housewives franchise, the Bravo reality TV series inspired by the ABC dramedy. Following the success of Desperate Housewives,

Marc Cherry, the creator of “Desperate Housewives,” says he’s jealous of the “Real Housewives” reality TV franchise that began after his primetime soap became a hit. “I envy the fact that they’ve kept that franchise going,” Cherry told People in a new interview published on Wednesday.

So many Housewives ... creation of Real Housewives following the success of his ABC show, which aired from 2004 to 2012. "They didn't crib my name, to be fair to them," he said of the mega-popular Bravo franchise, which began in 2006 in Orange County ...