ABC's hit TV drama "Desperate Housewives" will be dubbed in to mandarin Chinese and shown on CCTV-8 this year.

US network ABC is now negotiating with CCTV to show the first season of Desperate Housewives.

The dark comedy, which has just been nominated for 15 Emmys awards, is about four suburban women's daily lives behind the facade of an idyllic setting.

It will be the quickest that CCTV has brought an American TV series to the Chinese small screen in recent years.

China's media watchdog has passed the programme for broadcast but Chinese viewers will have to wait for the dubbing production.

When asked about whether the drama would be censored too much, the governor of CCTV-8 channel responded vaguely saying that nothing too racy or politically sensitive is allowed onto the screen.

(CRI.com July 23, 2005)