After losing one of its main television hit Lost to British satellite channel Sky One, Channel 4 has renewed its deal to keep American drama Desperate Housewives on the network for the next two series.
Trade magazine Broadcast claims Channel 4 outbid ITV, Sky and Flextech - which owns Living TV - to keep the popular series.
Broadcast also reports that Channel 4 is paying over £900,000 an episode to screen the hit drama. Not surprising as the same network pays around £700,000 for ‘new’ episodes of The Simpsons.
But Channel 4 refused to confirm or deny the figures. Last week it was beaten by Sky One to the rights to show castaway drama Lost.
Sky’s deal for the show, based on a plane crash on an island, was widely reported to have cost the channel £20m.
The first series of both Lost and Desperate Housewives were ratings winners for Channel 4, attracting more than four million viewers on average.
Series 3 will be shown in the new year.
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