And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But there's so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did.

March 2003) and a daughter Malin O’Brien (b. Denton plays guitar in the charity band Band from TV along with Hugh Laurie and Desperate Housewives co-star Teri Hatcher among others. They have two children: a son Sheppard (b.

James "Jamie" Thomas Denton Jr.