 The show has been a huge hit in the US and UK |
Channel 4 has renewed its deal to keep US 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 series.
Broadcast also reports that Channel 4 is paying over �900,000 an episode to screen the hit drama.
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.
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