I knew it! And mark my words, this will be the last season of "Desperate Housewives."

I'm a big fan of the ABC-TV series "Desperate Housewives." The first season was great...last season was a major letdown...and apparently the season premiere on Sunday night turned out to be a ratings elephant....and if the storylines are so boring as they were last night, I'm not so sure that the series will have a fourth season next year.

THe Associated Press reports that while the buxom ladies of Wisteria Lane helped give ABC the nightly ratings victory on Sunday, "Desperate Housewives" was down significantly from its monster Season 2 premiere last fall. Says AP, ""Desperate Housewives" was the night's top show in viewership and adults 18-49 with 23.8 million viewers and a 9.5 rating/21 share, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research. But the soap was down sharply from its premiere last year (28.4 million, 12.3/26)."

The problem, in my not so humble opinion, is that the ladies of the show have become bigger stars outside of the series and they seem to know it. The show just does not have the "snap" it once had. Also, the long commercial periods between each segment has killed what continuity the show as tried to have in the past.