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"Marcia Cross will make her return to television in the Fatrick pilot. The Desperate Housewives star has been announced as part of the cast for the new project from Don&amp;#039;t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23&amp;#039;s Nahnatchka Khan.  Cross will play main character Patrick&amp;#039;s mother Arlene. The character is a nutritionist who dotes on her skinny daughter but looks with disfavour upon her larger son. She will appear in both present day scenes and flashbacks. The role will be the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actress&amp;#039;s first on-screen appearance since the conclusion of Desperate Housewives in May 2012. Cross played Bree Van de Camp in all eight seasons of the show. Fox ordered Khan&amp;#039;s TV directorial debut Fatrick in November. Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Screen Time:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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