Longoria injured on Desperate Housewives set

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria was injured during filming of of the hit TV comedy and was taken to a hospital in Pasadena, California, for treatment.

Longoria, 30, was “bumped on the head by something” while shooting on location yesterday, a show spokesman said.

She was released from hospital and is expected to return to work on schedule.

Access Hollywood reported that Longoria was injured when a pole fell on her. Longoria plays former model Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives, a dark satire about life in suburbia.

The show recently received 15 Emmy nominations from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.