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  • 2007
  • USA
The Starter Wife

Summary The Starter Wife, based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer, chronicles the events of one woman's life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio executive. Debra Messing (Will & Grace, Ned and Stacy) stars in the six-hour mini-series. Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon (Runaway Bride, 3 Men and a L...

  • 2007
  • USA
  • 2007
  • USA

The Starter Wife

Season 1 Premiere: May 31, 2007
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Starter Wife, based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer, chronicles the events of one woman's life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio executive. Debra Messing (Will & Grace, Ned and Stacy) stars in the six-hour mini-series. Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon (Runaway Bride, 3 Men and a L...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
71
77% Positive
20 Reviews
23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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This Wife is well worth committing to.
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80
While the characters here haven't yet had the chance to become as interesting as Carrie Bradshaw and company, this great adaptation of Gigi Levangie Grazer's story should help fill the void left by "Sex and the City."
By Laura Fries FULL REVIEW
80
While it is far from apparent that Friday night is the best place for this smart and stylish show, one can assume USA will move it elsewhere, if necessary, to give it the chance it deserves.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
70
Disposable as it may be, Starter Wife still has more to recommend about it than, say, NBC's "Lipstick Jungle."
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
70
The new series, to judge by the two opening hours, is better balanced and plays more to the players' strengths.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
60
Molly and her friends spend so much time name-dropping and worrying about reputations, we never feel connected to their pain or joy. The show’s foundational preoccupation with Hollywood does produce some humor, most often in film-based fantasy sequences.
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Messing is an appealing actress, and Starter Wife isn't really a bad show, just a victim of bad timing, and of possibly overstaying its welcome.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • 3 Arts Entertainment
  • Haypop Productions
  • McGibbon/Parriott Productions
  • NBC Universal Television
  • Pacific Film and Television Commission
Initial Release Date: May 31, 2007
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 4 Nominations

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