The Starter Wife

Debra Messing lands new NBC comedy

  I always feel for Debra Messing, mainly because it must be difficult to shed the “look it’s Grace from Will & Grace” persona. That said it hasn’t stopped her taking on various roles in film and TV since the end of that series and it seems she’s now going to head up a new...
By Angela Share

The Starter Wife is a non starter as Debra Messing’s series gets canned

  The USA Network have canceled Debra Messing’s baby ‘Starter Wife’ after a huge slump in the ratings. The show was originally conceived as a miniseries, but the popularity of the show with both viewers and critics led to it becoming a regular series with 10 episodes. The miniseries brought in fairly good viewing figures...
By Angela Share

The Starter Wife returns with series

Debra Messing must be smiling from ear to ear, her mini series The Starter Wife has been given the green-light for a ten episode run. I’m not sure this will fly, it was good as a mini series, but I wonder if the misadventures of ‘starter wife’ Molly Kagen will be a little too much...
By Angela Share