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Starter Wife on USA Network

2007, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- Hour 6 (Original Airdate Jun 28, 2007)
- Hour 5 (Original Airdate Jun 21, 2007)
- Hour 4 (Original Airdate Jun 14, 2007)
- Hour 3 (Original Airdate Jun 7, 2007)
- Hour 2 (Original Airdate May 31, 2007)
- Hour 1 (Original Airdate May 31, 2007)
2
- Woman Over the Influence (Original Airdate Dec 12, 2008)
- Her Old Man and the Sea (Original Airdate Dec 5, 2008)
- Look Who's Stalking (Original Airdate Nov 21, 2008)
- The French Disconnection (Original Airdate Nov 14, 2008)
- The Ex-Files (Original Airdate Nov 7, 2008)
- Das Booty Call (Original Airdate Oct 31, 2008)
- Mollywood (Original Airdate Oct 24, 2008)
- The Remains of the Snow Day (Original Airdate Oct 17, 2008)
- The Forty Year Old Virgin Queen; The Diary of a Mad Ex-housewife (Original Airdate Oct 10, 2008)

Starter Wife Episode: "Hour 1"

Season 1, Episode 1

Episode Synopsis: Molly Kagen (Debra Messing) is let go by her movie-mogul husband, forcing her out of the powerful elite circles she once commanded and into hiding at the summer home of a sympathetic friend. Joan: Judy Davis. Lou: Joe Mantegna. Original Air Date: May 31, 2007

May 31, 2007: The Starter Wife, Hour 1, Hour 2

Jun 1, 2007 04:58 AM ET
by erin daly

I’m a huge fan of chick lit. I love stories where the female heroine has to learn about herself, and also gets to fall in love, maybe for a second time, for all the right reasons. And that’s what this is. It’s television’s throwback to chick lit, starring Debra Messing, whose most recent foray into the romantic comedy genre was 2005’s The Wedding Date (which I really liked). And can I say, I really enjoy Debra Messing as Molly Kagan, the jilted wife of a Hollywood movie boss. She’s just so charmingly amiable, accessible in a way that makes you want to root for the characters she plays.Molly Kagan, whose seemingly perfect life falls apart before our eyes, is worth rooting for. She’s not like the other rich wives who drive their matching SUVs, gossip abrasively, and worship at “the altar of perpetual upkeep.” When she drops her daughter Jayden off at school, Molly actually gets out of the car to kiss Jayden and say goodbye, ignoring the ann... read more

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Premiered: May 31, 2007, on USA Network

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Premise: Unexpectedly dumped by her movie-mogul husband of 10 years, Molly Kagen must reassess her life and her friends when she finds herself on the outside of the elite circles she once commanded.

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