Debra Messing
Poor Molly Kagen. She got dumped by her husband and now her cable network is kicking her to the curb. USA has canceled The Starter Wife due to low ratings, Variety reports.
Based on Gigi Levangie Grazer's bestseller of the same name, Wife, starring Debra Messing, was adapted into a weekly series last year after the six-hour miniseries netted 5 million viewers in 2007. The series, though, only attracted an average of ...
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The Starter Wife - Season 1
New releases announced today, January 15:
Freakazoid! - Season 2 will be coming out April 21
Make Room for Daddy - Season 6, Volume 1 will be coming out February 24
Pulling - The Complete 1st Season will be coming out April 28
The Shiralee will be coming out March 10
The Starter Wife - Season 1 will be coming out March 10
Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost), Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) and James Morrison (24)
"Live" from the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Los Angeles, senior editors Matt Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy answer your questions. Drop us a line at mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
All I want for Christmas is a spoiler about Juliet from Lost. — Samy
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Give me some Battlestar scoop. I can't wait until Friday! — Tony
MICKEY: I've been sworn to secrecy by my Sci Fi moles, but let's say this: Just because ...
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Chris Diamantopoulos, David Alan Basche, Debra Messing, Hart Bochner and Eddie Cibrian, The Starter Wife
Starter Wife
10 pm/ET USA
There's nothing like a wedding to make the guests ponder their future. So when Lou's wedding finally rolls around in tonight's season finale, Molly and the gang begin preparing for big changes ahead.
Read on for previews of Greatest Holiday Moments: Songs of the Season Countdown, Family Entertainment Awards, South of Nowhere and 12 Days of Redneck Christmas.
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Constantine Maroulis and Wayne Brady, Don't Forget the Lyrics
Don't Forget the Lyrics!
9 pm/ET Fox
Fans of American Idol will want to make sure they tune in to tonight's competition, as it features Constantine Maroulis, the rock vocalist who finished sixth on the talent show's fourth season.
Read on for previews of Stargate Atlantis, South of Nowhere, NUMB3RS and Starter Wife.
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David Alan Basche is the new guy in town, so be nice! Not that we need to tell you that after meeting the super-cute and charming new addition to USA's hit show The Starter Wife (Fridays at 10 pm/ET on USA). Basche was cast to replace Peter Jacobson, who played Kenny in the miniseries, (then left to play Taub on House) as Debra Messing's "inattentive, arrogant and self-centered" ex-husband.
More on David and his video interview after the jump!
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Hart Bochner plays a creatively-blocked writer and Debra Messing's new love interest (or one of a few, wink, wink) this season on The Starter Wife. Erin Fox had a chance to chat with Hart about his Bohemian character who starts a writing workshop to get his own creative juices flowing, and ends up meeting Molly (Messing) – and sparks fly.
Find out about Hart's character and more after the jump!
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Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
The Starter Wife 9 pm/ET USA New
After last summer's successful miniseries, Debra Messing is back in the role of discarded Hollywood housewife Molly Kagan, whose happy ending didn't quite stick.
Degrassi: The Next Generation 8 pm/ET The N New
NUMB3RS 10 pm/ET CBS New
South of Nowhere 9 pm/ET The N New
American Idol Rewind 8 pm/ET TV Guide Network Repeat
Handy Manny 9 am/ET Disney New
Get the full details on tonight's shows after the jump.
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Debra Messing by Kelsey McNeal/USA Network Photo
USA Network at Sunday's TCA sessions revealed an Oct. 10 premiere date for Debra Messing's The Starter Wife, a full-on series based on the mini (based on the book). The cabler also announced that In Plain Sight has been picked up for a second season.USA has also greenlit a trio of pilots: Covert Affairs, about a CIA linguist partnered with an ex-boyfriend; Operating Instructions, concerning a female inner-city surgeon home from Iraq; and Stiffs, in which a morgue employee and his medical examiner brother solve homicides. — Matt Mitovich
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Hart Bochner by Melinda Dahl/ WireImage.com
The Starter Wife, which returns as a USA Network series this October, has added a slew of new faces. Per Variety, Hart Bochner has been cast as Zach, a writing teacher who becomes a new love interest for Debra Messing's Molly. As previously reported, David Alan Basche (Lipstick Jungle) is replacing Peter Jacobson (House) as Molly's ex-husband, Kenny, while Danielle Nicolet (3rd Rock from the Sun) is Mol's new gal pal and Brielle Barbusca takes over as daughter Jaden.Judy Davis, Chris Diamantopoulos and Criminal Minds' Joe Mantegna (in a special guest appearance) will reprise their roles from the miniseries. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Starter Wife Gets a New Ex-Husband • Starter Wife Is Restarted as a Series
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