The Starter Wife

The Starter Wife is a 2007 USA Network television miniseries, starring Debra Messing and based on the novel of the same name by Gigi Levangie Grazer. Filmed over four months in Australia, the story is about Molly Kagan (Messing) putting together a new life and defining herself after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio head.

The mini-series premiered May 31, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. ET, with two back-to-back episodes. The title is taken from the concept of a starter marriage.

The preview commercials use the songs "Golden" by Jill Scott and "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson.