The Starter Wife (Presented By Ponds)
Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Movies: TV Movies & Miniseries: The Starter Wife (Presented By Ponds)
By Adam Bomb on Friday, June 01, 2007 - 10:38 pm:

My advice - Stay away from this crashing bore of a cable miniseries. USA Network has been heavily advertising this since mid-winter, so I took a look at it this past Thursday (May 31.) It put me to sleep within an hour of its first two; and I have no idea how many more are to come. Debra Messing plays the wife of some Hollywood hotshot studio exec. She gets dumped after 10 years of marriage and one daughter for a younger woman (what else?) The point of view of this is extremely predictable (the husband just seems like a generic self-absorbed creep.) Peter Jacobsen, who livens the Law & Order episodes he plays defense attorney Stan Dworkin in, plays the callous cad, and he just looks bored here. USA is bumping most of its programming in June 2 for endless replays of this. Unless you need a sleep aid, be elsewhere.

I have never seen a sponsor's name placed so prominently as it is here. "Ponds" has placed its corporate logo in every piece of advertising. The corporate name even appears in the main title of this miniseries, which is why I've included it in the subject line.

By Adam Bomb on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 11:30 pm:

I don't know if this series is done, but it doesn't seem to be on USA any more. If you can't sleep at night, you can bore yourself to sleep with the upcoming DVD set. More here.

By harry on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 7:04 pm:

During the 50s a lot of shows had the sponsor's name in the title.
I don't know if they were better, though.

By Adam Bomb on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 10:51 am:

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During the 50s a lot of shows had the sponsor's name in the title


Like Bob Hope Presents "The Chrysler Theater." Which was a dramatic anthology series, with major guest stars. Something that's not done any more, as it's too expensive.

The Starter Wife has received seven Emmy nominations. Guess the Emmy judges managed to stay awake through it all. Or, possibly, they threw this a bone, without watching it.
I won't be watching the Emmy awards. Haven't seen it since the show last bored me to tears in 1974. Don't watch the Oscars anymore, either.

By Adam Bomb on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 2:17 pm:

Unfortunately, The Starter Wife will premiere as a series on USA this fall. At least Peter Jacobsen won't return, as he's busy on House's team. More here.

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