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Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello has learned exclusively that USA Network has canceled The Starter Wife, due to low ratings.
While Debra Messing’s six-hour miniseries with the same name attracted more than 5 million viewers and earned Emmy nominations, the ratings for its 10-episode first season earned only 2.4 million viewers.
Compared to Burn Notice and Monk which pull in 6 million, it’s not that good. But compared to most cable shows, it’s not that bad either.
In an exclusive statement to EW.com, USA called Starter Wife a "critical and creative success," and added that the Dec. 12 season finale served as a "satisfying conclusion" to the franchise.
Personally, I was worried about the future of this show when I went to look for information about its upcoming episodes and didn’t find anything at all. But then I kept seeing Debra Messing at awards shows talk about The Starter Wife, and started to have hope.
Hopefully, Debra Messing will find another TV project in the near future.
USA Network Photo: Matthew Rolston