Debra Messing & Diamond Monkeys

"Starter Wife" star Debra Messing joined J.Lo, model Heidi Klum and her boyfriend Seal, singer Ashanti and rapper Pharrell Williams at last night's launch of designer Lorraine Schwartz's Bergdorf Goodman diamond Monkey collection at the redesigned Monkey Bar in New York City.

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Debra Messing's "Starter Wife" Opens Strong

Former "Will & Grace" star Debra Messing, who attended the CFDA Fashion Awards on Monday night posing with designer Michael Kors, has plenty of reasons to smile about. Her comeback series, the USA network mini "The Starter Wife" got off to a strong start with 5,4 million people tuning in last Thursday.



Messing, whose hit NBC comedy ended in May 2006 - an event which was, as she puts it, emotionally overwhelming - approached the series as an opportunity to shed off her well-known sitcom character Grace Adler.

"The Starter Wife" premiered to mixed reviews - USA Today called it "well-made fluff," while Variety branded its characters "cardboard cutouts the audience is unlikely to care about much".

However, the 2-hour telecast was a success. "The Starter Wife" was cable's biggest original series of the year and it also gave USA its best Thursday night ratings since the premiere of "The 4400" three years ago.

The remaining 4 episodes will air on Thursdays at 9 in June.

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Debra Messing Returns to TV

Some of the critics may not necessarily be crazy about Debra Messing's new USA Network series "The Starter Wife," but I am crazy about the idea that "Will & Grace" vet is coming back to Thursdays with this 6-part mini-series.



The actress does not otherwise seem to have had the best week ever; Messing was photographed getting coffee and talking on her cell in SoHo with a broken thumb. Let's hope she is luckier generating some good ratings for the cable network.

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"Will & Grace" Reunion @ Starter Wife Premiere

Former stars of NBC's groundbreaking sitcom "Will & Grace," Debra Messing and Eric McCormack reunited at last night's glitzy premiere for USA Network's new series "The Starter Wife" starring Messing as a spurned Hollywood divorcée. "Desperate Housewife" Marcia Cross, "Xena's" Lucy Lawless and "The Nanny's" Fran Drescher also attended the star-studded event.

The 6-part mini-series premieres next week, on Thursday May 31 at 9/8c on USA Network. "USA" is hoping the viewers who are missing their regular Betty/Grey's fix will find this female-friendly summer alternative.

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Debra Messing's New USA Series

Former "Will & Grace" star Debra Messing, who was photographed on Thursday walking in New York City, stars in a new 6-hour mini-series for basic cable's USA Network titled "The Starter Wife."

Emmy Award winning actress plays a sexy, savvy and wickedly funny Molly Kagan, who after being blacklisted from premieres to pilates, searches to find life after divorce from her Hollywood mogul husband.


The series is based on The New York Times best-selling Simon & Schuster novel from author Gigi Levangie Grazer and it boasts a star-studded and award-winning cast including Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Miranda Otto and Anika Noni Rose.

The series begins with a 2-hour episode on Thursday, May 31 at 9 p.m. USA will then air 4 one-hour episodes every Thursday at 9 p.m. through June 28.

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Debra Messing, Son Stroll In Soho

Emmy-award winning "Will & Grace" star Debra Messing was photographed earlier this week taking a stroll with her son in New York's Soho. 39-year-old actress will play a supporting role in the new Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore movie "Purple Violets" which opens May 4.

The actress will play the main role in USA Network's mini-series "Starter Wife" which is currently in post-production. The drama which premieres May 31 revolves around an ex-wife of a Hollywood studio boss who starts her life after her divorce. The mini-series is based on the novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer.

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