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USA Sets Start for Wife, Renews Plain Sight

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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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Posted by TV Guide News
Jul 21, 2008 8:43 AM
Glad to see the IPS news. I've really been enjoying it!
Posted by Dianora
Jul 21, 2008 9:58 AM
Dianora: "Glad to see the IPS news. I've really been enjoying it!"

So am I! Could care less about TSW. Was the most stupidest "mini-series" I ever saw. Since she's no longer TSW, and apparently was happy when last we saw her...who cares? Of course, that's just my opinion on the matter. :-p

~Sangeeta
Posted by Geets226
Jul 21, 2008 11:20 AM
If Stiffs becomes a big hit they won't even have to change the name for the porn version.
Posted by wildbill
Jul 21, 2008 12:03 PM
I'm looking foward to The Starter Wife and I'm happy to hear that In Plain Sight got picked up.Like everything else on the USA network,I think they are great shows.
Posted by buffy1_0
Jul 21, 2008 2:51 PM
In Plain Sight is awful. All of the characters are unlikable, and the plots are silly and uneven.

I think this show benefitted from the writers strike. After all, crappy scripted is better than no scripted!

Good luck in season 2. Perhaps they can pop Mary McCormack's lips.

(BTW, I tried to like this show, but after the 4th episode I gave up!)
Posted by topoopon
Jul 21, 2008 4:27 PM
I'm so glad IPS is coming back! I absolutely love this show! Every week, I can't wait for the next episode!
Posted by Sazzy
Jul 21, 2008 4:55 PM
In Plain Sight is good summer fun-not to be taken too seriously and is good company for Monk and Psych. It is also very good for a light time after a Sunday with new Law and Order CI and the very serious SUV.

I am a bit disapointed that Started Wife is comming back because it was a facinating but at the same time blah series last year-almost like a train wreck!! Hopefully this year they will make better use of the actors and have more interesting stuff. We shall see. I will watch because I can not believe Debra would stay with a series that was borderline dull by any means.
Posted by lauramushkat
Jul 21, 2008 5:30 PM
I for one am thrilled to have TSW back. Maybe they will let us have one strong female show since they cancelled, MIT, Something ABout Brian, and October Road.
Posted by twinzmommy
Jul 21, 2008 5:46 PM
I like the main witness protection stories on IPS, but I'm not a fan of the secondary/family stories. (The sister and the mother particularly irritate me.) I think it has promise, though, so I'm happy it will get time to work its issues through.

Hopefully they'll renew Burn Notice soon too, as that is my favorite USA Network show at the moment.
Posted by Meredith44
Jul 21, 2008 6:28 PM
In Plain Sight is awful. All of the characters are unlikable, and the plots are silly and uneven.
But what do you really think,
topoopon?
In Plain Sight is good summer fun-not to be taken too seriously...It is also very good for a light time after a Sunday with new Law and Order CI and the very serious SUV.
Is SUV based on that Robin Williams movie, RV, lauramushcat?
Seriously, I enjoy IPS and you're right, it does fit well with the other USA Network programming. With the way things are going it may become the true fourth network.
Posted by BOZMAN54
Jul 22, 2008 7:42 AM
I enjoyed The Starter Wife- as mindless summer fluff. But a series? Especially starting it over a year after the "miniseries" ended? Not so smart. I do like Debra Messing though and wish she could find something better than this or The Wedding Date.
Posted by TellingMyTruth
Jul 22, 2008 11:08 AM
It's funny, people complain about how stupid a show could be but apparently they have and opinion about it. So they must have watched the show and watched it more than once to form an opinion about it. These show are great and funny. Why don't you guys just chill and enjoy the shows.
Posted by buzzard601
Aug 19, 2008 6:11 AM
How big a turd does the starter wife have to be to have commercials for it EVERY 4 minutes to infinity. I wouldn't watch it just so the freakin commercials will go away.
Posted by opinionatedjerk
Oct 4, 2008 12:24 AM
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