The Short List of Things to Do

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

The Starter Wife

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At last, a Gossip Girl for the old people! Reprising her role from the smash miniseries, Debra Messing is author and recent divorcee Molly Kagan, trying to keep herself and her daughter afloat in a sea of affluence populated by smarmy L.A. sharks. Predictable but pithy, Wife takes itself no more seriously than the Hollywood-haves it skewers.

Grade: B-

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