The Starter Wife
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The Starter Wife is a television miniseries-turned-series based on Gigi Levangie Grazer’s novel, following a Hollywood wife’s life after divorce and starring Debra Messing in the lead role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Starter Wife canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6577885 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Starter Wife Context triple: [Debra Messing, notableWork, The Starter Wife]
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A.
The Accidental Husband
The Accidental Husband is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Colin Firth, centered on a love triangle sparked by a fraudulent marriage.
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B.
The Five Wives
The Five Wives are a group of captive women in Mad Max: Fury Road who serve as the tyrant Immortan Joe’s prized breeders and become central to Imperator Furiosa’s rebellion.
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C.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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D.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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E.
The Wife’s Tale
"The Wife’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Seamus Heaney that portrays a farm wife’s perspective on rural labor, gender roles, and quiet marital estrangement in the Irish countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Starter Wife Target entity description: The Starter Wife is a television miniseries-turned-series based on Gigi Levangie Grazer’s novel, following a Hollywood wife’s life after divorce and starring Debra Messing in the lead role.
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A.
The Accidental Husband
The Accidental Husband is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Colin Firth, centered on a love triangle sparked by a fraudulent marriage.
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B.
The Five Wives
The Five Wives are a group of captive women in Mad Max: Fury Road who serve as the tyrant Immortan Joe’s prized breeders and become central to Imperator Furiosa’s rebellion.
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C.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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D.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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E.
The Wife’s Tale
"The Wife’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Seamus Heaney that portrays a farm wife’s perspective on rural labor, gender roles, and quiet marital estrangement in the Irish countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Starter Wife (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Gigi Levangie Grazer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
NERFINISHED
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Starter Wife (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Debra Messing as Molly Kagan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributor | USA Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Ben Silverman
NERFINISHED
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Craig Zadan NERFINISHED ⓘ Debra Messing NERFINISHED ⓘ Gigi Levangie Grazer NERFINISHED ⓘ Josann McGibbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Meron NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Parriott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California
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| firstAired | 2007 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Starter Wife (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama television series
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drama television series ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
miniseries
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regular series ⓘ |
| leadActressNominee | Debra Messing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Molly Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| miniseriesFormat | 6-episode miniseries ⓘ |
| miniseriesPremiereDate | May 31, 2007 ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
NERFINISHED
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 10 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | limited series event ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | USA Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Follows a Hollywood wife rebuilding her life after divorce from a powerful studio executive ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Media Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor | Debra Messing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| televisionSeriesEndDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| televisionSeriesPremiereDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| theme |
Hollywood lifestyle
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divorce ⓘ reinvention ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Starter Wife Description of subject: The Starter Wife is a television miniseries-turned-series based on Gigi Levangie Grazer’s novel, following a Hollywood wife’s life after divorce and starring Debra Messing in the lead role.
Referenced by (1)
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