sentences:  Davis was the sole winner, while Messing was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie.Although initially intended as a one-shot miniseries, USA subsequently ordered "The Starter Wife" as a new series for the 2008 spring season.Production on the series first ten-episode season was delayed due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, and began airing October 10, 2008.