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TV Reviews: Turns out a starter wife can be a trophy wife too. Case in point, "The Starter Wife," the Emmy-nominated mini-turned-regular series that returns to USA Network. Debra Messing reprises her role as the eponymous spouse, a Hollywood idiom for the woman who unwittingly prepares hubby for a younger, hotter version. She's rejoined by Chris Diamantopoulos and Judy Davis as the divorcees, decorators and debauchers who live among the rich and ridiculous but are too self-aware not to be, not exactly ashamed, but at least hilariously pithy about their lifestyle choices. A real coup for USA, these characters are not only welcome -- to borrow its promotional slogan -- they have standing reservations.

TV Reviews: Every bit as juvenile as its title would suggest, "Testees" lives several rungs down the evolutionary ladder from FX's once-promising and now increasingly disappointing "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."