The Astronaut Wives Club
ABC | Release Date: June 18, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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Sioux City JournalBruce MillerJun 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: Astronaut Wives moves as fast as a beach novel, covers more territory than a history book. But it’s history channeled through a distinct lens. The first episode was slow to launch, but the series could take off once we figure out who’s McSteamy and who’s McDreamy. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: With cheating rock-star husbands, secrets and reporters everywhere, there’s no way we won’t see some soap splashing on this clean-cut, All-American story. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubGenevieve ValentineJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: There’s a lack of early hooks, even in moments that stood out in Lily Koppel’s source biography.... That’s too bad, since whenever The Astronaut Wives Club does manage to bring its veteran cast, summer-pastel aesthetics, and its historical context together, there are glimpses of a very interesting show. Read full review
50
Yahoo TVKen TuckerJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: The Astronaut Wives Club frequently doesn’t seem to know what it wants to do. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerMolly EichelJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: The wives never feel like fully drawn people. Instead, they feel like takeoffs on what the press latched onto about them in the first place. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: At best, the show is an average prime-time soap rooted in history that improves somewhat in successive episodes. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: [A] lovely-but-musty escapist drama. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyJun 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: The characters are likable but surprisingly flimsy. Read full review
50
NewsdayVerne GayJun 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: Of necessity, the story is so rushed, the characters so carelessly brush-stroked, that what should be climactic--the first manned spaceflight--feels incidental, almost blase. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterWhitney MathesonJun 12, 2015
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, the result is surprisingly grounded and muted, leaving its likelihood of finding an audience rather up in the air. Read full review
42
Newark Star-LedgerVicki HymanJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: The show fails to engage on any level, striving at best for a vague earnestness. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyHillary BusisJun 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: Alas, there's not much to this long-delayed adapted drama. [19 Jun 2015, p.57] Read full review
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Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakJun 12, 2015
Season 1 Review: Memorable performances are delivered by Dominique McElligott as Louise Shepard, Azure Parsons as Annie Glenn and Odette Annable as Trudy Cooper.... Lacking any semblance of compelling structure, the series is a jumble of scenes artlessly arranged in a by-the-numbers chronological order. Read full review
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