The series tells of a different drama about Lily Koppels' bestselling novel. This series tells about the story of the women who stood by some astronauts in America's past. It may look different because it was during the height of the race to the moon.
Now that there is an actual Mad Men void to be filled, The Astronaut Wives Club might attract a few mourners desperate to continue wallowing in a well-dressed, pre-feminist America. For the rest of us, the show has little to offer.
The Astronaut Wives Club is a black hole of monotonous characters and stale writing and does absolutely nothing to represent the teetering excitement and dread that the show's true-life events caused across the world.
TV viewers looking for an entertaining, retro-cool soap opera should certainly sample the series, a lively mixture of relationship drama and female bonding.
What's supposed to be fueling this vehicle is a formula mixing historical drama and soap. But without more potent storytelling, "The Astronaut Wives Club" only can reach a limited orbit.