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The wife and I tuned in to the first couple episodes after finding it by accident while scanning the cable offerings. It is definitely a tweens/teens kid show but we became addicted to it as it is good fun - no sex, no swearing, no murder, no mayhem, but lots of fun 'OMG!' moments for the kids to deal with.

If you can offerings like The Goonies and Super 8 as a break from 'adult' movie fare, you'll enjoy this.

Nothing more nothing less. I expected to dislike it. I don't find it bad. (Minus the kids acting)

Its ok. I can sit down and watch it and I certainly do "enjoy" it to some extent I guess.

I don't mind it.

But it isn't good either. I don't mind the plot but the kids acting is not the most believable. But between Side Hustle, Group Chat with Jayden & Brent (Formerly Jules and Jayden and before that Annie and Jayden), Danger Force, Top Elf, and other forgettable Nick stuff (e.g All That), I'd certainly watch this. The production isn't half bad. And I'm pretty sure these are the actors first times and you can sense that they're trying their hardest. The Astronauts is just meh but at least its something.

Eh. To expand this review any longer would just be things to say for the purpose of absolutely nothing.

I don't get that most of the reviews aren't clumped around 5-6 stars though.

I had no idea what i was getting into when i saw the title, "The Astronauts," but anything about space travel is going to catch my attention.When i saw it was a Nickelodeon show, I was very much prepared for possible over acting and maybe sickeningly too cute kids. That isn't what I got. What I got was an intriguing, but simple premise with a great twist. I was hooked from the first episode. I like that the kids are having to question their parents and not for just rebellious reasons. I can't wait for new episodes next week. Definitely worth your time. I'm in my 50's, btw.

This reminds me a lot for some reason of the really good Nickelodeon shows of the 90's that told a story like The Secret World of Alex Mack and AYAOTD for example. Maybe that's just me. But it's really a good show and one of the best that Nickelodeon has had in a while IMO. My entire family sits down to watch it.

You obviously can't be expecting much going in, you already know the premise isn't going to be realistic. But for an ongoing Nickelodeon series, the production values are rather impressive. Heck, for a one-off Nickelodeon movie it'd be a pretty impressive production.

It's basically the movie Space Camp, re-made into a weekly series. If you liked that movie, you'll probably like this series, at least based on the first episode. The plot isn't novel, and the kid actors don't give mind-blowing performances. But it does what it's supposed to do, and does it quite well.

You know, that laugh you have when you're also surprised, eyes and mouth wide open, letting out a small "ho ho" every 5 seconds, like the dumbest person on earth. Well, I love a lot of nick's shows, but this one is something else. Let's start with EVERYBODY, with no exception, has the IQ of a rice grain, and the more you watch, the more you feel that actually a rice grain might be smarter just by doing nothing. It's not the usual tongue in cheek nick's show, this one tries to be serious, and oh god, how serious can you be when you act like an amebae. I watched 2 episodes so far, I don't think I'll give this crap another chance. I start to believe they hired very small children to write this, this can't be the result of a grown up's work, either that, or nick really has to cut off some people there, they're not doing a good/decent/mediocre/ job, just crap

This Show is very entertaining that I have my Reminder set for every Friday to make sure I catch it Live😌

I thought might be something to watch on a cool winter day during the flu season. I was wrong. I made it about 5 minutes and the "woke" meter broke.

I saw this advertising for a while and had no interest as I thought it would be some small production kiddy show. It ended up premiering while I was cleaning and I started glancing at the show here and there.

10 minutes into the show I was hooked! I didn't even realize I stopped cleaning and was sitting down watching the show until almost 30 mins later.

The shows is amazing quality!!!!! HBO production quality. I was surprised. The acting and cast is really great so far. There is a great story line with a small twist I didn't see happening. It's definitely not a kiddy show. The only criticism I have is that the parents really under reacted when it came to their kids getting shot up into space. I made my 30 year old bf watch it and he enjoyed it as well! We can't wait for the other episodes!

Nickelodeon's last great show was Avatar the last air bender. I hope this show gives Avatar a run for its money! So far so good!!

First, apologies to all who left reviews stating "I wish this was an old Nick show instead", or "Nick should stick to cartoons". Very sorry. This show is something else, so to me it seems pointless to criticize this for what it isn't, and was never intended to be.

Second, it's important to understand that this is not what you're used to from Nickelodeon. This show is a joint effort with Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment, and without a doubt, they know how to make quality storytelling in the realm of space (Apollo 13, Mars). So unsurprisingly, the production quality of the show is outstanding. Truth be told, you would not recognize it as a Nickelodeon show, nor any other kids' show.

Lastly, to echo some others here, yes. The plot requires you to suspend some belief while going along for the ride. My retort to this is, what fictional space/sci-fi show doesn't require this to some extent? My recommendation is to take 1/2 hour out of your life, and watch the first episode with the whole family. I dare to predict that most or all will want to continue the journey.

Apart from a rare few of their comedies I am normally not very impressed with Nickelodeon productions. Too 'happy, colorful, perfect world stuff': children series lack some grit nowadays.

Whit that mindset The Astronauts really surprised me: the kids are not all perfect, their relationships with each other and their parents are strained. The people on the ground have no better idea what to do then they have. The AI genius is a loose cannon and as much a danger as a help. There is real danger, real bravery. And it is not some 2 day trip but a serious deep space mission. Some very good visuals as well: the launch sequence was awesome.

On the flip side: finding a scenario that gets kids launched into space will always a bit convoluted / tricky, but I think the script writers did as well as could be expected.

Sammy reminds me a lot of 'April' in the book series of Mackey Chandler.

All-in-all I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be watching it again. I hope it gets a second series as the story is far from finished.

It is a kid's movie, and a very decent one. It was never meant to be a blockbuster but an entertainment show. It ticks all the boxes in my view, as long as you get your expectations straight. If you look at it as a space parody, it is one of the best.

And no one proof read the scripts before going into production. I would think that the director would somehow soon catch on, like this doesn't make any sense. But he doesn't and this complete nonsense continues. Perhaps he is just lucky to have a job. Fake it until you make it. I looked to find the writers, only to discover that they were an actor and visual effects guy. Makes sense now.

The Astronauts is novel and captivating for a Nickelodeon audience, say ages 6 to 12. Together with Mom and/or Dad it likely makes a bonding entertainment experience. But if watching solely as an adult, depending on your frame of mind it could be quite cheesy.

Nonetheless, I feel this show gives Nickelodeon prime credit for helping bring kids into a more responsible age.

Properly because Production cost strains, the show is just stupid. If they had put the time timeline 100-200 years in the future, it Episode 01 could have work. But no, another fake SpaceX company today or near future.

For it to have worked, you need Ship yard and port in Space orbit or a Lagrange point. So for a start, the Kids had to live in Space from the beginning.

And the Problem in Episode 02 could be fixed with push of a button in seconds. To automatic adjust the distance of the pods in rotation. And by the way, to reach practical gravitational force, there have to spin a lot faster and/or need far more extended.

And apparently they have a zero lag communication device. Properly based on Quantum entanglement. ;-) The Ship computer still uses Cloud services on Earth.

My kids had been excited to watch this and I have to admit that I almost couldn't believe that I was watching Nickelodeon. A realistically diverse and talented cast and obviously lots of money put into the special effects plus the fact that Ron Howard created it. Miya Cech is perfection as Sammy and the show represents LGBTQ+ families without making it weird. I love it.

At a time when climate change is ravaging Earth and real-life interest in space organizations from NASA to SpaceX has been renewed, there is no shortage of television shows delivering interesting and informative takes on such travel.

Renew the old shows they were so good, had so many fun adventures, laughs, and talented cast. Please save us from this boring show. They're gonna be stuck inside a spaceship all day long. Who cares?

I watched this with my grand kids and we all loved it hope for lore

Watch you won't regret awesome. I really hope hope they make more