I just caught the first episode of this limited summer series last night which a friend referred to as "Desperate Housewives In Space"! LOL I never really watched DH, so not sure I can compare the two.
The series is based on Lily Koppel's book, "The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story." It tells the story of the women who stood beside some of the astronauts in America's past, during the height of the race to to the moon.
I like this show so far. It's well casted, well acted and has some decent writing. In fact, so far it reminds me of one of my all-time fav. movies, "The Right Stuff"- which this is basically that same story from the point of view of the wives-as far as the Mercury space program anyways. I don't recognize too many of the actresses playing the wives, but do recall a few of the actors playing the astronauts like Desmond Harrington ("Dexter") as Alan Shepherd and Bret Harrison ("The Loop") as Gordon Cooper.
I see too this show was originally going to be a regular series in the 2013-14 television season, but was held back to re-tool-?? Well, anyhoo, so far I'm hooked, and it will be an interesting watch the rest of the summer...
The series is based on Lily Koppel's book, "The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story." It tells the story of the women who stood beside some of the astronauts in America's past, during the height of the race to to the moon.
I like this show so far. It's well casted, well acted and has some decent writing. In fact, so far it reminds me of one of my all-time fav. movies, "The Right Stuff"- which this is basically that same story from the point of view of the wives-as far as the Mercury space program anyways. I don't recognize too many of the actresses playing the wives, but do recall a few of the actors playing the astronauts like Desmond Harrington ("Dexter") as Alan Shepherd and Bret Harrison ("The Loop") as Gordon Cooper.
I see too this show was originally going to be a regular series in the 2013-14 television season, but was held back to re-tool-?? Well, anyhoo, so far I'm hooked, and it will be an interesting watch the rest of the summer...