Ratings: ABC's 'Astronaut Wives Club' Launches OK By Summer Standards

If you tuned in last night to the premiere of ABC's new series The Astronaut Wives Club, you were treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the late-fifties race to put a man in space. But the show, based on the 2013 book by Lily Koppel, is not really

FILE – In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher attends a special screening of the season four premiere of the ABC series "Once Upon a Time"in Los Angeles. Garcia Swisher stars in “The Astronaut Wives Club,” based on the real

It has not yet even premiered and already 'Astronaut Wives Club' is being compared to 'Mad Men' due to the fact that both shows take place in the same period. However, the series creator is urging audiences not to be so 

FILE – In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher attends a special screening of the season four premiere of the ABC series "Once Upon a Time"in Los Angeles. Garcia Swisher stars in “The Astronaut Wives Club,” based on the real

According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, “Astronaut Wives Club” averaged a 1.1 rating/4 share in adults 18-49 and 5.5 million viewers overall from 8 to 9 p.m., putting it on par with NBC's bow of “Aquarius” in May and a tick above