On a night when the biggest and most potentially entertaining show in primetime looked to be the GOP debate over on Fox News Channel, it was pretty much falls and flats for the Big 4. The only rises of the night were NBC's Food Fighters (0.9/3) and Dateline Thursday Night Mystery (1.1/4). The unscripted former was up…

The thing about clichés is that they are so often true and that what goes down also goes up, to flip one such expression – at least when it comes to space race ratings this week. After falling 33% among adults 18-49 last week from its July 16 show, ABC's The Astronaut Wives Club (0.8/3) rocketed up the exact same…

The final reckoning came on Wayward Pines (1.2/5) last night with the finale of the Fox 10-episode event series. And it seems like it was a good way to end things. Coming off a low last week, the M. Night Shyamalan, Chad Hodges, Donald De Line and Ashwin Rajan EP'd mystery show based on Blake Crouch's novels was up…

With Aquarius and Hannibal marched over to the TV graveyard of Saturdays now, last night had a lot less drama in primetime. Of course, the highest rated show of the night was actually the unscripted Big Brother (2.0/7). Amidst a love triangle and an eviction, the show saw a 5% bop up among adults 18-49 from last week…

With most of America getting ready for the long Fourth of July weekend, primetime television took a bit of a backseat last night. Almost everyone was down and so was overall usage among adults 18-49, which took an 8% decline from last week. Let's actually give shout-outs where shout-outs are due: the still cancelled Ha…

ABC initially ordered The Astronaut Wives Club straight to series, but its journey to the small screen has been perilous. The NASA-based drama that's set to premiere June 18 has been retooled and delayed since its pickup in early 2014, You'd think all the extra time and tweaking would pay off. It doesn’t. As I say in…

ABC has slotted The Astronaut Wives Club, its long-in-the-works drama series adaptation of the book by Lily Koppel. The show, from ABC Studios, Fake Empire and Groundswell, will premiere on Thursday, June 18, at 8 PM, leading to the two-hour season premiere of Mistresses.  Originally picked up straight-to-series for…

Evan Handler has landed a recurring role on ABC's 10-episode drama series The Astronaut Wives Club, from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage's Fake Empire, Groundswell Productions and ABC Studios. Written by Savage and based on Lily Koppel's 2013 book, Astronaut Wives Club tells the real story of the women who stood…

Hart Of Dixie co-star Wilson Bethel is expanding his relationship with the series’ executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage as well as the network and studio behind the small-town drama series, the CW and Warner Bros. TV, with two new gigs. As an actor, Bethel has joined ABC's 10-episode drama series The…

Coming off a starring role opposite Keifer Sutherland on the Fox event series 24: Live Another Day, Yvonne Strahovski has been tapped as one of the leads in ABC's 10-episode drama series The Astronaut Wives Club, from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Groundswell Productions and ABC Studios. It marks Ch…

Joel Johnstone (Getting On, The Newsroom) has been cast in ABC's 10-episode drama series The Astronaut Wives Club, from Fake Empire, Groundswell Productions and ABC Studios. Written by Stephanie Savage based on Lily Koppel's book and directed by Nick Cassavetes, it tells the real story of the women who stood beside…

UPDATED: Bret Harrison (Orange County) and Aaron McCusker (Shameless, Dexter) have been cast as series regulars in ABC's 10-episode drama series The Astronaut Wives Club, from Fake Empire, Groundswell Productions and ABC Studios, eyed for 2015. Written by Stephanie Savage based on Lily Koppel's book and directed by…