6.2 /10 1 Votes
56% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Period drama Original language(s) English First episode date 2 January 2014 | 7.4/10 IMDb 58% Metacritic Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 3 August 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed
by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille Starring Paul Rhys
Jodie Whittaker
Harriet Walter
Stuart Milligan
Julian Ovenden
Christina Cole
Ralph Brown
Akie Kotabe Network American Broadcasting Company Cast Jodie Whittaker, Paul Rhys, Harriet Walter, Christina Cole, Stuart Milligan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Assets is an eight-part American drama television miniseries that aired on ABC in 2014. It is based on the book Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by retired CIA officers Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille, and is produced by Morgan Hertzan, Rudy Bednar and Andrew Chapman. The pilot episode earned a 0.7 rating in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, making The Assets the lowest rated drama premiere ever on one of the big three networks.
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On January 10, 2014, ABC cancelled The Assets due to low ratings. ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee disclosed at the Television Critics Association press tour that the unaired episodes would be made available at some point in the future. On June 21, 2014, the remaining episodes began airing on Saturdays, but after just two additional airings ABC again pulled the miniseries from new Saturday night timeslot in favor of Sunday afternoons in late July and early August. All eight episodes of The Assets were made available on Netflix on September 1, 2014.
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Reception
The Assets received mixed reviews. Review aggregator site, Metacritic, has given the series a "mixed or average" score of 58 out of 100, based on 15 critics. On another review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 56% rating with an average rating of 5.6 out of 10, based on 16 reviews.