''The Assets'' is an eight-part American drama television miniseries that aired on
ABC in 2014. The series was 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. The series was executively 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.
On January 10, 2014, ABC canceled ''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 further broadcasts, ABC again pulled the series. The final four episodes aired in a Sunday afternoon timeslot in late July and early August 2014. All eight episodes of ''The Assets'' were then made available on
Netflix on September 1, 2014.
''The Assets'' received mixed reviews from critics.
Metacritic
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awarded the series a "mixed or average" score of 58 out of 100, based on reviews by fifteen critics. On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the series holds a 56% rating with an average rating of 5.6 out of 10, based on 16 reviews. More than four years after its initial broadcast, the series was picked up by
Alibi for broadcast in the
United Kingdom
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, with broadcast set for Summer 2018, ahead of Jodie Whittaker's debut as
The Doctor in ''
Doctor Who''.
Cast
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Jodie Whittaker as
Sandra Grimes
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Paul Rhys as
Aldrich Ames
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Harriet Walter as
Jeanne Vertefeuille
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Ralph Brown as Wallace Austin
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Stuart Milligan as Arthur O'Neill
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Christina Cole as Louisa Tilton
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Catalina Denis as Rosario Ames
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Lex Shrapnel as Mitch Weaver
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Julian Ovenden as Gary Grimes
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Goran Kostić as Victor Cherkashin
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John Lynch as
Vitaly Yurchenko
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Peter Guinness as
Dmitri Polyakov
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Amelia Clarkson as Kelly Grimes
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Akie Kotabe as Eric D'Amaro
Episodes
References
External links
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2010s American drama television series
2014 American television series debuts
Television series about the Cold War
American English-language television shows
American spy television series
Television shows based on books
Television series based on actual events
Television series set in 1985
Television shows set in Washington, D.C.
Television series by Disney–ABC Domestic Television
American Broadcasting Company television dramas
Television series set in 1984