At the recent Television Critics Association press tour, ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee reflected on cancelled mini-series The Assets.
He said that he was proud of The Assets creatively and as a business model, even though the ratings were a disappointment. “That one was actually a great experiment [with our news division] and we’re going to continue with that experiment even though the show didn’t work.”
Lee noted that, “In the end, what we need do as we test out different pieces [of programming] is to find ones that work both financially and creatively so that we can have programming the whole year-round.”
The network president also said that the remaining episodes of The Assets would be made available at some point in the future — either on the broadcast schedule or via one of ABC’s digital platforms like ABC.com.
What do you think? Are you open to watching limited series — even though the network may still pull them early? Would you like to see the rest of The Assets?
We really liked the series and would have liked to see it through to the end. Very disappointed! There is so little on TV that we like. Most of the shows are juvenile!
I am very disappointed. Good acting, good writing, unusual but effective pacing – thiswas an excellent series. Since, as a mini-series, it had a limited run, they could have continued broadcasting the remaining shows.
‘Shark Tank’? Seriously? Dreck.
Oh, and I’m not at all interested in watching it online. I hope it gets picked up by another network.
I agree with all the above comments. I had no idea the show was cancelled. Tuned in to watch and instead I believe Shark Tank was filling the time slot. I looked forward to the remaining 6 episodes, so I too hope that you will seriously consider bringing them back or at least making them available @ abc.com
I can’t believe they cancelled this show. Why didn’t they just move it to a different time slot. Greatly disappointed in ABC.
ABC you pulled this prematurely people are interested and just busy.. I DVRed them, and finally got to watch them and was very interested. To my dismay when I went to see why I didn’t have more recordings I found out it was pulled..Post them soon
The network promised a mini series and then pulled it after 2 shows… I am disappointed in ABC. I was looking forward to wating the entire mini series.
Too many good tv shows are cancelled prematurely, some don’t even make it past the pilot. I have watched many great shows after they have been on for 4 or 5 season. Sick of investing in a show, only to have it cancelled with no story ending. Breaking Bad started off slow but eventually gained momentum and by the final season, viewership was much greater than ever expected. One example, I only started watching Breaking Bad in 5th season, so had to catchup on previous seasons.
I was really really pissed when they cancelled this series! I thought the first 2episodes were really good and can’t wait to see the rest. Please show soon!thx
I really enjoyed the beginning of the series and was severely disappointed it was cancelled. I hope ABC releases the remaining episodes to the series soon.
I’m extremely disappointed.I loved the show.Don’t do this to me again.
Very disappointed with ABC. Pulled this series far to soon
I really wanted to watch this mini-series. I was looking forward to it and was not pleased that they cancelled it. I mean, why not finish it out. I don’t want to watch shark tank. This is a true story. why not watch some history.
My family and I are very disappointed that the Assets was cancelled. We cannot believe they would cancel such a meaningful show so quickly. Please play the remainder shows!!!
I am extremely disappointed with ABC once again. They are far to well known for pulling the plug on shows way to early. They were foolish to put it up against Thursday’s prime time lineup. Especially when the 10pm slot is filled with Parenthood and Elementary, two shows that are very popular. Why not try and move it to a new time slot and see if it does any better. Instead you pull it, and for what, repeats of the Shark Tank. Who wants to see that again when there is nothing worth seeing a 2nd time. Don’t get me… Read more »
I’m pissed that they cancelled a miniseries in the middle of the series! It makes me not want to watch any new shows for fear of it being dropped in the middle!!