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?
I really want to see the full series. I want to you to make them available at sometime sooner than later.
I agree with the comment here on programming The Bachelor/ – one of the most contrived shows I have ever watched for 1 minute- but apparently that is what the public panders to- and on the pint of paid TV service on Direct t and other providers one night 85 % of the programming was commercials or infommercials (I did the calculation) also like to add that 100K incomer should spend some of that wealth on a course that teaches synonyms
Viewers are used to car chases, action scenes. A real life scenario can’t compete with video games. I am anxiously awaiting release,of the series.
I want to see all of the episodes. I’ll need to rewatch the first 2 since it has been so long since they were aired. I hope it gets publicized so that I don’t miss them. I’d rather watch them on TV so that I can DVR them. I found myself rewinding parts that I didn’t understand. I don’t find watching shows on my computer to be as enjoyable as on the big screen TV. Here’s hoping ABC makes the episodes available soon.
The Assets seemed like a poor-man’s The Americans but nonetheless I’d like to see the rest. It makes no sense not to air/release them if they’ve already been filmed. Just whack it on BitTorrent or something 🙂
ABC is giant pile of ****, it always was, always will be – it was always little more than a glorified radio station showing pictures, remember. We’re a ~40 couple with a kid and another one on the way and practically NOTHING was worth to even switch to ABC for long years now – then came The Assets and I seriously thought ABC, amazingly from anything that’s close to that utter ****-making factory called Disney (famous for turning anything they touch into utter ****), might have just decided to embark on a huge change.. …well, I was wrong. As good… Read more »
Something smells here. I think there’s more to this than meets the eye. Cancelled so close to the olympics in Russia.
I am disappointed that this series was cancelled….I prefer to watch TV drama based on real life events instead of reality series where everything is an intentional shocker for ratings…I guess real stuff just doesn’t sell for networks like ABC. Tisk, tisk
I would LOVE to see the rest of them! I LOVED the series. It was really awesome and I have searched online a couple of times (including ABC.com) to see what happened to it and how/if I could watch the rest of the episodes. I look forward to ABC letting me do so!!
I would have enjoyed seeing the last six episodes.
They always cancel the good ones but leave the crap like the reality series. It just figures! Leave us hanging, again! Yes I would like to see the last 6 episodes! It was good!
I would like to see the remaining six episodes maybe one of the streaming services like Netflix or Hulu will offer them.
ABC leaving us with a cliffhanger which we may or may not see the end of.
reruns of shark tank really!
I was so disappointed to find that the series was cancelled. I continued to look ahead on ABC programming to find the new episodes and was saddened to read on the internet that it would not be back. I enjoyed the ABC GMA interview with the lady on whom the story was based. There is so much “lame” programming on TV. I am sure that it is not easy to patronize the audience that would embrace this show given the ratings of “The Bachelor”, etc., but we enjoy programming with substance occasionally!! Please let me know where to find the… Read more »
I was very disappointed and disgusted that ABC just stopped broadcasting the completed series. Amazing, utterly amazing that they did what they did. I can imagine a scene in a football game played at night under the lights. The stands are half filled and the quarter back throws a long pass to the receiver, the fans stand with anticipation and the ABC bean counter turns the lights out. What the Hell ABC???