The Company You Keep Ordered to Series as Milo Ventimiglia’s Spy Era Begins
Move over, Jack Pearson! Milo Ventimiglia is in his spy era as ABC orders The Company You Keep to series.
Ventimiglia not only stars in the hourlong series but serves as an executive producer. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.
TV Line describes Ventimiglia’s Charlie “as a crook with an unlikely romantic prospect.” That romantic history manifests through a complicated relationship with the CIA agent Emma, played by Good Trouble‘s Catherine Haena Kim.
Per its logline, The Company You Keep follows how “A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally.”
“While Charlie ramps up the ‘family business’ so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in-hand — forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.”
The Company You Keep‘s cast includes William Fichtner as Leo, Tim Chiou as David, Freda Foh Shen as Grace, James Saito as Joseph, Sarah Wayne Callies as Birdie, Felisha Terrell as Daphne, and Polly Draper as Fran.
According to Deadline’s report, The Company You Keep “was the last remaining “second cycle” pilot to learn its fate, but was a consistent frontrunner and a move to a series pickup always looked promising.”
The Company You Keep is based on the Korean format My Fellow Citizens. Julia Cohen and Phil Klemmer serve as executive producers and co-showrunners on the ABC series.
Alongside Lara Azzopardi, Cohen is also one of the showrunners and executive producers of HBO Max’s Degrassi revival, set to debut in 2023. According to Variety, the new series is meant to shoot in Toronto during the summer of this year.
Additional EPs on The Company You Keep include Jon M. Chu, Todd Harthan, Caitlin Foito, Russ Cundiff, and Lindsay Goffman.
The Company You Keep will mark Milo Ventimilgia’s return to network TV after concluding his six-season run on NBC’s This Is Us in May.
Additionally, the actor’s extensive TV resume will expand with his return to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s fifth and final season, according to TV Line.
The character deemed “Handsome Man” only appeared on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4 Episode 7, “Ethan…Esther…Chaim,” and sparked a flirtation with Midge.
As with the Prime Video series’ final season’s premiere date, The Company You Keep does not yet have a premiere date on ABC. Nevertheless, Milo Ventimiglia will be back on the small screen soon!
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