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Saturday, January 4. 2014

The Asset

Please take note of the US Naval Institute/ABC TV new series, The Asset.   It is the story of US traitor Aldrich Ames. See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames


Sorry it is Thursdays at 10, but kudos to ABC for showing it at all.  Please don’t miss an episode!

Posted by Gwynnie in History at 12:06 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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It was pretty good. First episode was set up so not terrible to have missed. They just had an op go bad and the heroine figured out they have a leak inside. Bosses have given marching orders after telling about other compromises. Heroine has internal conflict between job and family priorities. The show has more of a 'Tinker, Taylor, Spy' feel than the normal spy fare these days.
#1 JKB on 2014-01-04 12:38 (Reply)
Aldrich Ames may have caused the most damage to our country of any spy in history. Then there was Snowden. He may surpass Ames. Yes I know everyone thinks he is "only exposing the NSA spying". But in fact he stole a treasure trove of top secret information and it looks like he passed it on to the Chinese and the Russians.
#2 GoneWithTheWind on 2014-01-04 21:36 (Reply)
So far the show is pretty good, but I'm glad I'm taping it so I can watch it later. And edit out the commercials.

The number of and time eaten up by the commercials is ridiculous.
#3 John the River (Link) on 2014-01-05 11:48 (Reply)
Alas, it might be a good show, or not. But there is this:

According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, “The Assets” drew a tiny 0.7 rating/2 share in adults 18-49 — the smallest ever for a drama premiere on a Big Four network — while drawing 3.8 million viewers overall. It drew less than one-fourth of the young-adult audience that “Scandal” typically does in the 10 p.m. hour while faring a little better comparatively in total viewers. ABC was hoping “Assets” could keep the lights on while “Scandal” is on its winter hiatus, but it’s likely the net would have fared better with an encore of the hot drama.
->http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/abcs-assets-doa-cbs-big-bang-led-lineup-dominates-rivals-thursday-1201024153/
#4 Tippecanoe on 2014-01-06 00:25 (Reply)

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