The Company You Keep has been given a series order at ABC, Variety reports. The upcoming drama stars Milo Ventimiglia as Charlie, a con-man who finds himself on a collision course with undercover CIA officer Emma, played by Catherine Haena Kim. The show was ordered to pilot for the 2022 pilot season slate and is set to debut in 2023. Although The Company You Keep was the last second-cycle pilot to learn its future, expectations for the pickup were high. The Company You Keep is adapted from the 2019 hit Korean series My Fellow Citizens.
The Company You Keep’s official synopsis reads:
The Company You Keep will also star William Fichtner, Tim Chiou, Freda Foh Shen, James Saito, Sarah Wayne Callies, Felisha Terrell, and Polly Draper. Julia Cohen and Phil Klemmer serve as show-runners and executive producers. Cohen penned the pilot episode, which was directed and executive produced by Ben Younger. Ventimiglia and Russ Cundiff also serve as executive producers under their DiVide Pictures banner, alongside Jon M. Chu and Caitlin Foito of Electric Somewhere, Todd Harthan and Lindsay Goffman. Deanna Harris of DiVide Pictures serves as producer. The studio behind the project is 20th Television.
“A night of passion leads to love between con-man Charlie (Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma, who is 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.”
Prior to The Company You Keep’s series order, ABC picked up Not Dead Yet, a comedy series starring Gina Rodriguez, The Rookie: Feds starring Niecy Nash-Betts and Alaska Daily led by Hilary Swank.
Milo Ventimiglia’s Career
After minor roles in television series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Ventimiglia rose to fame for his portrayal of Jess Mariano in the cult-classic Gilmore Girls. Beginning in 2006, he starred as Peter Petrelli on Heroes. In 2016, he appeared on the Gilmore Girls four episode continuation Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.Most recently, he starred on the Emmy Award-winning drama This Is Us as family patriarch Jack Pearson. The hit series ended in May after six seasons.
Ventimiglia’s film credits include Rocky Balboa, Creed II, That’s My Boy, Devil’s Gate and The Art of Racing in the Rain.
