In the story, Charlie Nicoletti (Ventimiglia) is a masterful high-stakes con artist who commits crimes along with his family. He also runs a bar with his bossy older sister, Birdie (Calles). Their con artist parents are former steelworker Leo (Fichtner) and his wife Fran (Draper). Meanwhile, Emma Hill (Kim) is an undercover CIA officer. Her father, Joseph Hill (Saito), is the patriarch of a political dynasty and is married to Grace (Shen). Emma's brother, David (Chiou), is a sitting senator running for re-election.
Charlie and Emma meet and a night of passion leads to love between two people who are professionally unknowingly on a collision course. While Charlie ramps up the "family business" so he can get out of it for good, Emma closes in on the vengeful criminal who controls Charlie's family debts. He forces them to accept the lies they have been telling so they can save themselves and their families from catastrophic consequences.
The first season of The Company You Keep, which airs on Sunday evenings, averages 0.25 in the 18-49 demographic and 2.23 million viewers. It was one of ABC's lowest-rated scripted series in demo and total viewership compared to other series on the network.
The series added 70% more viewers in the live+7 day ratings, but that wasn't good enough to get a second season renewal. The ten-episode first season ended last Sunday night.
