The Company You Keep (TV series)

• Milo Ventimiglia as Charlie Nicoletti, a masterful high-stakes con man from an Italian American crime family
• Catherine Haena Kim as Emma Hill, an undercover CIA officer from an Asian American political dynasty. Her father is Korean American and her mother is Chinese American.[3]
• Sarah Wayne Callies as Birdie Nicoletti, Charlie's bossy big sister and Ollie’s mother, who is a con woman and co-owner of the bar they run together
• Polly Draper as Fran Nicoletti, a con woman, Leo's wife, and Charlie and Birdie's mother
• William Fichtner as Leo Nicoletti, a steelworker turned con man, Fran's husband, and Charlie and Birdie's father. He is struggling with early onset memory loss.
• Tim Chiou as David Hill, an incumbent Senator currently running for re-election, the son of Joseph, and the brother of Emma
• James Saito as Joseph Hill, the patriarch of a political dynasty considered to be the Asian American Kennedys
• Freda Foh Shen as Grace Hill, Joseph's wife and Emma and David's mother
• Felisha Terrell as Daphne Finch, an enigmatic consultant to Irish mobster Patrick Maguire

• Luke Kirby as Jones Malone
• Miguel Gomez as Priest
• Tony Shalhoub as Frankie Musso, Fran's ex-fiancé

• Shaylee Mansfield as Ollie Nicoletti, Birdie's daughter with Simon
• Courtney Taylor as Mason, Emma's colleague at the CIA
• Timothy V. Murphy as Patrick Mcguire, an Irish mobster who works with Daphne
• Sachin Bhatt as Agent Vikram Singh, an FBI agent
• Barry Sloane as Connor Mcguire, Patrick's son involved with the mob
• Andrea Cortes as Junnifer West, a staffer who David starts a relationship with
• Geoff Stults[lower-alpha 1] as Simon Norris, Birdie's ex and Ollie's absent father who comes from a wealthy East Coast family and is a recovering addict
• Michael Gladis as Brad Willford, a gun broker

In addition, David Douglas co-stars as Doug Daniels, David's campaign manager.

On March 4, 2022, ABC ordered a pilot for the series with Milo Ventimiglia in the lead.[16] On May 6, 2022, Ben Younger was tapped to direct and executive produce the pilot penned by Julia Cohen.[17] The Company You Keep was ordered to series on August 22, 2022.[18] On May 12, 2023, ABC canceled the series after one season.[1]

Milo Ventimiglia joined the pilot in the leading role of Charlie and as executive producer on March 4, 2022.[16] On April 27, 2022, Catherine Haena Kim was cast as Emma in the pilot alongside Milo Ventimiglia.[19] William Fichtner was cast in the pilot as Leo on May 2, 2022.[20] On May 20, 2022, Sarah Wayne Callies, James Saito, Tim Chiou, Freda Foh Shen, and Felisha Terrell joined the pilot as leads.[21] Polly Draper was revealed to be amongst the cast when the series was ordered.[18] On February 2, 2023, Sachin Bhatt joined the cast in a recurring role.[22] On March 17, 2023, Geoff Stults was cast in a recurring capacity.[23]

Principal photography for the pilot began on April 30, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.[24]

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 84% approval rating with an average rating of 6.5/10, based on 19 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Company You Keep gets off to a rocky start in the first few episodes, but the show's appealing cast and entertaining blend of crime and romance will pay off for patient viewers."[25] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 67 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[26]