The Americans Archives

The TCA (Television Critics Association) summer press tour officially ended tonight with the TCA Awards ceremony, honoring the best in the year's tv offerings.  For the third consecutive year, FX Networks took home the most of the evening's awards, with The Americans bringing home three. Of this year's awards, TCA President Daniel Fienberg said: "This year's TCA Awards[...]

We just need to get this out of the way first: OMG THIS IS THE BEST MOST PERFECT IDEA IF KERI RUSSELL MAY BE PLAYING [SPOILER] IN STAR WARS: EPISODE IX. FRANK OCKENFELS/FX To explain, Variety is reporting a source has informed them that The Americans star Keri Russell is being "eyed" for a role in Star Wars: Episode IX[...]

Directed by Gondry and set to premiere on the cable network on September 9, the series also stars Judy Greer (I'm Sorry), Catherine Keener (Get Out, Death to Smoochy), Frank Langella (The Americans, Frost/Nixon) and Justin Kirk (Weeds); with Carrey, Gondry, Dave Holstein, Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Ozark), Jim Garavente, Raffi Adlan, and Michael Aguilar[...]

There are some no-brainer shows and performers listed, and some sad surprises. The ceremony will take place on Saturday August 4th, with Robin Thede hosting. *** PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: The Americans, FX Atlanta, FX The Good Place, NBC The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu Killing Eve, BBC America This Is Us, NBC OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA: The Americans, FX The Crown, Netflix The Good Fight, CBS All Access The Handmaid's[...]

The 'A Night in the Writers' Room' event put on by Variety has a nice lineup from both drama and tv, but only one woman out of 12 writers.

The 6th and final season of FX's Cold War era spy drama series The Americans draws to series completion with the very last episode we'll ever get of the show Season 6 ends with episode 10, "Start", and I'm so torn between saying goodbye and the relief of finality. Last week, Elizabeth (Keri Russell) came to some[...]

The 6th and final season of FX's Cold War era spy drama series The Americans continues with episode 9, "Jennings, Elizabeth" This is the second to last episode we'll ever get of the show, and I'm so torn between saying goodbye and the relief of finality. Last week, Elizabeth (Keri Russell) discovered just how far Philip Jennings[...]

The 6th and final season of FX's Cold War era spy drama series The Americans continues with episode 8, "The Summit". Last week, Elizabeth (Keri Russell) dealt with the fallout of her Chicago mission, and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) made his position on several things in their lives (both on mission and at home) quite clear, including[...]

The 6th and final season of FX's Cold War era spy drama series The Americans continues with episode 7, "Harvest". Last week, Elizabeth (Keri Russell) was sent on a mission to Chicago to protect an asset, code named Harvest She couldn't do it alone, and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) begrudgingly says he'll come and help her[...]

The 6th and final season of FX's Cold War era spy drama series The Americans continues with episode 6, "Rififi". Last week, Paige (Holly Taylor) got into a bar brawl and made us all proud Elizabeth (Keri Russell) was pretty pissed off about it, for multiple reasons.  Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) finally did the deed with Kimmie,[...]

The 6th and final season of FX's Cold War era spy drama series The Americans continues with episode 5. Paige (Holly Taylor) dives right into some dangerous solo ops, doing exactly what her mother Elizabeth (Keri Russell) advised her NOT to do It looks like Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) is officially back in the lifestyle in an[...]

The 6th and final season of FX's Cold War era spy drama series The Americans continues with episode 4. Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) continues to train her daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) in the ways of her parents, while also running dangerous solo ops.  Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) lost his personal battle to stay out of the lifestyle,[...]

Only three episodes into the final season of FX's The Americans, and the stakes are high.  Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) has learned about the Star Wars project, and must make a move in order to prevent further danger to her daughter Paige (Holly Taylor).  Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) is struggling to keep out of the lifestyle,[...]

With Amazon set to stateside premiere the highly anticipated series later this month at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the streaming service has released a new trailer for the Natalie Dormer-led Picnic at Hanging Rock from FremantleMedia. A re-imagining of Joan Lindsay's classic 1967 Australian novel, the series is directed by Larysa[...]

FX series The Americans returned last week for the premiere of their 6th and final season, and it delivered with grandeur that's made the series a highlight of television drama. Seamlessly blending emotionally charged scenes with songs, reveals of newfound skills, and the ultimate protective mother move made s6e1 a highlight of the series, for me personally. Incredible[...]

With the third season of Nic Pizzolatto's crime anthology series True Detective having completed production on the the season's first two episodes, Game of Thrones director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room) is leaving the HBO series and Jack Ryan's Daniel Sackheim (The Americans) is coming aboard Sackheim will share directing duties with series creator/executive producer Pizzolatto, who is making his[...]

FX's cold war spy thriller series The Americans returns tonight for the premiere of their 6th and final season (*sobs) It's been a hell of a ride for the Russian couple- raising two children, balancing their relationship and missions, and trying to change their world by preventing the Americans from launching numerous deadly attacks back home. Keri[...]

Bardem is set to executive produce alongside The Americans' Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. "We are so pleased that Amazon has given us the opportunity to bring this exciting 500 -year old story to Prime Video members worldwide It is a part of history that had such a significant impact and largely influenced modern day civilizations[...]

Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com What do weed, a children's television show, and Showtime have in common? Actor Justin Kirk (Weeds), who is set to star opposite Jim Carrey (The Truman Show), Judy Greer (I'm Sorry), Catherine Keener (Get Out, Death to Smoochy) and Frank Langella (The Americans, Frost/Nixon) in the premium cabler's upcoming half-hour comedy series[...]

FX really struck gold with their Cold War spy drama The Americans After five incredible seasons, the series was picked up for a 6th, which the cable network announced would be the final one.  Few shows are given such a grand opportunity to plan out the end, the exit, and I'm so glad this one did. Incredible[...]

Created by Mark Heyman and based on George Pendle's book, Peter Mark Kendall (The Americans, Girls), Michael Gaston (The Man in the High Castle, The Leftovers), Greg Wise (Sense & Sensibility, The Crown), Rade Šerbedžija (Batman Begins, Eyes Wide Shut), Zack Pearlman (Shameless, Mulaney) and Keye Chen (Silicon Valley, Tales of Titan) will be joining a cast[...]

Based on Gibney's 2016 cyberwarfare documentary Zero Days, the project focuses on the spread of a self-replicating computer virus developed by the United States and Israel to disable and destroy nuclear facilities in the Middle East. Deadline Hollywood also reports exclusively that Stephen Schiff (The Americans) will serve as the series' scribe, with Gibney set to direct as[...]

One of the best surprises in a drama series came from FX in 2013 with their 80's-set spy show The Americans.  Starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as a pair of married Russian spies posing as the all American couple in Washington DC, it was announced the highly acclaimed series would be ending after their 6th season. Keri Russell and[...]

"Any of this look normal to you?" At the end of season one, it seemed like things were going to go better for David after he defeated the Shadow King, which often took the form of Lenny (Aubrey Plaza).  But we know that wasn't the case, and Oliver (Jemaine Clement) became the new host of the[...]

Credit: landmarkmedia / Shutterstock.com The Americans' Frank Langella has joined the cast of Showtime's new half-hour comedy series Kidding; accompanying fellow actors Jim Carrey (The Truman Show) and Catherine Keener (Get Out, Death to Smoochy) on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind helmer Michel Gondry's (Be Kind Rewind) newest project The 10-episode series is executive produced by Carrey, Holstein,[...]

Looks like Chris Pine (Star Trek) and LeLand Orser (Seven) will be in some good company when production on TNT's six-episode drama series One Day She'll Darken begins next month, as India Eisley (Underworld: Awakening, Look Away) and Jefferson Mays (The Americans, Law & Order: SVU) have been tapped as show leads. Written by Sam Sheridan,[...]

elections in 2016? Nope… you go to the website listed at the bottom: TheRussiansAreHere.org and you find out the truth. This is actually a For Your Consideration / Emmy campaign ad for the FX series The Americans Pretty clever marketing there. Talk of the Russians have been flooding television news for months and months Investigations on Capital[...]

The FX series The Americans returns next week for season 3 and as we see in the trailer, it pits husband vs wife in the decision on whether or not to tell their daughter who they really are. Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) doesn't want to tell Paige (Holly Taylor) that her parents are Russian sleeper spies[...]

The Americans (FX) If you're a fan of multi-episode story arcs and the spy or detective genre, then you should do yourself a favor and check out FX's The Americans It's during the cold war at it's final height (circa 1981) and the series follows two deep cover KGB spies posing as a true-blue American married[...]

Paul Gullas writes for Bleeding Cool: "This many people are here for The Americans?!" That was me on Friday afternoon,  exclaiming to some startled fans, half an hour before the panel for FX's spy thriller was due to start It was a little surprising to see how long the line to get in was, winding its[...]