The Americans

2013 American period spy thriller television series

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★ 7.9

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

Aired: 2013–2018
Seasons: 6 · 75 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Joe Weisberg
Network: FX
Genres: Crime, Drama

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Key facts

Genre: Period drama Spy thriller
Created by: Joe Weisberg
Showrunners: Joe Weisberg Joel Fields
Starring: Keri Russell Matthew Rhys Maximiliano Hernández Holly Taylor Keidrich Sellati Noah Emmerich Annet Mahendru Susan Misner Alison Wright Lev Gorn Costa Ronin Richard Thomas Dylan Baker Brandon J. Dirden Margo Martindale
Opening theme: "The Americans Theme" by Nathan Barr
Composer: Nathan Barr
Country of origin: United States
Original languages: English Russian
Number span no of episodes: 75 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Joe Weisberg Joel Fields Graham Yost Justin Falvey Darryl Frank Gavin O'Connor (pilot) Daniel Sackheim Chris Long Stephen Schiff
Production location: New York City
Running time: 39–59 minutes 68 minutes (pilot and series finale)
Production companies: Nemo Films DreamWorks Television (pilot) Amblin Television Fox Television Studios (seasons 1–2) Fox 21 Television Studios (seasons 3–6) FX Productions
Network: FX
Release: January 30, 2013 ( 2013-01-30 ) –, May 30, 2018 ( 2018-05-30 )

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Instance of: television series
Award: Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama
Genre: drama television series
Country of origin: United States
Original language: Russian
Based on: Illegals Program
Main subject: KGB
Creator: Joe Weisberg
Cast member: Miriam Shor
Composer: Nathan Barr
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Narrative location: Falls Church
FilmAffinity ID: 135681
Distribution format: video on demand
Official website: www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-americans

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title: The Americans
topic's main category: Category:The Americans (2013 TV series)
aspect ratio (W:H): 16:9
original broadcaster: FX
publication date: 2014-02-05
number of seasons: 6
number of episodes: 75
start time: 2013-01-30
distributed by: Disney+
Commons category: The Americans
list of episodes: list of The Americans episodes
end time: 2018-05-30
social media followers: 85562
inspired by: Illegals Program

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Encyclopedic overview

The Americans is an American period spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg for FX. It aired for six seasons from January 30, 2013, to May 30, 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as showrunners and executive producers. Set during the Cold War, the show follows Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB intelligence officers posing as an American married couple living in Falls Church, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The couple combine their spying duties with raising their American-born children Paige (Holly Taylor) and Henry (Keidrich Sellati).

The Americans also explores the conflict between Washington's FBI office and the KGB Rezidentura there, from the perspectives of agents on both sides, including the Jenningses' neighbor Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI agent working in counterintelligence. The series begins in the aftermath of the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan in January 1981 and concludes in December 1987, shortly before the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

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