The cast and executive producers of "The Americans" sat down on April 26 for a panel discussion of the FX drama at the Academy of Television Arts and ...

The only comforting aspect of the season finale of "The Americans" was that it's already been picked up for a second season and won't go the way of, say, "Rubicon," leaving us with plot theories and fully fleshed-out characters and no ending to the madness.

Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen the Season 1 finale of FX's "The Americans," titled "The Colonel." Watching "The Americans" evolve o...

I would like to take a moment and apologize for anything snarky I've said about slow plots and poor writing and lack of suspense and surprise. Lies, lies, and more confessions are to come, guys.

I don't hate this show because it's bad, I hate this show because every time I start to think it's silly, it surprises me. It's the slower, character and plot-building episodes like "Only You" that shine and make me look forward to seeing how they're going to close the season.

Was "Safe House" a bit like "Modern Family" this week? If everyone just slowed down and spoke up, there would be no confusion -- everyone could get the information they needed without needlessly battling each other, and solve all their problems. But that would be boring.

The Jennings almost save the day again while tracking down a hit-man that Moscow hired to kill some American scientists working on weapons, but everything else is starting to unravel.

After spending too much time trying to figure out why the Jennings needed to slide around on cars for encryption codes, I have given up on paying attention to the justifications for missions. The details aren't so much the plot, but rather subplots to drive along the meta narrative of marriage and what it means to live a double life.

Excuse me while I remove my foot from my mouth. I was getting impatient with the poor Jennings, but now, stuff is going down.

In Episode 5 of "The Americans:" Elizabeth gets stuck in an FBI agent's trunk. Nina learns a new word, again. Philip and Stan are officially BFFs, and basically every woman on the show puts out to get ahead.

It's not easy being a Russian spy, or being married. This week, the Jennings were set into motion as "The Americans" took on the 1981 assassination attempt of President Ronald Reagan.

Before she was kicking ass as a KGB agent on "The Americans" or causing uproar with her hair as the titular "Felicity," Keri Russell was the object of...

I'm not sure who I'm rooting for in "The Americans." Or what we're supposed to be worried about. Them getting caught? Or the state of their marriage? In this week's episode, "Gregory," we finally start to see where it's all going.

NEW YORK — It all started with a slap for Matthew Rhys. Trying out for "The Americans," he took one in the puss from Keri Russell. This new FX ...

Keri Russell may be known for her more dramatic roles these days, but the actress got her big break singing and dancing on the early '90s incarnation ...

In the pilot of "The Americans," Philip tried to convince his wife Elizabeth to at least consider defecting from their lives as KGB operatives underco...

If "The Americans" can continue to refine its mixture of espionage badassery and ambiguous loyalties, it should be a nice addition to the TV landscape, presuming a large enough audience gets behind the idea of Felicity as a spy.

FX's latest drama, "The Americans" (premieres tonight, Wed., Jan. 30 at 10 p.m. EST), stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Phillip Jen...

If "Argo" gave you a yen to see great character actors wear mustard-colored clothing and play beleaguered intelligence types, you should definitely give "The Americans" a sustained try.