FX's 'The Americans' premiere viewership matches 'American Horror Story'

FX's 'The Americans' premiere viewership matches 'American Horror Story'

FX's new circa-'80s cold war drama The Americans premiered Wednesday night and found Keri Russell morphing from America's sweetheart into full-on anti-heroine opposite Brothers & Sisters' Matthew Rhys. A quick recap

FX's new circa-'80s cold war drama The Americans premiered Wednesday night and found Keri Russell morphing from America's sweetheart into full-on anti-heroine opposite Brothers & Sisters' Matthew Rhys. A quick recap

“We're very happy with premiere ratings for The Americans and, just as importantly, we're proud of the widespread critical acclaim the show has received,” said John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX. “We have no doubt that when we get the

30 at 10 p.m. EST), stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings, Cold War-era Russian spies who have lived, worked and raised a family in America for 15 years as part of a covert mission to gather

In The Americans, the new FX series that premiered Wednesday night, Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys play Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two wholesome residents of an all-American suburb of Washington, D.C., circa 1981. But behind the facade of domestic