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The nearly two-hour premiere of The Americans on FX Wednesday bested the debuts of American Horror Story and Sons Of Anarchy. The new FX series pulled in 3.22 million viewers in its 10 – 11:38 PM debut last night. That’s better than the 3.18 million who watched American Horror Story’s October 5, 2011 premiere on the network. The Americans also beat the 2.3 million who watched American Horror’s season finale last week in the same time slot. The new series garnered 1.57 million viewers among the Adult 18-49 demographic, better than SOA did in its debut with 1.55 million in the demo. Over its premiere and two encores last night, The Americans had a total viewership of 4.7 million.
The series stars Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell as two sleeper KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. in the early Eighties. FX has ordered 13 episodes of the series created by former CIA agent and Falling Skies scribe Joe Weisberg. Joel Fields, Weisberg, Graham Yost and Amblin TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank executive produce for Fox TV Studios and FX Prods.
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Enjoyed it. Will definitely start watching it. Has a nicely nasty edge.
FX needs something to right the ship… good for them!
Great concept. It was a compelling show, but the flashback scenes (some set 20 years ago) were horrible. The actors looked the same age and it was awful. Also, Kerri Russell’s character needs more work. Hopefully, they work out the kinks because shows that are based on “living a lie” usually can be a roller coaster ride of fun… We’ll see, I’m pulling for it if it shapes up in the next couple of episodes.
This didn’t pique my interest, but anything that keeps Keri Russell around is fine by me. She was superb in Waitress and I wish she was Oscar nominated for it. Perhaps I’ll give it a shot on Hulu.
GREAT pilot and HUGE potential. The next great show.
Loved it! Keri Russell really does a great job and I was iffy about her in this role. She and Matthew are great in it.
I thought this show started out with guns slinging. Keri Russell is 3 kinds of hot as the spy/mom and Mathew Rhys was a great choice as the husband/Chuck Norris of the KGB. I liked
that the writers are having some fun with the main characters
as Matthew Rhys’ Character pummels a pedophile that tried to hit on his daughter in the pilot. I hope we see more of that human interaction with the society that they are charged with blending in with. Powerful performances that had me sympathizing with them as they worked through loyalty conflicts doing the everday things we do here in America. I’m positive this show is in for long run if they stick to the formula put out in the pilot. FX logs another winner, well done.
I was impressed by the soundtrack. The rest of it — meh.
How does a show pull 1.57mil in a demo that never even lived in the Cold War?? This is a great move by FX to take the ‘Homeland effect’ and create a fresh and gritty drama. Also “The Americans” has gotta be the best possible title ever. Marketable and intriguing.
Watched this- found it a bit disjointed. May try it again, but not likely.
I’m hearing great things, Got it on the DVR watching soon.
Not too bad, but it’s no SOA.
Boring stuff. People are so easily pleased when they think some girl or guy is hot.
So who messed up the last half hour of the Americans. Was it Comcast or FX. In the San Francisco area the last :30 or so were not viewable with distorted streaks of cinema and finally no screen at all. Hope to pick this portion up on a rerun. Show is very good and a little peeved at not seeing the last part.
Kurt what’s his name should be taking notes.
If he wants to write shlock, get a show on FOX.
Loved this new show! Will be watching it every week .
Sorry, can’t watch this. I HAVE TO watch CHICAGO FIRE. I LOVE THAT SHOW!!