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[Hindle]

The first season for this was impressive as far as first seasons go. IMO its between this and Orange is the new Black for best new show.

Edit. The wigs are just pure groovy. S2 needs more sideburns though.

 

[Cornballer]

I missed this a few weeks ago:

- THR: 'The Americans' Casts Cartoon Network Alum for Season 2

Actress Aimee Carrero has landed a recurring role on FX’s The Americans, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

Carrero, who was a series regular on the Cartoon Network live-action series Level Up, will play

Spoiler

Chena, a smart yet impulsive Sandinista freedom fighter who “will go to any lengths to support her cause.” The casting indicates that the United States’ assistance of the Nicaraguan Contras will be among the historical events of the 1980s that the FX political drama will explore in its second season, which premieres in January.

 

[xenist]

Contras and Sandinistas? That's some hardcore '80s shit.

 

[Niraj]

I missed this a few weeks ago:

- THR: 'The Americans' Casts Cartoon Network Alum for Season 2

You're slipping man. I'm a little disappointed in you.

 

[Cornballer]

You're slipping man. I'm a little disappointed in you.

Spoiler

 

[Snake]

I wish this had been one of Phillip's disguises.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

I missed this a few weeks ago:

- THR: 'The Americans' Casts Cartoon Network Alum for Season 2

Any lengths necessary? I'm liking what I'm hearing.

 

[Niraj]

Spoiler

I forgot to respond earlier, but I laughed

 

[Cornballer]

There's no firm premiere date yet, but FX announced that S2 will start up sometime in February next year.

 

[Rehynn]

There's no firm premiere date yet, but FX announced that S2 will start up sometime in February next year.

Perfect. Community in January, The Americans in February. Now I just need to know when Episodes will be returning.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Perfect. Community in January, The Americans in February. Now I just need to know when Episodes will be returning.

Not sure if it's correct, but the internet sez that it's coming back on January 12.

 

[Linius]

Perfect. Community in January, The Americans in February. Now I just need to know when Episodes will be returning.

This post has a serious lack of Justified which also starts in january.

 

[Cornballer]

One more on set photo from filming S2. That's a serious wig on Keri Russell.

 

[Funky Papa]

That's a legit 80's mom wig.

This is bringing some memories.

 

[Clevinger]

someone needs to give the hair department an award

 

[Hindle]

I'm surprised we don't have any more casting info, especially in regards to who the big bad is.

 

[Cornballer]

- Editors Guild Magazine: The Spies Next Door

Bonus shots from filming S2:

Wig room!

 

[Clevinger]

wig room

I think I see Clark!

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

The wig room. I laughed

I think I see Clark!

haha wow.

 

[Dan]

I'm surprised we don't have any more casting info, especially in regards to who the big bad is.

Maybe there isn't a big bad. It's not really that kind of show. Stan Beeman is kind of the series bad guy, from the protagonists' perspective. Much like the actual Cold War, there are a lot of proxy wars between them with smaller players.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

That wig room looks pretty dingy. I expected something a little more posh from a big TV series on FX.

 

[Niraj]

That wig room looks pretty dingy. I expected something a little more posh from a big TV series on FX.

lol no kidding.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Man, I shoud really get on this show, I have all the episodes on my DVR :X

 

[Alpende]

Man, I shoud really get on this show, I have all the episodes on my DVR :X

Watch iiiiitttt!

 

[Funky Papa]

That wig room looks pretty dingy. I expected something a little more posh from a big TV series on FX.

As a former beauty salon worker (hush) I can confirm that room is positively ghetto. You can't even wash the actor's heads without risking a bump with those shelves!

 

[Linius]

As a former beauty salon worker (hush) I can confirm that room is positively ghetto. You can't even wash the actor's heads without risking a bump with those shelves!

Funky!

Spoiler

Now you mention that about the shelves, that's kind of weird :lol

 

[RatskyWatsky]

As a former beauty salon worker

Suddenly everything makes sense.

 

[Cornballer]

Guess who's on set filming this week:

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Guess who's on set filming this week:

YES! MARGO!

 

[encephalon]

I gasped aloud like an idiot.

So excited.

 

[Silkworm]

Is "The Millers" doing well? Maybe that show will tank (sorry Arrnet!) and Margo can be back on The Americans full time.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Is "The Millers" doing well? Maybe that show will tank (sorry Arrnet!) and Margo can be back on The Americans full time.

It is doing well, yes.

 

[Cornballer]

One of the Onion A|V Club's year end articles:

- In 2013, no show used pop music better than The Americans

 

[Cornballer]

- Season 2 Teaser

They've been airing this a lot recently during SoA and other prime time shows.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

- Season 2 Teaser

They've been airing this a lot recently during SoA and other prime time shows.

Nice!

 

[Dan]

- Season 2 Teaser

They've been airing this a lot recently during SoA and other prime time shows.

They should post the longer one where they're at the dinner table playing Russian roulette with each other. That was a more arty, provocative piece.

 

[Cornballer]

They should post the longer one where they're at the dinner table playing Russian roulette with each other. That was a more arty, provocative piece.

Yeah! That one's good.

 

[Alpende]

February is going to be amazing with this, House of Cards, Banshee, The Walking Dead and I'm sure I'm missing a lot more.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

February is going to be amazing with this, House of Cards, Banshee, The Walking Dead and I'm sure I'm missing a lot more.

Banshee returns in January! :O

 

[Cornballer]

They should post the longer one where they're at the dinner table playing Russian roulette with each other. That was a more arty, provocative piece.

Here it is:

- Dinner Table

 

[Dan]

Here it is:

- Dinner Table

Nice, that's a good spot.

 

[Fatalah]

They filmed in my hometown this week in Queens. Pretty cool yo.

 

[citizensyndrome]

One of the Onion A|V Club's year end articles:

- In 2013, no show used pop music better than The Americans

fact

 

[Alpende]

Banshee returns in January! :O

Even better

 

[Averon]

February is going to be amazing with this, House of Cards, Banshee, The Walking Dead and I'm sure I'm missing a lot more.

The Americans, Banshee, House of Cards, TWD, Helix....

The 2014 TV season is starting off with a bang.

 

[DeerMan]

This show is amazing! I loved every episode. Kerri Russell is smoking hot.

For anyone who likes this show i recommend the movie "Salt" with Angelina Jolie.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Nice teaser. I'm excited for its return.

 

[Cornballer]

New, short trailer:

- Rules

 

[Cornballer]

Season 2 will premiere on February 26th.

Season 2 of the Acclaimed ‘80s Cold War Spy Drama

Premieres Wednesday, February 26 at 10 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK, December 26, 2013 – FX’s acclaimed hit drama The Americans returns for its second season on Wednesday, February 26 at 10 PM ET/PT.

The Americans, the most critically-acclaimed new drama of 2013, was recently named by the AFI as one of the Programs of the Year. The series also received the most Television Critics Association Awards nominations of any show this year (four) and earned four Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations. The series stars Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Annet Mahendru, Alison Wright and Susan Misner.

The series premiere of The Americans on January 30, 2013 stands as FX’s most-watched drama debut ever, drawing 5.1 million viewers.

Currently in production in New York, The Americans is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip (Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Russell), who have two children – 14-year-old Paige (Taylor) and 11-year-old Henry (Sellati), who know nothing about their parents’ true identity – grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate, dangerous and darkly funny relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control. Their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman (Emmerich) has already come dangerously close to discovering their secret, but was thwarted by Nina (Mahendru), his KGB mole and paramour. Torn between his wife Sandra (Misner) and his deepening feelings for Nina, Stan is completely unaware that the beautiful Russian is actually a double agent, reporting on him to the KGB. Philip has been more successful handling his mole within the FBI, Martha (Wright), assistant to Stan’s boss, Special Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas). Romancing Martha under the guise of one of his cover identities, an FBI bureaucrat named “Clark,” Philip has secured her unquestioning loyalty…by marrying her. Meanwhile, in the Jennings’ house, Paige has become increasingly suspicious that her parents are hiding something.

Created and executive produced by Joe Weisberg (Falling Skies), a former CIA agent who went on to become an accomplished author, The Americans is produced by Fox Television Studios and FX Productions. Joel Fields and Graham Yost are also executive producers, along with Daniel Sackheim and Amblin Television heads Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank.

 

[TheOddOne]

YES.

So much good stuff in 2014.