The Americans

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#104
I'll check back in after three weeks. I tend to watch this season several at a time
 
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FX renews 'The Americans' for season 4

FX renews 'The Americans' for season 4

Low ratings and lack of Emmy love don't matter for one of TV's best dramas

Great news, comrades: FX has renewed "The Americans" — aka one of the very best shows in all of television — for a fourth season.

“Remarkably, this season of 'The Americans' has achieved even greater acclaim than that of its first two seasons," FX original programming president Nick Grad said in announcing the order for a 13-episode fourth season, to air next year. "The series has cemented it status with critics as television’s best current drama and arguably the best show on TV, and we couldn’t agree more. That universal critical praise is a tribute to the talents of Joe, Joel, Keri, Matthew, Noah and the entire cast and crew. We look forward to the final four episodes of season three, and beyond, in Philip and Elizabeth Jennings' riveting journey.”

FX boss John Landgraf has repeatedly put his support behind the Cold War spy drama, despite its meager ratings and complete shunning by the Emmys and showbiz guild awards. At the TV critics press tour in January, he said "I think it will be at least five" seasons for the series. This puts it within striking distance.

"The Americans" was my number two overall show for 2014. I don't know where it'll rank this year — 2015 has been absurdly strong so far — but I've liked season 3 even more than its predecessor. This is a great drama that I wish more people watched — even as I recognize that the subject matter can be off-putting (each week, the comments seem to pivot into a discussion of how hard it is for people to invest in the adventures of two Soviet agents) — and I'm relieved that it will get to stick around and presumably tell the full story that Fields and Weisberg have in mind.
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#106
Great news. This season has been really good so far, and the scenes from last week's episode with Elizabeth and the old lady in her office were some of their best work to date.
 
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#109
Paige is almost as annoying as Dana from Homeland...that's my only complaint on an otherwise excellent show.
 
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#110
Emmy this year should be between Rhys, Odenkirk, and Hamm. I hope he and Russell are nominated because they deserve it.
 
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#115
Kerri Russell's character in the Americans is ready to take out Pastor Tim with no regrets. The look she gave her Daughter when she found out she had divulged everything to Pastor Tim was scary. Love this show.
 
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#117
I think they are going to throw us a curve and before Elizabeth kills him she's going to have second thoughts and figure out a way to just scare him into not talking. Phillip is already starting to crack and doubt what he's doing and the killing of people is getting to him.
 
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#118
Just got caught up today on the first two episodes of the season. Pretty intense scene on the bus strangling that guy.
 
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#119
I'm not big on streaming and I don't have Hulu or anything but I didn't have my DVR set and now I'm missing episode 1 of this season. As far as I can tell they aren't replaying it. Anyone know where I can find it online?

Edit: so it looks like I can download the fx app and log in with my direct tv log in. I'm guessing that's probably the easiest way. Let me know if anyone has a better method. TIA
 
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BigZiti09 said:
I'm not big on streaming and I don't have Hulu or anything but I didn't have my DVR set and now I'm missing episode 1 of this season. As far as I can tell they aren't replaying it. Anyone know where I can find it online?

Edit: so it looks like I can download the fx app and log in with my direct tv log in. I'm guessing that's probably the easiest way. Let me know if anyone has a better method. TIA
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Other than torrents or a site like Watchseries, the FX app or the website is the only way I know of. I've used it in the past and it's ok but sometimes it seem to overkill the commercials. Sometimes the commercial breaks it inserts feels longer than when it's broadcast. Also it sometimes will not let you rewind or fast forward, and I don't mean the commercials, I mean the actual show. It's random but kind of annoying when you can't run it back if you missed something.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Other than torrents or a site like Watchseries, the FX app or the website is the only way I know of. I've used it in the past and it's ok but sometimes it seem to overkill the commercials. Sometimes the commercial breaks it inserts feels longer than when it's broadcast. Also it sometimes will not let you rewind or fast forward, and I don't mean the commercials, I mean the actual show. It's random but kind of annoying when you can't run it back if you missed something.
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I know it seems lazy and impatient on my part but I hate streaming and on demand because of the commercials that you can't skip thru. I love my DVR. I just missed the one episode so I guess I'll have to suffer thru it if I can remember my direct tv password.

First world problems....
 
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BigZiti09 said:
I know it seems lazy and impatient on my part but I hate streaming and on demand because of the commercials that you can't skip thru. I love my DVR. I just missed the one episode so I guess I'll have to suffer thru it if I can remember my direct tv password.

First world problems....
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Yeah same here. I'm actually so bad I hate that I have to take the time to fast forward through the DVR to get through the commercials. I wish there was some hack I could do where it would skip recording the commercials.

I got this way because of streaming shows on Netflix and Amazon. I got really used to being able to watch shows without any commercial breaks.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Yeah same here. I'm actually so bad I hate that I have to take the time to fast forward through the DVR to get through the commercials. I wish there was some hack I could do where it would skip recording the commercials.

I got this way because of streaming shows on Netflix and Amazon. I got really used to being able to watch shows without any commercial breaks.
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I've actually avoided streaming services because it takes too many clicks to get the show going. I have to change my input on my TV and then use that stupid little Apple TV remote that I can't ever find. Also, I don't really have the controls memorized on it. It's just too inconvenient.

It's a good thing I can't keep up with my DVR recordings or I might have to inconvenience myself with the AppleTV more than just once a month to view a WWE PPV.
 
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