Coming in January, FX is going to inject a little Cold War drama into our lives with The Americans, which stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys star as a pair of KGB agents living undercover in the U.S. as husband and wife. They even have two children who are completely unaware that their parents are Russkie spies. This 30-second clip immediately sets the mood with some Ronald Reagan footage, then lets us know we’re in for some delicious intrigue that could attract fans of Homeland.
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Just as it shows no mercy to its characters, FX’s relentless biker drama Sons of Anarchy punished its TV competitors Tuesday night, scoring 5.87 million total viewers, becoming the small screen’s No. 1 show for the night, broadcast and cable. When adding in those who watched the encore presentation, the viewership goes up to 8.09 total viewers — damn near Duck Dynasty territory! The network forecasts that once the Live + 7 data comes in (that’s the people who watched it live, or caught it on DVR within seven days), the Sons of Anarchy ratings for the Season 6 premiere […]
Blowing up the clubhouse, the main setting for nearly six seasons. That should be some season-finale shit right there, right? Not if you’re Kurt Sutter or any of the other minds behind Sons of Anarchy. Any episode can lead to permanent game-changing events, so much so that when one character almost gets killed, it can kind of feel like a cheat, or a case of the writers losing their nerve. I mean, seeing Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and Chibs (Tommy Flanagan) walking through the charred remains of Teller Morrow in the opening moments of Episode 6 … that’s like seeing Kirk, […]
Going back home turns out to be a terrible idea for one man in FX’s new 10-part drama series Tyrant (premiering Tuesday, June 24, at 10pm ET/PT). For the past 20 years, Bassam Al Fayeed (Adam Rayner) has been Barry, a respected Los Angeles pediatrician who lives modestly with his wife, Molly (Jennifer Finnigan), and two teenage children. Before coming to America, he was the son of a Middle Eastern dictator, and bore witness to the terrible lengths his father would go to maintain his grip on power. Barry’s self-imposed exile ends when he reluctantly takes his family on a […]
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