TCA: Archer CD release date is February 17

In The Americans, slated to premiere early next year on FX, two KGB spies pose as Americans in suburban Washington, D.C., shortly after Ronald Reagan becomes president. Keri Russell (Felicity) and Matthew Rhys star as Elizabeth and Phil Jennings, who have two children who know nothing about their parents’ true identity. Complicating matters is a new neighbor, played by Noah Emmerich, who also happens to be an FBI agent working counter intelligence. FX released some photos from the series, which was created by Joe Weisberg and executive produced by Graham Yost (Justified).     Photos: (top) Credit: Craig Blankenhorn; (bottom […]

Posted by SH The last time I’d caught up with Charlie Hunnam, he was the clean-cut British lothario Lloyd on Judd Apatow’s underrated Freaks and Geeks follow-up Undeclared. Well, I think it’s safe to say his new character, the leather-clad biker Jax Teller, would take great pleasure in kicking Lloyd’s limey ass all the way across the pond. Jax is the conflicted heir to the legacy of Sons of Anarchy, a California biker gang started by his deceased father and current stepfather. While the biker life is all he’s known, a recent discovery among his dad’s effects makes him wonder […]

Whatever you want to call it — a re-imagining, a reworking, an adaptation, a riff — FX’s 10-episode series Fargo will debut April 15, the network announced Tuesday as it addressed reporters in Los Angeles. One word the cast and crew would prefer you not use is “remake.” This Fargo, which takes its inspiration and aesthetic from the award-winning and beloved 1996 Coen brothers film, features all new characters and situations as life for a group of residents in Bemidji, Minn., suddenly turns violent. Bemidji is a real town, but we’re guessing it doesn’t often play host to some of […]