I've been watching the first season via streaming and I have to say it's been addictive! Does anybody watch it?
"Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple living in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. with their unsuspecting children (Holly Taylor and Keidrich Sellati) and their neighbor, Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI counterintelligence agent.
The series focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Jenningses, sometimes incorporating real-life events into the narrative." (Courtesy of Wikipedia).
Its very good. Season 2 dragged at times but got really good at end.
I watched all of Season 1 via streaming over the course of 2 nights. I enjoyed it very much! I found Philip to be the most sympathetic character in Season 1. Once Season 2 is free to stream, I'll watch that one too.