The Americans season 1

*The Americans*
The Americans
Season 1
	DVD cover
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	FX
Original release	January 30 –; May 1, 2013
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2
	List of episodes

The first season of the American television drama series The Americans premiered on January 30, 2013, and concluded on May 1, 2013. It consisted of 13 episodes, each running for approximately 45 minutes, except for a pilot of over an hour. FX broadcast the first season on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm in the United States. The series is produced by DreamWorks Television. The Americans was created by Joe Weisberg.

Set in the 1980s during the Cold War period, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as a married American couple in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., their two children, and their neighbor Stan Beeman, an FBI agent.^[1]

^ Harnick, Chris (August 9, 2012). "'The Americans': FX Orders Cold War Spy Series Starring Keri Russell". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

[1] Harnick, Chris (August 9, 2012). "'The Americans': FX Orders Cold War Spy Series Starring Keri Russell". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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