Links (including the season three start date!)

[jae]

The season three start date has been set! The show will remain on Wednesdays in the same time slot, and the first episode will be January 28th.

Alyssa Rosenberg has a column in the Washington Post about sex on television in which The Americans is featured.

Annet Mahendru (Nina) will be one of the presenters at next year's Emmys.

The network that aired Margo Martindale's (Claudia) sitcom has cancelled it. Commence speculation about how this will affect The Americans!

A call has been put out by the show's production team for a television commercial from 1982 for a Falls Church, Virginia business, presumably for use in season three.

The Paleyfest panel from fall 2013 has been released on DVD, bundled with the one of Elementary from the same 'fest.

Comments

[jae]

Yesssss, this is exactly the sort of thing I mean!

I think Claudia-as-handler is very "been there, done that," but we know she's still in the U.S., so there's no reason why she wouldn't be around in another capacity. And she's such an obedient soldier, even more so than Elizabeth these days, so a conflict with a respected colleague could be really interesting.

-J

[katiac]

Totally! And it has thhe great potential to mirror and heighten whatever conflict might be going on with the Jennings. It's kind of hard for me to picture her siding with anyone but Elizabeth, though I guess if I were the Centre, I would also pick a handler who was pro-recruitment. Still, in my heart of hearts I love our plan (even if it's probably also too late considering where they likely are in writing--but still, getting Margo back is a huge win!) 66 days!