FX Renews 'The Americans' for Fourth Season

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FX has renewed '80s Soviet spy drama The Americans for a fourth season, which will premiere in early 2016, the network revealed Tuesday.

The standout series, which was one of Variance's Best TV Shows of 2014, has averaged a fair 4.2 million viewers and been a strong performer on DVR viewing.

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"This season of The Americans has achieved even greater acclaim than that of its first two seasons," FX original programming president Nick Grad said in a statement regarding the renewal. "The series has cemented it status with critics as television’s best current drama and arguably the best show on TV, and we couldn’t agree more."