--- description: The Cold War thriller will get another 13 episodes next year. title: 'The Americans' Is Renewed for Season 4 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97889fc220543f7b/69877c53cd1bba2f2e6f4e8a/the-americans1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Americans_ Is Renewed for Season 4 by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2015 11:42 PM CUT  Keri Russell stars as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans Keri Russell stars as Elizabeth Jennings in The AmericansMichael Parmelee—FX by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2015 11:42 PM CUT USA! USA! FX has renewed _The Americans_ for a fourth season. The Cold War thriller will get another 13 episodes next year, EW has learned. FX is enthusiastic about the show’s critical acclaim, noting _The Americans_ currently has the top spot on critic aggregation site Metacritic, with a 92 out of 100 average ([including EW’s review](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20894401,00.html "undefined")). “Remarkably, this season of _The Americans_ has achieved even greater acclaim than that of its first two seasons,” said Nick Grad, programming president at FX. “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.” Ratings are another matter. The show has continued to struggle to find a big audience. Last week’s episode had only about 1 million viewers and a 0.3 rating among adults 18-49 in the overnight returns, ranking below repeats on other basic cable networks of _King of the Hill_ and _Full House_. Yet FX points out that after you add in repeats, DVR playback and video on demand, the show improves to 4.2 million weekly viewers. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/31/americans-renewed-season-4 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3766445/the-americans-season-4/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3766445/the-americans-season-4/"},"headline":"The Americans Is Renewed for Season 4","datePublished":"2015-03-31T23:42:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:36:04.190Z","description":"Despite the show's struggle to find a big audience","url":"https://time.com/3766445/the-americans-season-4/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97889fc220543f7b/69877c53cd1bba2f2e6f4e8a/the-americans1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97889fc220543f7b/69877c53cd1bba2f2e6f4e8a/the-americans1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"the-americans","caption":"THE AMERICANS -- \"EST Men\" Episode 301 -- Pictured: Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings. CR: Michael Parmelee/FX","creditText":"Michael Parmelee—FX","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3766445/the-americans-season-4/","name":"The Americans Is Renewed for Season 4"}}]}] ```