--- description: A new trailer shows the series picks up after Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies in 1982 title: Watch the New Teaser for 'The Americans' Season 3 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the New Teaser for _The Americans_ Season 3  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2014 10:02 PM CUT  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2014 10:02 PM CUT The third season of FX’s _The Americans_ is out with a [new extended promo](https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/-the-americans--season-3-promo-181250108.html "undefined") ahead of its Jan. 28 return, and it looks like the lives of spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings got a bit more complex. The minute-long teaser, which was obtained by Yahoo! TV and will air after the _Sons of Anarchy_ finale Tuesday night, shows the characters after the death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1982\. The event will shape the way spies work both in and outside the U.S. as the couple wrangles with the burden of how their secret is affecting their daughter, Paige. \[[_Yahoo! TV_](https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/-the-americans--season-3-promo-181250108.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3626347/americans-season-3-teaser/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3626347/americans-season-3-teaser/"},"headline":"Watch the New Teaser for The Americans Season 3","datePublished":"2014-12-09T22:02:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:42:45.323Z","description":"Series picks up after Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies in 1982","url":"https://time.com/3626347/americans-season-3-teaser/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3626347/americans-season-3-teaser/","name":"Watch the New Teaser for The Americans Season 3"}}]}] ```