The Americans - RTE pace

tintin1012000

Can anyone tell me what episode rte2 are on at the moment. I caught an episode last week and it really looks like a good show. I need to catch up tho!!!

Sparko

Episode 7 was the latest shown, ep 8 and 9 are on next Thursday.

Sparko

And I've just discovered my recording of that episode ended early because football overran and rte didn't update their schedule on sky. Damn it!

lertsnim

It's on the RTÉ Player. I caught this weeks episode as it came on after the football and thought it was awful. The acting was very wooden at times.

fryup

don't mean to be a prude but there seems to be too much hanky panky on it..are they doing it just for the ratings?? cause i see no other reason for it

Mc Love

wow this is such a change to the other thread

The Black Oil

The sex is part FX, part spy craft.

Green Hornet

When does the second season start on RTE?

Poochie05

Green Hornet wrote: »

When does the second season start on RTE?

There was an article on RTE website last week sayin 13 May at 22:45.

North by Northwest

Hi, does anybody know if Season 3 is airing on RTE anytime soon? Thanks

brian_t

brian_t wrote: »

The Americans series 3 starts on RTÉ Two at 9:00pm on Monday 6th July.

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North by Northwest

Thanks for that

The Black Oil

Good sign they keep showing it, I guess.

fryup

will there be lots of jiggy jiggy in it?

North by Northwest

Watched Series 3 opener last Monday night on RTE - was okay but not spectacular and I found myself having to watch it again on the player a few nights later to really get what happened. Anyway I guess it can be difficult to keep things fresh for dramas such as this, but having said that I think it'll be worth sticking with it, looks to be good scope for plots to develop such as with Paige and with the new addition of Tatiana at the Rezidentura.

Also we look to be in 1982 now (Brezhnev's death) however I think there were events in Series 2 from about 1983/84 (maybe Iran Contra but I'd have to check back). Did anybody else pick up on this?

Enjoy

fryup

never knew Yazoo were known as Yaz in the States

Arrow in the Knee

I missed all the episodes of season 3 so far in RTE 2.
Is it going to be on ITV this year?

brian_t

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

I missed all the episodes of season 3 so far in RTE 2.
Is it going to be on ITV this year?

It will be on ITV Encore but no air date yet.

jmcc

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

I missed all the episodes of season 3 so far in RTE 2.
Is it going to be on ITV this year?

Some of them should be on RTE Player.

Regards...jmcc

ITV aren't showing it, the Encore channel is just repeating series 1 & 2!

brian_t

zorro2566 wrote: »

ITV aren't showing it, the Encore channel is just repeating series 1 & 2!

Rubbish !

ITV secures exclusive rights for the UK premiere of The Americans series 3 and 4

ITV today announced it has secured the exclusive UK rights to series 3 and 4 of the award-winning drama The Americans, to air on ITV Encore, a channel dedicated to unmissable drama.

Series 1 and 2 of The Americans, which aired on ITV in June 2013 and May 2014, will transmit on ITV Encore from July 2015, with the brand new third series starting later this summer.

http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-secures-exclusive-rights-uk-premiere-americans-series-3-and-4

fryup

so Martha is a spy too? and Philip doesn't realise it?

Aimeee

By accident i found The Americans on rte2 Monday night. Its the new series (to Rte). I can't believe I've missed the first 5 episodes. Did they not advertise it??
Anyway I can watch the last two on player. Where would I find the ep 1 and 2.

kn

Aimeee wrote: »

By accident i found The Americans on rte2 Monday night. Its the new series (to Rte). I can't believe I've missed the first 5 episodes. Did they not advertise it??
Anyway I can watch the last two on player. Where would I find the ep 1 and 2.

Its being running on RTE since the start of the programme.

Mod: Streaming Link removed. Please read charter.

Knock yourself out!

brian_t

Aimeee wrote: »

Did they not advertise it??

You need to follow the Irish Premiere Dates thread

brian_t wrote: »

The Americans series 3 starts on RTÉ Two at 9:00pm on Monday 6th July.

brian_t

Season 3 starts on ITV Encore on Wednesday August 19th at 10pm

Aimeee

Thanks for the info. I've watched season 1&2 when they aired on rte2. Mad at myself that I completely missed the start of series 3. Will have to do some catching up!
Ok I know I'm coming across as stupid but where do I find itv encore? Is it one of the sky channels?

The Black Oil

Sky 123, if you have it.

http://www.itv.com/encore/how-to-watch

Aimeee

The Black Oil wrote: »

Sky 123, if you have it.

http://www.itv.com/encore/how-to-watch

Fabulous thank you.

lazeedaisy

Guys how do I get Sky 123

fryup

anyone watching it monday nights or am i the only one??

good isn't it,

echo321

fryup wrote: »

never knew Yazoo were known as Yaz in the States

Seems they were known as Yazz in the States for legal reasons. This confused me as there was a British singer called Yazz who had a big hit with 'The Only Way Is Up' in 1988. Thought at first they might have been making a historical error in the programme, but not so in this case.

echo321

fryup wrote: »

never knew Yazoo were known as Yaz in the States

Seems they were known as Yaz in the States for legal reasons. This confused me as there was a British singer called Yazz who had a big hit with 'The Only Way Is Up' in 1988. Thought at first they might have been making a historical error in the programme, but not so in this case.

FloatingVoter

Alison Moyet on vocals & Vince Clarke (also of Depeche Mode, Erasure) supplying the earworm riff. Nobody ever admitted to buying a Yazoo or Erasure record leading VC to speculate where the large houses and fleet of cars came from.

North by Northwest

fryup wrote: »

anyone watching it monday nights or am i the only one??

good isn't it,

Not the only one, really excellent last Monday night.

whatever76

Oh I am glued to it Monday nights and purposely staying away from Spoilers and downloading rest of episodes.

Great series - seriously underrated I think. Acting is excellent.

I'm worried for Poor Martha !!

KlausFlouride

Great series - seriously underrated I think. Acting is excellent.



It's a huge critical hit, but doesn't get the audiences. In fairness, can understand why, there aren't many sympathetic characters, it's unspectacular and it's a slow burner. But it's absolutely brilliant, one of the best shows of it's time.

castletownman

Elizabeth Jennings is the best looking bad ass in the history of tv

doc11

KlausFlouride wrote: »

Great series - seriously underrated I think. Acting is excellent.



It's a huge critical hit, but doesn't get the audiences. In fairness, can understand why, there aren't many sympathetic characters, it's unspectacular and it's a slow burner. But it's absolutely brilliant, one of the best shows of it's time.

It has burned out for me, going nowhere and predictable.Loved the first 2 seasons but can't stand the same repeatable plot every season. Focusing on the children reminds me of Homelands mistakes.

fryup

can anyone tell me how Philip persuaded Martha to put the pen in yer man's office??

brian_t

The Americans is moving to after midnight from Monday.

Next Monday it's on at the slightly later time of 1.05am due to the football.

The following weeks it's on just after midnight because Vikings will be taking the 9.00pm slot.

fryup

^^^^^^^^

what a bummer

jmcc

Think that there's only a few episodes left though.

Regards...jmcc

The ratings must be low if they are moving it. Oh well thank goodness for sky plus!

whatever76

and RTE player ; >!

jmcc

zorro2566 wrote: »

The ratings must be low if they are moving it. Oh well thank goodness for sky plus!

It is RTE. Ratings have absolutely nothing to do with it. If ratings were important, Ryan Tubridy would be gone and Brendan O'Connor would be presenting the Late Late Show. RTE is extremely weird when it comes to programme scheduling.

Regards...jmcc

alpha_a

fryup wrote: »

anyone watching it monday nights or am i the only one??

good isn't it,

It's the most underrated show on TV. How it hasn't won any awards is beyond me.

The Black Oil

RTE is doing with it normally does - bouncing things around the schedule. It has always done this with certain dramas, except for say, Lost and The Sopranos, which it wouldn't budge from a 9 or 10pm slot. It did have Mad Men on at 11pm, which is probably considered a more prestige show than The Americans, so go figure.

FX's shows have always had critical praise, but they struggle with awards and mainstream appeal. This show won't be discovered by most a la what happened with the tail end of Breaking Bad.

QuinDixie

one of the best shows on tele, excellent. Never a bad episode.

KlausFlouride

This season is unbelievably good, Elizabeth vs. the little old dear bookkeeper was almost unbearably tense and sad which is an unusual combo. Phillip getting increasingly pissed off with Gabriel is going to end badly also.

fryup

wonder will they succeed in brainwashing their daughter?? they'd hardly kill her will they?