Keri Russel Returning to TV

Keri Russel, former Mouskateer and star of the hit drama Felicity, is returning to television ona new Fox series called The Americans. Joining Russel will be her former Felicity love interests Scott Speedman and Scott Foley along with Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich. FX president John Landgraf announced to critics this week that the pilot has been picked up and is set to premier in early 2013. The Americans will take place in Reagan era Washington D.C. Russel and Rhys will play 2 KGB spies hiding in plain sight as a married American couple with 2 children. The series will follow the relationship that evolves between the two characters, whose children no nothing about their true identities and drama will be added in the form of a counter-intelligence FBI agent neighbor played by Noah Emmerich. Landgraf said in his statement “we’re proud to welcome The Americans, a taut series that crackles with incredible performances rooted in character perspectives never explored on a U.S. television series.”