The Americans waa taxane telefishan oo matalaad ah oo Mareykan ah oo uu abuuray Joe Weisberg oo loogu talagalay shabakadda telefishanka FX. Sheekadu waxay dhacdaa intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Qaboobaa, waxay daba socotaa sheekada Elizabeth (Keri Russell) iyo Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), laba sarkaal oo sirdoon ah oo ka tirsan KGB-da Soviet-ka oo iska dhigaya lamaane Maraykan ah oo ku nool Falls Church, oo ah xaafad ka tirsan Virginia oo ku taal Washington, DC, oo ay la joogaan carruurtooda, Paige (Holly Taylor) iyo Henry (Keidrich Sellati). Barnaamijku wuxuu sidoo kale baarayaa khilaafka u dhexeeya xafiiska FBI-da ee Washington iyo KGB "Rezidentura" isagoo raacaya aragtida wakiillada labada dhinac, oo ay ku jiraan deriska Jennings Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), oo ah wakiilka FBI-da ee ka shaqeeya sirdoonka. Taxanaha wuxuu ka bilaabmayaa xaflada caleemo saarka kadib
Waxaa la aasaasay bishii Janaayo 1981 waxaana la soo gabagabeeyay bishii Diseembar 1987, wax yar ka hor inta aysan hogaamiyayaasha Mareykanka iyo Midowga Soofiyeeti saxiixin heshiiska hubka nukliyeerka ee dhexdhexaadka ah.