How 'The Americans' Chooses Its ‘80s Ads, Like Brooke Shields’ Iconic Calvin Klein Spot

Plus, the ones that didn’t make it into the FX drama

After spending four seasons making one of TV's best shows, The Americans showrunners Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields are pretty confident in their ability to determine what's best for the series. But that all goes out the window when it comes to incorporating period-specific ads and other pop culture references into the FX drama about two Russian spies (Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys) undercover as a suburban D.C. family in the early '80s.

"We work from a place of fear, and in general, we work very hard not to work from a place of fear," said Weisberg.

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