The Americans

The nominees are in! See the full list of 2018 Emmy Award nominations.

Before the 2018 Emmy nominees are announced, these are the shows and performances that most deserve to be recognized.

From ‘Atlanta’ to ‘Westworld,’ these are the best shows of the year — so far.

Just when we were hoping for a quick glimpse of Atlanta Season 2, FX went and dropped the motherlode of 2018 previews. Get a first look at Legion Season 2 footage in a new promo, along with Ryan Murphy’s Pose, Archer’s next reboot, Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC and more!

It’s a brave new world for the 2017 Emmy awards with Game of Thrones and others sitting this year out. The big announcement is finally here, as presented by Veep star Anna Chlumsky and Criminal Minds veteran Shemar Moore, so let’s find out what we’re all angry about/celebrating this year at the Emmys!

In the Golden Age of television — or Peak TV, or “oh god, please stop, I have enough to watch already” — shows aren’t just more cinematic, they’re offering us more of everything. That includes more sex scenes, which have become increasingly prevalent, revealing, daring and yes, even artful, reinforcing the notion that TV has become more like film. We recently chose the 25 best movie sex scenes of the last 25 years, and with the smaller screen’s growing resemblance to its big screen brethren, we thought it only right to do the same for television. We also assumed that making a list of the 25 best TV sex scenes of the last 20 years would be far easier and much less surprising. Spoiler alert: We were wrong.

FX Russian spy drama The Americans feels uncomfortably topical in its twilight years, so we could use a laugh. A deeply … deeply unsettling laugh. Ahead of Season 5’s finale, have a look at The Americans as a cheery ‘80s sitcom centered around Paige, with no horrific murder, espionage or treason creeping in at all!

If you can’t decide what to watch this weekend, ScreenCrush’s Staff Picks are here to help. They’re like the recommendations at an old video store, except you don’t have to put on pants or go outside to get them. Here are three things to watch this weekend:

It wasn’t until just a few weeks ago that I finally found time to catch Moonlight in theaters, so you’ll excuse me if the buzz around Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney’s film hasn’t quite worn off yet. Moonlight isn’t just a powerful story of one person’s struggle with his sexuality, it is also one of the most powerfully acted and beautifully shot films of the decade. In my professional opinion as a film critic, we should just throw awards at that movie until both filmmakers are forced to move into bigger houses just to store them all. That’s my professional opinion, mind you.

We’ve already seen The Americans preparing for war and escalating their spy games iin the first Season 5 trailers, but you know how those Russian secrets tend to leak out. Get an in-depth preview of the penultimate season with a full spread of new trailers, and behind-the-scenes promos, including some special guests.