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It was mentioned as a brilliant television show, that Steve Schmidt enjoyed watching. It was compared to 'The Sopranos' and 'The Wire', and was discussed in the context of the Jennings, Russian spies, and how he would have reacted in a similar scenario during the 1980s.
I was a huge fan of the TV show, The Americans. I just thought it was beyond brilliant.
— Episode: Why I Quit the GOP (with Steve Schmidt)
Episode: Why I Quit the GOP (with Steve Schmidt)
It was mentioned as a brilliant television show, that Steve Schmidt enjoyed watching. It was compared to 'The Sopranos' and 'The Wire', and was discussed in the context of the Jennings, Russian spies, and how he would have reacted in a similar scenario during the 1980s.
I was a huge fan of the TV show, The Americans. I just thought it was beyond brilliant.
I think it's along with The Sopranos and The Wire, I think it's one of the three great shows that has ever aired on American television.
And when you go through that series and the Jennings, Kerry Russell tells the daughter that in fact they're Russian spies, I look back on my own life thinking about that period of time in the 1980s that the show is focused on.