Because it’s never too early to get excited about mid-season’s slew of television premieres comes your first look at what is already shaping up to be a lock for one of our favorite new shows of 2013. Keri Russell (FELICITY) and Matthew Rhys (BROTHERS & SISTERS) star in THE AMERICANS. But don’t let that title fool you, as Rhys and Russell play Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, two KGB spies posing as Americans in the suburban Washington DC during the Reagan era. See for yourself, after the jump.

THE AMERICANS premieres on FX in January 2013

Direct from the October 14th AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM Season Two Premiere Screening at Paramount Studios in Hollywood comes twenty-one more reasons why we wish we lived in Los Angeles. See for yourself, after the jump.

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HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 14: Mark Consuelos arrives at FX's American Horror Story: Asylum Season Two Premiere Screening at Paramount Studios on October 14, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Brian Dowling/PictureGroup/FX)

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM Season Two unspools on FX at 10PM on October 17th

Have you joined THE LEAGUE yet?  If not, now is the time to get in on the head-to-head action as FX’s hit comedy kicks off its fourth season on October 11, 2012.  At the Los Angeles premiere on October 9th, series stars Katie Aselton (Jenny), Mark Duplass (Pete), Nick Kroll (Ruxin), Jon Lajoie (Taco), Stephen Rannazzisi (Kevin), and Paul Scheer (Andre) confirmed that viewers can look forward to more personal fouls from this group of friends, like smack talk, acts of sabotage, and deceptive tactics that would make weaker people run from the field. 
 
While the premise of the show involves a highly competitive fantasy football league, those who are somewhat sports impaired may still have a reason to identify with the characters.  Explained Rannazzisi, “[You] just have to have friends that you hate in your heart and want to see [the] demise of.”
 
Fans can look forward to the addition of Jenny’s and Kevin’s baby, as well as guest appearances by Timothy Olyphant (JUSTIFIED), Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, and Janina Gavankar (TRUE BLOOD). 

THE LEAGUE airs Thursdays on FX 10:30PM. Catch up on season three via DVD and Blu-ray available at Amazon.com

The Gang from FX’s anti-sitcom IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA took a break from the City of Brotherly Love to bring their 8th season premiere to sunny Los Angeles on October 9, 2012.  The new season begins on October 11th, and the cast was tight lipped about what horrible things Sweet Dee (Kaitlin Olson), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Mac (Rob McElhenney) and Frank (Danny DeVito) will be inflicting on anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with them.  FX has provided a small tease that the Gang will go to therapy, hunt for Nazi treasure (undoubtedly this will involve Dee’s and Dennis’ ultra- racist grandfather), take on the city’s trash union, and there may even be love interests for Dee and Dennis.  In their red carpet interview, Howerton and McElhenney don’t want to spoil things by giving too much away, but they will say who the Gang would eat first if they were stranded on a desert island. See for yourself, after the jump.

IT’S ALWAY SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA airs on Thursdays at 10PM on FX. You can catch up with season 7, including the plight of Fat Mac on the just released DVD and Blu-ray available at Amazon.

Good News: Charlie Sheen is pledging to retire from acting following his latest project ANGER MANAGEMENT. Bad News: Which FX just picked up for an additional [Pause for dramatic effect] ninety episodes! [Source]

Good News: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has tapped hosts Seth MacFarlane (September 15th), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (September 22nd) and Daniel Craig (September 29th) to open its 38th season. Bad News: Still no word on who they’ve tapped to replace Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Abby Elliott. [Source]

Good News: Brian Austin Green and Harold Perrineau’s TBS Comedy WEDDING BAND is finally getting a premiere date. Bad News: Mark your calendars for Saturday November 10th, which should give audiences a fairly good indication as to what TBS thinks of this long-delayed series. [Source]

Good News: With an average of 6.9 million viewers per week, TNT has officially renewed DALLAS for a second season. Bad News: According to sources, Larry Hagman’s eyebrows are holding out for more money and a bigger trailer. [Source]

Good News: NBC is teaming up with the Producers behind SMASH for a live broadcast of The Sounds of Music. Bad News: Not only are Ivy and Karen are already angling for the leading role, poor Ellis is claiming Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron totally stole his idea! [Source]

Good News: Charlie Sheen’s return to television drew 23 million fewer viewer than the TWO AND HALF MEN season premiere that introduced Ashton Kutcher. Bad News: ANGER MANAGEMENT’s 5.5 million total viewers still adds up to the most watched series premiere in FX’s history. [Source]

Good News: One of last season’s most popular broadcast dramas has just been given an unexpected reprieve Bad News: No, ABC has not seen the error of their ways and rewarded GCB with a much-deserved second shot, but rather UNFORGETTABLE, which will return to CBS with a 13-episode second season in Summer 2013. [Source]

Good news for those of you with a rubber fetish! FX has just awarded AMERICAN HORROR STORY — the highest performing freshman drama in the network’s history — with a 13-episode second season.

“It’s one thing to have the ambition and guts to reinvent a genre in a way that makes it captivatingly fresh for a broad audience — it’s something else entirely to have the craft to back that ambition up,” said FX Network President John Landgraf in a statement. “Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have hit the trifecta with NIP/TUCK, GLEE and now AMERICAN HORROR STORY, which will be scaring FX’s viewers to death for many years to come.”

In related AMERICAN HORROR STORY news, Canadian TV Addicts will finally get the opportunity to discover what our neighbors to the south have been buzzing about these past few weeks courtesy of today’s launch of FX Canada. The new digital specialty channel from Rogers that promises to deliver critically-acclaimed dramas and hit comedy including WILFRED, LOUIE, THE LEAGUE, LIGHTS OUT, TERRIERS, SONS OF ANARCHY and of course AMERICAN HORROR STORY. The complete schedule of which is available at fxcanada.com.

The TV Addict (Second from the right) with WILFRED stars Fiona Gubelmann and Jason Gann at the recent FX Canada Launch Party

What’s that you say? You weren’t among the lucky few who were invited by FX to attend an exclusive pilot screening of Ryan Murphy’s latest opus, AMERICAN HORROR STORY tonight? Well, never fear, theTVaddict.com is here… with the next best thing: A first look at what you missed! Or to be more specific, a handful of haunting promotional photos of the Harmon family (No relation to COMMUNITY creator Dan Harmon!), who in an attempt to rebuild their life after a miscarriage and an affair, move from Boston to a haunted San Francisco home. More first look photos of which can be found after the jump.

Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon

Dylan McDermott as Ben Harmon

Evan Peters as Tate

Denis O’Hare as Burnt Man

Jessica Lange as Constance

AMERICAN HORROR STORY premieres October 5th at 10PM on FX

Good News: NBC is auctioning off official FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS props including Tim Riggins’ hoodie and Lyla Garrity’s coat. Bad News: Taylor Kitsch and Minka Kelly not included. [Source]

Good News: FX has announced summer premiere dates for the final season of RESCUE ME, the second season of Louis C.K’s LOUIE and Elijah Wood’s highly anticipated WILFRED. Bad News: We don’t get FX as part of our cable package. [Source]