<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 4 Next → Season 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of The Americans episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The fifth season of the American television drama series The Americans, comprising 13 episodes, aired on FX from March 7 to May 30, 2017 . The show moved to Tuesdays, having aired on Wednesdays for its first four seasons . </P> <P> The events of the fifth season take place between February 1984 and August 1984, shown by the reference to the TV broadcasts of the 1984 Winter Olympics in episode 1 and the coverage of Ronald Reagan's "We begin bombing in five minutes" joke in episode 13 . </P>

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