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These 18 titles extend The Americans through mood and genre. The selection runs from 1985 to 2022. The highest rated is The Wire (8.6). 5 of them are on Netflix, Prime Video.

Bones
★ 8.0
Bones2005

In common: FBI

Mad Men
★ 8.1
Mad Men2007

In common: period drama

Millennium
★ 7.7
Millennium1996

In common: FBI

Peaky Blinders
★ 8.5
Peaky Blinders2013

In common: period drama

Boardwalk Empire
★ 8.0
Boardwalk Empire2010

In common: period drama

NCIS: Los Angeles
★ 7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles2009

In common: undercover

MacGyver
★ 7.7
MacGyver1985

In common: spy

Babylon Berlin
★ 7.7
Babylon Berlin2017

In common: period drama

21 Jump Street
★ 7.3
21 Jump Street1987

In common: undercover

Grantchester
★ 7.2
Grantchester2014

In common: period drama

Spooks
★ 7.7
Spooks2002

In common: spy