Sons of Anarchy Rides into New Night with New Faces
Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by admin in Biker News
source: FX
FX looks to Sons of Anarchy to build on successful first season
Even as the successful drama set in the world of motorcycle gangs continues filming its second series, the FX network has announced the fall schedule for ‘Sons of Anarchy’.
Nestled among the ongoing drama of televisions most famous plastic surgeons and a quirky comedy, the hard-hitting television show that peeks into the lives of motorcycle gang members in the fictitious town of Charming returns to the small screen on a new night, Tuesdays, beginning September 8th.
FX, home to critically acclaimed and award-winning original series, sees the return of three of its hit original series kicking off with the sophomore season of the drama Sons of Anarchy on September 8, followed by the comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on September 17, and season six of nip/tuck which begins this October. FX also has plans to launch a new original comedy series this fall to pair with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Following in the footsteps of its successful hard-hitting drama ‘The Shield’ FX has found similarly high ratings for its motorcycle inspired television show. With stories based around the local motorcycle club ‘Sons of Anarchy’, members confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers as well as local and national law enforcement, all while they run their own illegal activities to support the extended biker family.
FX’s series ‘Sons of Anarchy’ doesn’t just use motorcycles as props but sets the story in the dark world of motorcycle gangs and immerses its troubled characters in interweaving plotlines.
Thirteen episodes will bring back fan favorites such as Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman, in what many consider an adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones, as Sons of Anarchy explores the notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (SAMCRO) desire to protect its livelihood and the town of Charming, Calif. from outside influences.
t was announced earlier in the year that noted actor Adam Arkin will appear in a multi-episode story arc, playing a white supremacist who could cause problems for SAMCRO (The Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original) while Grammy winning Henry Rollins would also join the cast, playing an antagonists billed as not just a threat, but a deadly threat.
But Arkin wouldn’t be the first supremacist the Charming motorcycle gang has had to deal with.
The show’s writers have had the group cross paths with the meth-distributing white supremacist “Nords” gang, a rival Oakland-based MC the “Mayans”, the San Francisco-based Chinese-American mafia, the True IRA of Ireland, and the 9′ers an African-American street gang.
But this season could make everything that has come before seem like child’s play.
“This season is going to be about all the internal conflicts that happen at the club,” the show’s creator Kurt Sutter has said, “And I think the club is going to become its own worst enemy.”
With producers taking well known actors, adding tattoo’s, shaving heads and generally bringing them into the hard world of the people who make up motorcycle gangs, Arkin fans could be in for an acting treat.
The first season of the dark motorcycle drama wasn’t just a hit with fans, but left FX executives happy as well with the show averaging 1.2 million Men 18-34 demo on a weekly cumulative basis, making it the #1 scripted show in basic cable in that demo and its cume of 1.9 million Adults 18-34 ranked #3.
