Sons of Anarchy' Succeeds As A Soap Opera Geared Toward Guys
The
first episode of the final season for FX's biker drama Sons of Anarchy begins with
a familiar scene: gang leader/hero Jackson "Jax" Teller brutalizing a
man in jail, interspersed with images of his gang and family living life —
including his mother caring for his sons — with a mournful tune playing in the
background
Airing on Tuesday, Sept. 9, sons ofanarchy season 7 it's a bracing way to
bring viewers up to speed since the show's action-packed season finale last
year. That's when Jax's wife was brutally beaten and stabbed to death in their
home — by Jax's mother, in a crime that was covered up from everyone by another
member of the gang.
But the opening is
also a potent reminder of just how Sons of Anarchy has managed
to become one of FX's highest-rated series. (The episode where Jax's wife was
killed by Katey Sagal's Gemma Teller was the second-highest-rated episode of
the show's history). FX reports that the sixth season averaged 5 million key
viewers (age 18 to 49) — and 3.6 million of them are men.
Sons of Anarchy works, in part, because it's sons of
anarchy season 6sons of anarchy designed as a soap
opera for guys, wrapping emotional stories of family love, betrayal, sacrifice,
scandal and murder in a mix of high-adrenaline outlaw action.
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