Sons of Anarchy nominated for musical Emmy

The news was announced earlier this week when the nominees were revealed for the 61st Emmys Award show and presentation on July 16th. The motorcycle drama was nominated in the category of 'Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music' for the work completed by Bob Thiele Jr. 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 new 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. It 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 Real 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 and Rollins 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.