Created by Kurt Sutter for FX, Sons of Anarchy aired from September, 2008 until December of 2014. The show followed the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in a fictional California town. By the third season, SOA was attracting an average of 4.9 million weekly viewers, becoming FX’s highest-rated series at the time surpassing The Shield, Nip/Tuck, and Rescue Me. The season 4 and 5 premieres were the two highest-rated telecasts in FX’s history.