Foreign exchange renews 'Sons of Anarchy'

Foreign exchange has bought a 13-episode fifth season of "Sons of Anarchy," the cabler's top-rated series within the history. Professional produced by creator Kurt Sutter with John Linson, Art Linson and Paris Barclay, "Sons" has averaged 5.8 million overall audiences (3.9 million among grownups 18-49) for initial airings this season, roughly a 30% improvement over season three. People viewer figures increase by about 50% when encore presentations of each and every episode are taken care of for. The summer season-four premiere on Sept. 6 was most likely probably the most-seen type in Foreign exchange history with 6.5 million audiences. Seven episodes remain in our season. "Everyone at Foreign exchange is very grateful to Kurt Sutter, his many writing, pointing and creating collaborators and also the masterful cast to create this kind of compelling and fantastically crafted show," Foreign exchange prexy and gm John Landgraf mentioned. "It's really no small challenge to produce the types of the truly amazing, ancient play like 'Hamlet' in to a wholly original television setting also to tell this complex story with techniques that's both riveting and open to a comprehensive audience." Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal star in "Sons," produced by Foreign exchange Prods. and 20th Century Fox TV's alternative production arm, Fox 21. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com