21st Century Fox owned the channel Sons of Anarchy was on.
The series 's third season attracted an average of 4.9 million weekly viewers , making it FX 's highest rated series and surpassing its other hits The Shield , Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me.
FX -LRB- originally an initialism of `` Fox Extended '' , pronounced and suggesting `` effects '' -RRB- is an American basic cable and satellite television channel launched on June 1 , 1994 , based in Los Angeles , California and owned by 21st Century Fox through FX Networks , LLC.
