
Let’s take a look at Tuesday night’s ratings, shall we? Coming in first at the 10 o’clock slot was whatever CBS aired, because bland Americans love CBS’s unique brand of televised gruel. In second: the highly anticipated Game 4 of the ALCS on Fox. Coming in third place, ahead of “Jay Leno’s Corporate Shilling Funtime for Retards,” was a little cable program I like to call THE MOTHERF-CKIN SONS.
Who was the new entertainment program ratings, er, prince on Tuesday — aside from usual time period winner CBS and a heavily watched baseball game? It wasn’t ABC’s “The Forgotten.” And it wasn’t NBC’s “Jay Leno Show.”
It was lil’ ‘ol cable network FX’s drama series “Sons of Anarchy,” which beat Leno [Tuesday] night and struck a blow for scripted programming freedom from beyond the broadcast veil.
The show drew 3.7 million viewers and a 2.05 rating, topping Leno (1.8) for the first time and “Forgotten” (1.9) for the second time. [The Live Feed]
YEAH! God DAMN that feels good! The only way this could be better is if Henry Rollins actually beat Leno to death with a wooden table leg. If I were an X-Man that’s what I’d want my powers to be: the ability to make Photoshops come true. My life would be a non-stop party of watching Battlefield Earth with the San Diego Chicken, a velociraptor, and the ED-209.



Seriously, if you’re not watching SoA you are fucking up.
My faith in my fellow man just ticked up a notch.
What a great fucking season they’ve had. Holy shit.
As always, Aryan gang rape > Leno comedy rape.
Ratings were up due to the rumored interracial prison rape, I assume.
Wait, people don’t like Leno?
30 Republican senators see nothing wrong with Henry Rollins’ activities.
Yes, but Leno’s show is more profitable, which is all that matters!
CAUSE I’M A LIAR! YEAH I’M A LIAR! I’LL TURN YOU INTO ME!
I don’t love the sons as much as most- mainlydue to the fact that the actor who plays Jax has the range of toasted wonderbread, its still a very watchable show and I fucking love it that Leno / NBC got the beatdown they so richly deserve.
@Lenny- very true but maybe just maybe the affiliates will start to complain about losing their lead-ins to the 11′oclock news, which might force NBC to consider pulling out of their downward spiral into low overhead fly-over state brain dead programming.
oh we oh we oh.
I read about this this morning, and it pretty much made my day. A show about a motorcycle gang (with added Rollins!) beating Leno in the ratings- my heart swells with happiness.