Motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy roars onto Netflix

Fans of the motorcycle drama ‘Sons of Anarchy’ from FX are surely hoping the announcement wasn’t some bad April Fool’s joke, but it appears deadly serious.
The incredibly popular show about the trials and tribulations of a motorcycle gang in fictitious Charming California is riding onto the Netflix On Demand network, giving fans instant access to past episodes.
Running the gamut of entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox (Fox) and Netflix, Inc. confirmed they have ‘amended and expanded their non-exclusive digital distribution agreement’ adding additional titles from Fox's extensive television and movie library.
Included in the agreement, the hard hitting ‘Sons of Anarchy’, the popular musical show ‘Glee’ and classics such as ‘Ally McBeal’ and ‘The Wonder Years’.
This could leave fans to humorously speculate that if the members of Sons of Anarchy kept strange bedfellows before, their newly announced company takes it to a whole new level of odd.
This new multi-year agreement allows Netflix to provide its members with instant access to a greater variety of programming, including additional television series such as the first season of the Emmy-award winning "Glee" and the first two seasons of the cult favorite "Sons of Anarchy" beginning on April 1, with additional seasons being added annually.
In addition, library series such as "Ally McBeal" and "The Wonder Years" will stream instantly for the first time from Netflix. Fox will also make a number of library movies available to Netflix after their premium pay television license periods conclude.
"We've worked closely with Fox for the last year to provide our members access to some of the studio's greatest TV franchises and library of both contemporary and classic movies," said Ted Sarandos, Netflix chief content officer. "Our members love TV shows, and making such pop-culture hits like 'Glee' and 'Sons of Anarchy' available to watch instantly reinforces our commitment to provide them a wider selection of programs."
Adding Sons of Anarchy to the agreement with Fox allows Netflix customers to enjoy a wide variety of prior seasons of hit TV shows available instantly from Netflix, including "Lie to Me," "24," "Prison Break," "Arrested Development," "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," "X-Files" and many more.
"Our expanded non-exclusive streaming arrangement with Netflix maintains Fox's flexibility to effectively manage both the content we offer, and the appropriate window of availability relative to our other distribution partnerships," said Peter Levinsohn, president of new media and digital distribution for Fox Filmed Entertainment. "We look forward to working with Netflix and our other partners to further enhance the choices available to audiences."