14 DAY TRIAL // The nominations for the Emmys 2014 were announced last week and notably absent was “Sons of Anarchy,” the hit FX series that’s about to get its 7th and final season starting this fall. Even though it’s been getting lots of love and support from fans and critics alike, the series has just one Emmy nomination – and that too for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.
Under these circumstances, you would be excused if you concluded that the TV Academy was deliberately snubbing a good show because it considered it too “lowbrow” for its standards. If this kind of things happens at the Oscars (and it does), TV should be no different.
Charlie Hunnam, the director, and the series creator of “SOA” were on the panel at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour when the topic of the Emmy snub came out, The Hollywood Reporter informs.
Hunnam plays one of the leads, Jax, but if you’re not familiar with the series, you might know him better as the guy who was supposed to play Christian Grey in “Fifty Shades of Grey” but dropped out, or the handsome dude from “Pacific Rim.” Yes, the one who looked absolutely delicious shirtless.
Director Paris Barclay, who already has 2 Emmys on his mantelpiece for “NYPD Blue,” says that he understands why “SOA” would get no love from the TV Academy because it’s not the kind of show that welcomes strangers, even though it’s catchy.
Meanwhile, series creator Kurt Sutter admits that he would like an Emmy, even if only a nomination. When he heard that “SOA” had been snubbed again, he was actually quite furious about it.
Hunnam is the only one who chooses to see the bright side in all this: the show might not have an Emmy but it has something better in the very loyal fanbase. Considering how many TV projects are picked up for a first season and are then dropped without ever the possibility of renewal, for “SOA” to make it 7 seasons with solid ratings is an accomplishment in and of itself.
“Lest we forget, it doesn’t matter at all,” he says. “I feel there’s this perception that we’re upset about this and… I really don’t give a [expletive]. I make this for the people that watch the show and I really care for me about the work that I do and for my friends that watch it. People don’t appreciate it. You can’t win them all.”
In other words, let other industry people stack up award statuettes, because Hunnam got the best deal of all: the love of the fans.