Premiere Date for 'Sons of Anarchy' Set

The heavily anticipated second season of bad-ass FX motorcycle series Sons of Anarchy will return to screens September 8, kicking off the cable network's fall schedule, FX reports.  Sons of Anarchy will return alongside the fifth season of comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, plus the second to the last season of Nip/Tuck, featuring guest stars Vanessa Redgrave, Rose McGowan, Mario Lopez, and Gilles Marini.

Sons of Anarchy moves to a new schedule, coinciding with new adversaries for the gang in the person of two white supremacists A.J. Weston and Ethan Zobelle, played by Adam Arkin and Henry Rollins, on top of old adversaries and rival clubs.  It was previously reported that Drea de Matteo will not be returning to charming as Jax's baby-mama Wendy, as she is Wisteria Lane-bound for Desperate Housewives.  Both Ally Walker and Mitch Pileggi, meanwhile, will be back as Agent Stahl and Ernest Darby respectively.

An average of 5.83 million viewers tune in to see the motorcycle club, big numbers in the cable universe.