24 (TV series)

For other uses, see 24 (disambiguation).

24
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Genre	Drama Action Thriller
Created by	Joel Surnow Robert Cochran
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland Carlos Bernard Annie Wersching Mary Lynn Rajskub James Morrison Colm Feore Jeffrey Nordling Bob Gunton Janeane Garofalo Rhys Coiro Cherry Jones
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	144
Production
Running time	43 minutes
Original release
Network	FOX
Release	November 6, 2001 – present

Template:Infobox TV ratings 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series. Broadcast by Fox Network in the USA and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial thirteen episodes. In January 2007, 24 was made available online to U.S. viewers through Fox on Demand. It is set in the fictional U.S. government Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU).

24 is presented in real time, with each season depicting a 24-hour period in the life of Jack Bauer, who works with the U.S. government as it fights threats on U.S. soil. Bauer is often in the field for the fictional Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) as they try to safeguard the nation from terrorist threats. Based in Los Angeles, the show also follows the actions of other CTU agents, government officials and terrorists associated with the plot.

After leading actor Kiefer Sutherland won a Golden Globe for his role in the first 10 episodes, the ratings of the show increased, leading FOX to order the second half of the season. There have been six seasons of 24 produced. On May 15 2007, it was confirmed that FOX has ordered seventh and eighth seasons. A motion picture based on the show has been written and was scheduled to be filmed in 2007 for a 2008 release but plans for production were put on hold to focus on the TV series.

The seventh season, originally scheduled to premiere on January 13 2008, has been postponed in the wake of the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike to ensure a non stop season, a trademark of the show since the start of it's fourth season in January 2005.

Elements

Real time

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An example of a 24 split-screen with the running clock

24 is a thriller which is shown in "real-time," with each minute of airtime corresponding to a minute in the lives of the characters. Commercial breaks are placed at times when non-essential plot is taking place (e.g. characters driving somewhere will begin when a commercial break starts and arrive at their destination at the end of the commercial break.) This allows for the show to actually occur in real time without compromising action. The real time of the show continues to roll during the commercials throughout the show, emphasizing the reality of the 24 hours of the season which the characters work.

Actual show run time without commercials is about 45 minutes, as is typical for hour long television shows on many commercial stations. However, the effect only works if episodes are shown with commercial breaks during the show and then only if these are inserted at the right points in time and have the exact right length, which may not fit in with the normal programming of a commercial station.

Watched continually each season would take approximately 18 hours to finish. This real-time nature is emphasized by an on-screen digital clock appearing before and after commercial breaks, with a distinct beeping noise for each second, alternating between C and D tones. This time corresponds to the in-universe time of the show. The characters will often place time windows (such as the common "within the hour") on certain events such as terrorist threats, thus strongly hinting the attack/event will occur before the end of the episode.

The action switches between different locations tracing parallel adventures of different characters involved in the same overarching plot. As a result, there may be long sections of unseen narrative for each character, in which case a character may only be seen for a portion of an episode's overall running time.

Storytelling and visual style

24 employs fast-paced and complex plots. Though each day's events typically revolve around thwarting an impending terrorist attack, the series maintains an episodic format by requiring its characters to track down said terrorists one step at a time, with each step (coincidentally) taking roughly an hour and introducing the next episode's step in its closing minutes. The exact objective of the day may also change over the course of the season, as the terrorists adapt their plans, execute contingencies, or are discovered to have been mere pawns in a larger, more insidious scheme.

A recurring theme of 24 has characters faced with the decision of whether to let something tragic happen for the sake of a greater good. In Season 2, a Dept. of Defense staffer has the chance to warn CTU of an imminent attack on their building, but argues doing so would put the culprits on alert and thus cause a valuable trail to go cold. A similar situation occurs in Season 5, when terrorists plan to release a canister of nerve gas inside a busy shopping mall. In Season 3, the President and CTU agents must choose between the life of a high-ranking CTU official and the imminent threat of further attacks, while Season 4 is notable for a scene in which two men — one of whom possesses crucial information about a nuclear missile strike, and the other is the husband of a major character — lie dying in an emergency room, creating the ethical dilemma of whom to save. In addition, the sitting President often has to deal with a similar quandary. For example, in Season 6, President Wayne Palmer asks Jack Bauer to sacrifice himself in exchange for the location of a known terrorist.

The first season began and ended at midnight, leading to the situation in which the main characters had to go almost two days without sleep. Later seasons have tended to use a less punishing time window, starting in the morning or early afternoon.

For the first two seasons, 24 frequently used split-screen action to follow multiple plots, although from Season 3 onward this was scaled back somewhat and confined mostly to phone conversations and shots leading into and out of commercial breaks.

Creative influences

Immediately prior to 24, series co-creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran executive-produced La Femme Nikita for its entire five-year run on USA Network. Both series deal with anti-terrorist operations, and the lead characters of both series are placed in situations where they must make a tragic choice in order to serve the greater good. As a result, the on- and off-screen creative connections between 24 and La Femme Nikita are highly pronounced. Numerous actors from La Femme Nikita have portrayed similar roles on 24, a number of story concepts from La Femme Nikita have been revisited on 24, and many of the creative personnel from La Femme Nikita currently work (or have worked) on 24 in the same capacity.

24 "borrows" some aspects of the 1997 film Air Force One too. In Seasons 2, 4 and 6, Air Force One can be seen and the series reused the same set as the one featured in the movie. Much like in the film, the 25th amendment has been invoked three times on 24 in Seasons 2, 4, and 6. Additionally, three actors featured on 24 — Xander Berkeley, Wendy Crewson and Glenn Morshower — played roles in Air Force One.

Counter Terrorist Unit

Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) is a fictional U.S. government anti-terrorist agency and similar to the real-life FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force and the CIA Counterterrorist Center's Special Activities Division. Its headquarters are in Washington, D.C. with satellite operations in major cities where threats are likely. CTU's primary mission is to disrupt and destroy foreign and domestic terror cells hostile to the United States, as well as protect it from terrorist attacks. With an office in nearly every major city, CTU also has a role in creating security policy and fighting groups of organized crime which fund terrorism. Although CTU is fictional, a similar department, the National Counterterrorism Center, was set up by the government.

CTU offices are run by a Director, also called the Special Agent in Charge, to whom the Director of Field Operations and the Chief of Staff report. Departments within a CTU office include Communications ("Comm"), Logistics, and Tactical ("Field Ops"). Communications and Logistics personnel report directly to the Chief of Staff, whereas Tactical personnel are deployed into Tactical Teams ("Tac Teams") by the Director of Field Operations.

The Los Angeles CTU Field Office houses several areas. The first floor contains the Situation Room, as well as the main communications complex and command center, often referred to as "The Floor." On the second floor is the Director's office and Field Ops office. Situated elsewhere in the building are the Information Technology department (I.T.), an in-house Medical clinic, Meteorology department, several Holding Rooms used for interrogation and confinement, and Tech Rooms, which contain the bulk of the physical computer hardware used by CTU.

The CTU offices within a region report to a Divisional Office, overseen by the Division Director. Divisional offices cover a larger amount of territory in their jurisdiction. Finally, the Divisional office and all other offices report to a District Headquarters, overseen by a Regional Director. This title implies each District Headquarters has jurisdiction over an entire region of the United States. However, in Season 1, the reverse was implied: the District Director, George Mason, reported to District Manager Richard Walsh (who was killed in the second episode), and then Ryan Chappelle, the Regional Director from Division. However, in the Season 2 finale, Chappelle referred to a Mr. Vaughn, the District Director, as his superior.

CTU often suffers setbacks for the sake of plot. Despite the high-profile and high-risk nature of its duties, it is frequently infiltrated by double agents, and several times has been attacked or seized by terrorist forces.

It has been confirmed by the Season 7 Trailer that "CTU is gone".

Recurring plot devices

There are some plot devices which are used frequently on 24.

• Weapons of Mass Destruction: WMDs, especially nuclear weapons, are constant threats on the show. Seasons 2 and 6 have been based around the threat of nuclear weapons. In Season 3, it was a weaponized virus. Day 5 was a fictional nerve gas variant. Day 4 featured the threat of a nuclear weapon also, but the entire season did not center around this plot.
• Traitors in the government: CTU is often compromised by moles. A major subplot in Day 1 was the presence of a so-called "dirty agent" working with terrorists. As it turned out, there were 2 dirty agents in Day 1 (Nina Myers and Jamey Farrell). Jamey Farrell was originally thought to be the only dirty agent but it was later revealed that Nina Myers was also a dirty agent. Since then, another agent was found to be dirty in Day 4. Two traitors in the White House were exposed in Day 5 (Walt Cummings and President Charles Logan). Many others have been accused of espionage.
• Invocation of the 25th Amendment: Section 4 of the 25th Amendment states if the Vice President and a majority of the President's cabinet votes that the President is unable to fulfill his duties, he will be removed. It was first invoked during Day 2, to stop then President David Palmer from aborting an attack which would propel the U.S. into war. He was removed by one vote, but ultimately prevented the attack. It was invoked on Days 4 and 6, after failed assassination attempts on Presidents Keeler and Wayne Palmer. Mike Novick was involved with it being invoked in both the 2nd and 4th seasons.
• Insubordination from Jack Bauer: Jack has broken CTU protocol at least once in all six seasons. He manages to convince other agents to help him (usually Chloe O'Brian, Tony Almeida or Michelle Dessler). He usually is granted amnesty for his actions.
• Frequent Change in Command: So far on the series, there have been six on-screen Presidents. Only three of those six were actually elected into office, and only one served for a full term. One President resigned, one ex-President was assassinated, another was incapacitated by a bomb, and another was seriously injured when Air Force 1 was shot down. Also, there have been twelve directors of CTU, many of whom have also either resigned or been killed.
• Threatening Family Members to Force Compliance: Villains in the series frequently kidnap and threaten to kill close family members of the main characters in order to force them to work against CTU or the government (usually covertly). In addition, Jack has threatened to (or advised other to) execute in exchange for crucial information regarding an imminent terrorist attack.
• Revealing Information in Exchange for Immunity: Many terrorists/villains with major knowledge that CTU desires will often require they be acquitted of past crimes. These characters include Nina Myers, Mandy, Jacob Rossler, Collette Stenger, Christopher Henderson, and Dmitri Gredenko.

Cast

See also: List of 24 characters and List of 24 (TV series) cast members

Main casts

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Season 6 cast

24 is known for making major changes to its main cast every season — the sole exception being Kiefer Sutherland, who is the only main cast member to star in all six seasons to date. Glenn Morshower, who plays Aaron Pierce is the only actor besides Sutherland to appear in all six seasons. Due to the unpredictable nature of each season's storyline, main cast members are added and dropped frequently. In a few cases, guest stars have been upgraded to main cast members during the course of a season. Main cast members who return from prior seasons — whether they return for one episode or the better part of a season — are often given a "Special Guest Star" billing, although this is also used for other cast members who are well-known film actors, like Dennis Hopper, Powers Boothe, Sean Astin, and James Cromwell.

Because of the intense nature of the series, the number of onscreen deaths is high compared to other television dramas. Of the 28 characters who have comprised the main cast over the past six seasons, nine are deceased. This number is considerably higher when guest characters — whether they be government agents or terrorists — are also included. Whenever there is a death of a character, there is always a reason for it, for storytelling's sake, and it always relates back to Jack in some way.

Actor	Character	Episode Count	Main Cast Seasons	Recurring Cast Seasons
Kiefer Sutherland	Jack Bauer	144	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*	NA
Leslie Hope	Teri Bauer	24	1	NA
Sarah Clarke	Nina Myers	36	1	2, 3
Elisha Cuthbert	Kim Bauer	72	1, 2, 3	5
Dennis Haysbert	David Palmer	80	1, 2, 3	4, 5
Sarah Wynter	Kate Warner	25	2	3
Xander Berkeley	George Mason	27	2	1
Penny Johnson Jerald	Sherry Palmer	45	2	1, 3
Carlos Bernard	Tony Almeida	95	2, 3, 5, 7*	1, 4
Reiko Aylesworth	Michelle Dessler	62	3	2, 4, 5
James Badge Dale	Chase Edmunds	24	3	NA
Kim Raver	Audrey Raines	52	4, 5	6
Alberta Watson	Erin Driscoll	12	4	NA
William Devane	James Heller	20	4	5, 6
Lana Parrilla**	Sarah Gavin	12	4	4**
Roger Cross**	Curtis Manning	43	4, 5	4**, 6
Mary Lynn Rajskub	Chloe O'Brian	88	5, 6, 7*	3, 4
James Morrison	Bill Buchanan	54	5, 6, 7*	4
Gregory Itzin	Charles Logan	36	5	4, 6
Louis Lombardi	Edgar Stiles	37	5	4
Jean Smart	Martha Logan	24	5	6
D.B. Woodside	Wayne Palmer	48	6	3, 5
Peter MacNicol	Tom Lennox	24	6	NA
Jayne Atkinson	Karen Hayes	30	6	5
Eric Balfour	Milo Pressman	28	6	1
Carlo Rota	Morris O'Brian	26	6	5, 7
Marisol Nichols	Nadia Yassir	24	6	NA
Regina King	Sandra Palmer	9	6	NA
Bob Gunton	Ethan Kanin	3	7*	6
Colm Feore	Henry Taylor	NA	7*	NA
Annie Wersching	Renee Walker	NA	7*	NA
Jeffrey Nordling	Larry Moss	NA	7*	NA
Janeane Garofalo	Janis Gold	NA	7*	NA
Rhys Coiro	Sean Hillinger	NA	7*	NA
Cherry Jones	Allison Taylor	NA	7*	NA

* = Attached to star/in production.
** = Was moved from guest star to main cast member midseason.

Notable guest stars

24 features a large number of guest characters in every episode. Below are the guest stars who have appeared in the highest number of episodes during the past six seasons.

Actor	Character	Seasons	Episode Count
Jude Ciccolella	Mike Novick	1, 2, 4, 5	58
Glenn Morshower	Aaron Pierce	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	39
Paul Schulze	Ryan Chappelle	1, 2, 3	24
Zachary Quinto	Adam Kaufman	3	23
Geoff Pierson	John Keeler	3, 4	19
Daniel Bess	Rick Allen	1	18
Michelle Forbes	Lynne Kresge	2	18
Arnold Vosloo	Habib Marwan	4	17
Adoni Maropis	Abu Fayed	6	15
Željko Ivanek	Andre Drazen	1	14
Laura Harris	Marie Warner	2	14
Jesse Borrego	Gael Ortega	3	14
Powers Boothe	Noah Daniels	6	14

Cameo appearances

• Senator John McCain (R-AZ) makes a cameo appearance in the "1:00 PM - 2:00 PM" episode of Season 5. He has a non-speaking role as an unidentified bureaucrat who delivers a file folder to Audrey Raines (Kim Raver), and can be seen in the "split screen" for about six seconds beginning at 1:32:22.
• NASCAR driver Carl Edwards made a cameo appearance with a small speaking part in the "10:00 PM - 11:00 PM" episode of Season 5 which was broadcast on April 3, 2006.
• The Office co-writer and director Stephen Merchant makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the first episode of the sixth season, which takes place between "06:00 AM - 07:00 AM" originally broadcast on January 14, 2007.
• Nancy Cartwright, best known for providing the voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television show The Simpsons, makes an appearance in the "4:00 PM - 5:00 PM" episode of Season 6 as Morris O'Brian's former AA Sponsor.
• Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham has an unspoken appearance in the "5:00 AM - 6:00AM" episode of Season 6.
• In Season 3, Oscar Nunez of "The Office," appeared as a pilot for the Salazars.*

Plot synopsis

Season 1

Main article: 24 (season 1)

Season 1 begins and ends at 12:00 AM on a Tuesday, and occurs on the day of the California presidential primary. Jack Bauer must protect Senator David Palmer from an assassination plot, and rescue his family from those responsible for the plot, who seek retribution for Jack's involvement with a covert U.S. mission in the Balkans.

Season 2

Main article: 24 (season 2)

Set 18 months after season 1, season 2 begins and ends at 8:00 AM. Jack must stop a nuclear bomb from detonating in Los Angeles, then assist President David Palmer in proving who is responsible for the threat.

Season 3

Main article: 24 (season 3)

Set 3 years after season 2, season 3 begins and ends at 1:00 PM. While struggling with heroin addiction, Jack must re-infiltrate a Mexican drug cartel in order to keep it from acquiring a deadly virus. Jack must then stop the mastermind behind the virus from releasing it.

Season 4

Main article: 24 (season 4)

Set 18 months after season 3, season 4 begins and ends at 7:00 AM. Jack must save the lives of Secretary Heller and his daughter Audrey Raines (with whom Jack is romantically involved) when they are kidnapped by terrorists. The same terrorists then launch further attacks against America, and Jack is forced to use unorthodox methods to stop them, methods which will have long-term consequences for both Jack and the U.S.

Season 5

Main article: 24 (season 5)

Set 18 months after season 4, season 5 begins and ends at 7:00 AM. Jack is believed to be dead by everyone except a few of his closest friends. Terrorists with connections to the U.S. government attempt to steal nerve gas in order to protect US oil interests in Asia, and Jack must resurface to stop them as well as dismantle the government conspiracy.

Season 6

Main article: 24 (season 6)

Set 20 months after season 5, season 6 begins and ends at 6:00 AM. Jack is released after being tortured in a Chinese prison for twenty months. Terrorists plot to set off suitcase nuclear device in the United States and Jack must stop them as well as prevent sensitive circuitry from falling into the hands of the Chinese to prevent war between the U.S. and Russia.

Season 7

Main article: 24 (season 7)

This season is currently delayed due to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. In a press release, Fox stated the new season was being postponed to ensure that it can air uninterrupted, in its entirety.

Set 3 years after Season 6, Season 7 will begin and end at 8:00AM and will begin airing in the United States when the writer's strike is resolved. The producers of the show have confirmed there will be no season 7 prequel bridging seasons 6 and 7. The initial back story will feature Jack Bauer on trial for his actions in the pursuit of justice. Meanwhile a major national security breach occurs when the firewall responsible for protecting America's government computer infrastructure is breached. It will also feature the show's first female president, Allison Taylor, played by Cherry Jones, as well as the return of Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida, one of this season's main antagonists, who was presumed dead in Season 5. This will be the first season to see Jack not working with CTU because it was disbanded by the U.S. government at some point after the events of Day 6.

Feature film

A 24 feature film was originally scheduled to be released in 2008, but in April 2007, it was announced that plans to shoot the film have been put on hold.

The creators of the film originally announced filming was not expected to start until after the seventh season of 24 is finished in 2008. Later reports suggested the film was to begin shooting in Spring and Summer 2007 after season six was completed and before the seventh season.

In an interview with MTV News in April 2006, the show's star Kiefer Sutherland announced that a script was in development and the film would abandon the real-time format of the show, but would still cover one 24-hour period. In May 2006, Sutherland told British newspaper The Sun shooting of the film will begin in London in May 2007. Filming will also take place in Prague and Morocco. The film was officially announced in June 2006.

In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Sutherland confessed, "Anytime (the production team) got really close to having a great idea for having a film, we needed it for episode 18. So there it went." Kim Raver and Mary Lynn Rajskub will appear in the upcoming film according to the official 24 magazine. Elisha Cuthbert has also said she would be interested in reprising her character, Kim.

In a question and answer period at Algonquin College in October 2007, director John Cassar commented on the production of the 24 feature film. He explained that he would much prefer to use his own writers to create the script, however, with their active work on the 24 series, it would be hard for them to write for both the movie and the series.

Broadcasting information

US television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of 24 on FOX.

Note: Each US network television season starts in mid-September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. However 24 begins its season in January and runs new episodes non-stop until May, a trend which began after many fans grew unhappy with constant pre-emptions. 24 airs during February and May sweeps.

Season	Timeslot	Premiere	Finale	Rank	Viewers (m)
1	Tuesdays 9/8c	November 6, 2001	May 21, 2002	#76	8.60
2	Tuesdays 9/8c	October 29, 2002	May 20, 2003	#36	11.73
3	Tuesdays 9/8c	October 28, 2003	May 25, 2004	#42	10.30
4^	Mondays 9/8c	January 9, 2005	May 23, 2005	#29	11.90
5^	Mondays 9/8c	January 15, 2006	May 22, 2006	#24	13.78
6^	Mondays 9/8c	January 14, 2007	May 21, 2007	#27	13.0
7^	Mondays 9/8c	unknown due to 2007 writers' strike, 2008	unknown due to 2007 writers' strike, 2008	TBA	TBA

^ = Indicates a "non-stop" season, in which the season did not start at the beginning of the television season in September, but rather in January (the start of mid-season) to air new episodes every week until its season finale in May.

Viewership increased midway through its second season when the mega-hit American Idol became the lead-in to 24 starting in February 2003. For its fourth season, FOX gave the show a vote of confidence by moving 24 out of the post-American Idol time slot (to make room for the eventual hit drama, House) and placed it on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. Eastern (8:00 p.m. Central) while it aired the show in consecutive weeks, beginning in mid-January of 2005. The consecutive-week schedule was also implemented for 2006, beginning in mid-January 2006.

In comparison to its 2005 season, 24 in 2006 was up 16% in overall viewers and 14% in viewers of the advertiser-friendly 18 – 49 age demographic. Thus, the series has so far reached its ratings peak in 2006.

The sixth season's two-night, four-hour premiere gained its largest audience ever, scoring an average 15.7 million viewers. At one stage, ratings peaked at 16.3 million viewers.

Viewership has increased steadily for 24, except for a slight fall in the third season. FOX was able to continue gaining audience share in 2005 and 2006 with non-stop seasons and the number of viewers was up over 60% in season 5 vs season 1.

International broadcasters

24 is widely broadcast in other parts of the world, including Africa, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. Its viewership in the UK, however, decreased when the BBC lost the rights to satellite channel Sky One after the second season.

Critical reaction

Main article: Critical reaction to 24 (TV series)

Because of the "real-time" storytelling approach to 24, and the series' willingness to directly address the threat of terrorism, the implementation of torture as a way to acquire information and the use and misuse of government authority, the series has generated a sizeable critical reaction, both positive and negative. The series and the main character Jack have been accused of promoting the use of excessive violence and torture in the minds of the voting public, in part to support the policies of the current federal government, see .

The series has won numerous Emmy Awards for its technical and artistic achievements, but at the same time has been criticized by a number of prominent individuals and organizations who have objected to how the series has handled story and character elements. The series has also been accused of a conservative political bias. Nonetheless, 24 has become part of American popular culture and has been the subject of numerous parodies.

DVD releases

The release of 24 on DVD has had a significant impact on the success of the television series. In an interview with IGN in 2002, Sutherland revealed, "[24's] success in England was phenomenal. It was the biggest show the BBC has ever had. It was the number one DVD there; knocked off Lord of the Rings, which is unheard of for a television show DVD to actually knock-out every feature DVD available. And that's because they showed it without commercials." The US sales of the Season 1 DVDs increased the audience size of Season 2 by 25%.

At CES 2007, Fox Home Entertainment announced the complete first season of 24 would be released on the Blu-ray disc format in early 2007.

The Region 1 DVD releases of 24 strictly emphasize actor Kiefer Sutherland on the cover art for all six seasons to date, while the Region 2 & 4 DVDs instead echo the series' split-screen format by featuring the major players in each respective season. This presented audiences who had not seen the tv broadcast (since the series moved to Sky One) in the UK with a large spoiler on the front cover of season four - which featured 'surprise' special guest star Tony Almeida.

In mid-2007, the first four seasons were re-issued, featuring slim-packaging in line with the season 5 release, and improved video quality, especially in the first season which was initially rushed to DVD. The metallic "24" logo has also been dropped in favor of the seven segment display logo.

Other media

Main article: List of other media for 24 (TV series)

The success of 24 has led to the series being extended into other arenas, including media specifically created for mobile devices and the internet. In addition, the series has spawned video and board games, toys, soundtracks from both the series and the video game, and a number of original novels inspired by the series, as well as a number of "behind-the-scenes" books. A feature film based upon the series is scheduled for 2008.

References

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• "Mention of 24 movie in interview with Joel Surnow and Howard Gordon". The Rush Limbaugh Radio Show.

External links

• 24 (TV series) on 24 Wiki
• Official 24 FOX website
• Wiki 24 encyclopedia
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• 24 Forum
• Interview with Mary Lynn Rajskub from 24

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