"24" (2001) TV series 2001-????

Creators:

Robert Cochran
Joel Surnow

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

6 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

To the world, he's dead. But soon, he'll become the most wanted man alive (Season 5)

Plot:

Federal Agent Jack Bauer can't afford to always play by the rules. As a member of the L.A. Counter Terrorist Unit, Jack must stop bombs, viruses, assassination attempts, and usually save someone he cares about at the same time. Every season of this series has 24 episodes, each unfolding in real time following a consecutive hour in one very bad day.

Plot Keywords:

Bomb | President | Counter Terrorist | Presidential Candidate | Traitor

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 39 wins & 132 nominations

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer (195 episodes, 2001-2010)
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Chloe O'Brian (126 episodes, 2003-2010)
Carlos Bernard	...	Tony Almeida (116 episodes, 2001-2010)
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Kim Bauer (79 episodes, 2001-2010)
Dennis Haysbert	...	President David Palmer / ... (79 episodes, 2001-2006)

Also Known As:

24 Hours (USA) (working title)
Twenty Four (International: English title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | German | Korean | Arabic | Spanish | Serbo-Croatian | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG (season 4) | Brazil:14 (seasons 2, 5, 6) | Brazil:16 (seasons 1, 3, 4) | New Zealand:M (seasons 3, 4 DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 (seasons 2, 5, 6 DVD rating) | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (season 1- 3) (season 5) (season 6) (season 7) | South Korea:15 | Hungary:16 (some episodes) | Italy:VM14 (sky rating) | Italy:VM18 (mediaset rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Czech Republic:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13 (seasons 1, 7 DVD rating) | South Africa:PG | UK:15 (video rating) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

In Seasons 1 & 6 there is a CTU character called Milo Pressman (played by Eric Balfour). There was a character called Milo Pressman, who ran a scrapyard in the Stephen King's story "The Body" in his book "Different Season's". The story was later made into the film Stand by Me (1986) in which Kiefer Sutherland starred.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In season 2, episode 5:00 - 6:00, immediately after Kim kills Gary, she's talking to Jack through her phone, a Nokia 3650. The only problem is, she's holding it upside-down

Quotes:

Jack Bauer: [to his new girlfriend Diane] My name's not Frank. It's Jack Bauer.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Screenwipe: (#3.2)" (2007)

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A creative and revolutionary television program that could best be described as "High Noon" for the 21st Century X and Y generational groups starved for cinema-like ideas and executions. "24" (representing the number of hours in a day) runs an hour a week, in real time, and advances to a staggering climax as an anti-terrorist specialist (Kiefer Sutherland) races against the clock to save the day. Assassination attempts, germ warfare and anti-American enemies are constant obstacles for Sutherland, daughter Elisha Cuthbert, president Dennis Haysbert and an innumerable cast of others. Regulars come and go, guest stars make lasting impressions and cliff-hanger sequences will leave you gasping for air and possibly grasping your chest to calm your heart down. So many things happen over the course of one day on this show (you would not believe everything that goes on over such a short period of time) that it is sometimes hard to remember everything and at times many situations are trivial anyway (there is so much time to fill that it is near impossible to make every minute count). Sutherland and Haysbert (who made their names on the big screen) are top-flight performers and they prove to be the biggest assets. Excellent direction and good scripts (for the most part) have lingering effects on the audience as the clock ticks and tocks to a mind-numbing finale each season. 4.5 out of 5 stars.