24 

Jack Bauer, Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit of Los Angeles, races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.

Creators:

Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow

Stars:

Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 70 wins & 207 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer 195 episodes, 2001-2010
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Chloe O'Brian 126 episodes, 2003-2010
Carlos Bernard	...	Tony Almeida 115 episodes, 2001-2009
Dennis Haysbert	...	President David Palmer / ... 81 episodes, 2001-2007
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Kim Bauer 79 episodes, 2001-2010

Storyline

In this concept drama, each season takes place within one 24 hour period. Day 1: Jack Bauer is the head of field ops for an elite team of CTU agents who uncover an assassination plot targeting Presidential nominee David Palmer. Meanwhile, Jack's strained marriage to his wife, Teri, is pushed to the brink by the sudden disappearance of their troubled teenage daughter. What will the next 24 hours hold?

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | counter terrorist | bomb | 24 hours | terrorist plot | 

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Taglines:

He's tried to escape it. He's tried to silence it. But for Jack Bauer...instinct never dies. (Season 4)

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian German Korean Arabic Spanish Serbian Mandarin

Release Date:

6 November 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

24 Hours

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Imagine Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television, Real Time Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

In season five, the name Mark Marcum, who was the show's Computer Graphics Consultant on the season, becomes the alias used by Ostroff to access C.T.U. using Lynn McGill's stolen key card.

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Goofs

Numerous violations in Secret Service policies and procedures when providing protection for the President.

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Quotes

Sherry Palmer: You finish the speech?
President Palmer: Taking a break. The guys got tired of me yelling at them.

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Crazy Credits

For the season finale of the first season, and many episodes in the following seasons, a warning for graphic violence was added.

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Alternate Versions

The version of '24' that was shown on BBC2 in the UK had roughly a minute of added footage missing from the U.S release. The small extensions take place in the last 5 episodes and contain such as Terri telling Nina that she is pregnant and Jack Bauer reloading his guns at the pier shootout.

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Connections

Spoofed in Lucky Star: Otento sama no moto (2007)

User Reviews

One of the best series ever made for television

24 is a great TV series. It's design and story lines are really a thrill to experience. The day out of the life of agent Jack Bauer is one of a kind. The series plays in real time (including the commercial breaks).

I can certainly recommend to watch this series. It's even more fantastic, if you not watch it as it's aired, but record some episodes and then watch them in in a pattern of 2 per evening for some days after another. In this way you find yourself addicted to the adrenaline which 24 unleashes.

This is TV as it was designed. I must admit that I look forward to the movie which is planned. I hope not that it's a normal movie, but that they put elements of the real time (or something similar) into it. At least the thrill should be similar.

I just finished Day 6 (season 6) and now have to rehab from my 24 addiction again.