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 68 wins & 205 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:

I'm federal agent Jack Bauer, and today is the longest day of my life.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook RTL2 & Fox [Germany]

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

In season five, the relationship between President Logan and Christopher Henderson mirrored Jack's relationship with President Palmer; the Operative and the Politician working together to do what they felt was best for their country. Henderson and Logan were the polar opposite from Jack and Palmer as far as methods and intentions.

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Goofs

The license plate 6CVA322 is used on several different vehicles during the 4th season.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Jack Bauer: You are going to have to trust me.

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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

In the UK, the show was broadcast on BBC 2. The BBC does not run commercials during programming. Because of this, the episodes do not run in "real time". To account for this, every episode cuts out the opening line, "Events occur in real time".

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Connections

Referenced in Screenwipe: Episode #3.2 (2007)

User Reviews

Fantastic TV

24, What can i say? A breakthrough in TV history, one of the greatest show's to reach our screen in a long time. With amazing plot lines that changed constantly, you can never trust a character no matter what, and you can never grow to love a character as tradition within 24 has it, everyone dies in the end.

Season One was fantastic followed by another amazing season, then the show shook with a rockety season 3. However producers reinvented 24 with its forth season followed by another brilliant season, but the curse of the third season struck once more, season 6. It started well, but towards the end it made you feel, they've done this before, and you would find yourself thinking, what actually happened ? Producers promise Season 7 and 8 to be a new re-invention, with a totally new cast, lets hope it survives...