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Modèle:Otheruses3 Modèle:Infobox Television Modèle: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.<ref> Fox orders more '24'


. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. </ref> 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.<ref> 24 DIRECTOR JON CASSAR TAKES A TIME-OUT TO DISCUSS SEASON SIX AND THE 24 MOVIE


. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. </ref>

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 its fourth season in January 2005. <ref> FOX Postpones '24,' Sets 'American Idol' Premiere


. Retrieved on 2007-11-07. </ref><ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/08/hollywood.labor.ap/</ref>

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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.<ref> TV.com Summary of 24


.</ref> 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.<ref> Wiki24.com Background Notes


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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.<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 2: "10:00 AM-11:00 AM"


.</ref> A similar situation occurs in Season 5, when terrorists plan to release a canister of nerve gas inside a busy shopping mall.<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 5: "2:00 PM-3:00 PM"


.</ref> 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,<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 3: "6:00 AM-7:00 AM"


.</ref> 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.<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 4: "2:00 AM-3:00 AM"


.</ref> 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.<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 6: "6:00 AM-7:00 AM"


.</ref>

The first season began and ended at midnight,<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 1


.</ref> 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<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 2


.</ref> or early afternoon.<ref> Fox Network summary of Season 3


.</ref>

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.<ref> Funinfo.com review of Season 3


.</ref>

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.<ref> IMDB entry for La Femme Nikita


.</ref><ref> IMDB entry for 24


.</ref>

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.<ref> IMDB entry for 24-Trivia


.</ref> 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 24Xander 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.<ref>Modèle:Cite book</ref> 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

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Main casts

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
Tzi Ma Cheng Zhi 4, 5, 6 13

Cameo appearances

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

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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. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/08/hollywood.labor.ap/</ref>

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.<ref name="24 movie">24 movie delayed indefinitely</ref>

The creators of the film originally announced filming was not expected to start until after the seventh season of 24 is finished in 2008.<ref>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958730.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1</ref> Later reports suggested the film was to begin shooting in Spring and Summer 2007 after season six was completed and before the seventh season.<ref name="24 movie"/>

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.<ref>http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1528309/04102006/story.jhtml</ref> In May 2006, Sutherland told British newspaper The Sun shooting of the film will begin in London in May 2007.<ref name="24 movie"/> Filming will also take place in Prague and Morocco.<ref>http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060505r.php</ref> The film was officially announced in June 2006.<ref>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117944863?categoryid=13&cs=1</ref>

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."<ref>http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060423/ai_n16414190</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070314_kim_bauer_back_for_24_movie.html</ref>

In a question and answer period at Algonquin College in October 2007, director Jon 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<ref>"
   Michigan Daily: '24' makes its triumphant return on FOX 
     
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 . </ref>
2 Tuesdays 9/8c October 29, 2002 May 20, 2003 #36 11.73<ref> US-Jahrescharts 2002/2003
 (June 1, 2003)
   

. Retrieved on 2006-10-23. </ref>

3 Tuesdays 9/8c October 28, 2003 May 25, 2004 #42 10.30<ref name="bg">"
   Boston Globe: TV producers have to be agile to deal with ratings, say experts 
     
 " , January 16, 2005
 
 . </ref>
4^ Mondays 9/8c January 9, 2005 May 23, 2005 #29 11.90<ref>"
   Entertainment Weekly on AOL: The Worst Day Ever 
     
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 . </ref>
5^ Mondays 9/8c January 15, 2006 May 22, 2006 #24 13.78<ref>Viewership numbers of primetime programs during the 2005 – 06 television season</ref>
6^ Mondays 9/8c January 14, 2007 May 21, 2007 #27 13.0<ref name="HRwrap2006-07">"
   Hollywood Reporter: 2006-07 primetime wrap 
     
 " , May 25 2007
 
 . </ref>
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.<ref>"

   Hollywood Reporter: 2005-06 primetime wrap 
     
 " , Hollywood Reporter
  , May 26, 2006
 
 . </ref> 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.<ref> Mahan , Colin


  . 
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   Ratings: Jack Bauer vs. Globes 
     
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  , 2007-01-16
 
 . </ref> 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.<ref>Viewership numbers of primetime programs during the 2005-06 television season</ref>

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

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 <ref> Ray McGovern



     (2007-12-12)
   
.    Are Americans Really Better Than That 
. CIA

.</ref>.

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.<ref> Jane Mayer



     (2007-02-19)
   
.    Whatever It Takes 
. The New Yorker

. Retrieved on 2007-08-21. </ref> 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."<ref> Steve Head



     (2002-10-28)
   
.    A Conversation with Kiefer Sutherland 
. IGN

. Retrieved on 2006-08-06. </ref> The US sales of the Season 1 DVDs increased the audience size of Season 2 by 25%.<ref> David Lambert



     (2003-10-22)
   
.    24's TV-on-DVD success leads to new DVD concepts 
. TVShowsOnDVD

. Retrieved on 2006-08-27. </ref>

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.<ref>http://dvd.ign.com/articles/753/753701p1.html</ref>

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.

DVD Release Episodes Originally aired Release date
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Season
One
24 20012002 September 17, 2002 October 14, 2002 December 2002
Season
Two
24 20022003 September 9, 2003 August 11, 2003 September 2003
Season
Three
24 20032004 December 7, 2004 August 9, 2004 September 2004
Season
Four
24 2005 December 6, 2005 August 8, 2005 November 2005
Season
Five
24 2006 December 5, 2006 November 6, 2006 December 6, 2006
Season
Six
24 2007 December 4, 2007 October 1, 2007 September 19, 2007
Season
Seven
24 2008 December 2, 2008

Other media

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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