"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 & 134 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)
24 (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
24 (Austria) (Germany) [de]
24 (Greece) [el]
24 (Finland) [fi]
24 (Hungary) [hu]
24 - Twenty Four (Germany) [de]
24 Horas (Brazil) [pt]
24 godziny (Poland) [pl]
24 heures chrono (France) [fr]
24 hodin (Czech Republic) [cs]
24 timer (Denmark) [da]
Przez 24 godziny (Poland) [pl]

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:

Jack Bauer has a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from UCLA and a Master's Degree in Criminology and Law from UC Berkeley. Kim Bauer has an Associate's Degree in Computer Programming from Santa Monica College. President Palmer has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Economy from Georgetown University, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law. Tony Almeida has a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and Computer Science from San Diego State University and a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. Michelle Dessler has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from UC Davis. Sherry Palmer has a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from Georgetown University.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Many of the agents (not including Jack, who carries a H&K type pistol most of the time) carry Glock manufactured pistols which do not have external safeties or hammers but throughout the series, you can hear them either cocking a hammer back or dis-engaging a safety.

Quotes:

Chapelle: [whilst interrogating Gael] Talk to me, you sonuvabitch!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "I Love the New Millennium: (#1.7)" (2008)

A Bona-Fied TV Classic!

This show definitely has re-written the book on intelligent and credible suspense on TV. Extremely well acted, written and directed. Truly gripping, heart-stopping suspense from one hour to the next. The show is so well done that you can easily forgive the very few plot devices that seem a little weak. When a show gets 99% of everything right, it's very hard to quibble. Keifer Sutherland has never been better as the flawed hero. "24" deserves to be a model on which all future TV suspense thrillers can be compared to. A+++