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Filmed on location in Cape Town, South Africa, and Los Angeles, 24: REDEMPTION stars Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland along with new cast members Cherry ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jack Bauer gets to save the world in the fall, after all. The producers of Fox's "24" are developing a two-hour "prequel" to the upcoming seventh season of the real-time thriller. The movie, designed to bridge the two-year gap between Seasons 6 and 7, is targeted to air in the fall, leading to the show's January return..

NEW YORK - Fans of the Fox drama "24" will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season's most prominent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike. The network has committed to air a full season on consecutive weeks, and had been planning to start last month. But if it had started airing new episodes soon, the season finale would not have taken place until the summer, when TV networks rarely show their high-profile programs. Even though eight episodes for this season had already been filmed before the beginning of the writers strike, producers would...

During its first five years on television, the terror-thriller "24" built a huge fan base by creating the first true superhero of the post-Sept. 11 era: special agent Jack Bauer. Ruggedly handsome and righteously defiant, Jack was willing to do anything to defend his country. That "anything" has always included torture. Jack has snipped off fingers, poisoned associates, shot through kneecaps and faked executions, all in the pursuit of national security. Against the real-life backdrop of global terrorist attacks, "24" at its peak fulfilled the fantasies of an insecure nation. It became one of the most important franchises for News...

"24" is having a marathon on Chicagos WGN. According to the progaramming guide, it will last until 12:00 midnight EST. It appears to be the 2006 season.

LOS ANGELES - Kiefer Sutherland was sentenced Wednesday to 48 days in jail for racking up a second drunken-driving arrest in three years and immediately reported to a city lockup. The star of the Fox TV drama "24" was being processed at the Glendale city jail, said Officer John Balian. Sutherland, 40, who pleaded no contest in October to driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of .08, appeared in court with his attorney and politely answered the judge's questions, said Assistant City Attorney Dan Jeffries. His request to serve his time at the Glendale city jail was...

What if... Jack Bauer and the rest of CTU had to do their job using only 1994 technology? Click here to find out.

24's Unaired 1994 Pilot Sticks Jack Bauer with Dialup, Lycos, Dot Matrix Printers Our friends over at CollegeHumor heard that 24 was delayed due to the writer's strike, so they combed through the archives and found this pilot from way back in 1994. As you can see, Jack Bauer is just as intense when stuck dealing with pagers, 1-800-Collect, and AOL as he is using more modern accoutrements. Damn it! [CollegeHumor]

Not sure if this has to be excerpted..soo.... Here are some details of the filming of 24 season 7: Season 7 of 24 promises to be its tensest yet — at least on the set.Execs at the Fox hit have scrapped virtually their entire story line for the season, delaying the start of production by roughly three weeks. According to sources, the 11th-hour time-out was called after the network put the kibosh on a costly plan to shoot a number of episodes in Africa. Producers briefly toyed with the idea of finding a location in Los Angeles that could sub...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kiefer Sutherland pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit and will serve 30 days in county jail under terms of a plea agreement. Attorney Blair Berk entered the plea on behalf of Sutherland, who was not present. As part of the arrangement, Sutherland must also enroll in an 18-month alcohol-education class and attend weekly alcohol-therapy sessions for six months. -snip-

What the nation needs is some good Jack Bauer agents, says Bill Clinton. Bill and Hillary Clinton apparently no longer think torture has a place in U.S. policy, but Bubba sure hopes a "24"-style cowboy steps up if someone ever nabs a terrorist who knows a bomb is about to blow. "If you're the Jack Bauer person, you'll do whatever you do and you should be prepared to take the consequences," Bill Clinton said yesterday. In Fox's hit show "24," actor Kiefer Sutherland's character Jack Bauer is regularly confronted with the ticking-time bomb scenario - and makes his own rules...

Howard Gordon, executive producer of FOX's thriller "24," says actor Carlos Bernard acted "very cool about it" when Gordon called him in his car to tell him that his character, Counter Terrorist Unit operative Tony Almeida, was not dead after all and would be returning for the show's 7th season on Sunday, Jan. 13. "But I know," Gordon says, "when I hung up the phone, I'm sure he did one of those 'Jerry Maguire' screams in the car." The most frequently seen character in "24" aside from its hero, CTU super-agent Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland), Tony was introduced in season...

Jones moves into '24' Oval Office By Nellie Andreeva July 21, 2007 Cherry Jones has been appointed president on the upcoming season of "24," sources said. The network wouldn't confirm, but sources said Jones has come on board the real-time thriller, the first major casting addition to the show's upcoming seventh season. "24" producers had been contemplating having a female president next season for some time. (HR 6/22) Their decision to go for it adds another wrinkle to the closely watched Democratic Party's presidential race, in which Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner. Production of the 20th Century Fox TV/Imagine TV-produced...

Season 7 of 24 promises to be its tensest yet — at least on the set. Execs at the Fox hit have scrapped virtually their entire story line for the season, delaying the start of production by roughly three weeks. According to sources, the 11th-hour time-out was called after the network put the kibosh on a costly plan to shoot a number of episodes in Africa. Producers briefly toyed with the idea of finding a location in Los Angeles that could sub for the continent, but they ultimately decided to ditch the whole concept and start over from scratch. Although...

I wound up chatting at a reception a couple years ago with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia about his love of opera and his taste in popular culture. It turned out he was a huge fan of Fox's anti-terrorist drama "24," and he convinced me to watch it for the first time.

I spent alot of time working on a new film dedicated to Tom Tancredo and the wonderful Jack Bauer pop reference he made, I think it's very well made. I hired an editor friend to do certain parts, a real team effort. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpXe0uduHDsTom Tancredo is the first candidate I've ever liked, and I hope you will all support him. Please leave a good rating and several comments, even if you don't like me, please at least help me that way. I have no motive but a genuine hope to help a candidate I admire, and spent days on it. Thank...

Last Monday, I watched the 24 Day 6 season final episode and felt completely let down by the creative team behind the show. At the end of six seasons, Jack Bauer is sadly gazing out over the ocean, tail between his legs and apparently defeated for the first time in his life. Does the 24 team really expect us to believe that one conversation with Audrey’s father could undermine his drive more than confronting six seasons of terrorists, bureaucratic infighting and countless scrapes with death? There has to be a better way to end a program and keep the fans...

Though his staunch supporters have stood by him through thick and shooting accident, Dick Cheney is not, shall we say, one of the most popular figures in the land. Though the vice president's approval rating has gone up a bit since last year's shockingly low 18 percent reading, his words and deeds still make a large percentage of people unhappy. But there may be hope for Cheney yet. Just look at what a hateful figure Vice President Noah Daniels was in the weeks leading up to the season finale of "24." He lied, he schemed, he bullied. He tried to...

Jack Bauer Doesn't Jump - More's the Pity Previously on "24' the show made sense. But Monday night's finale, when we sat through 90 minutes of set-up, waiting for the usual slam bang finish, only to have a touchy-feely episode of "Grey's Anatomy'' break out, was the end. The big finish, with Jack Bauer standing on coast, looking moodily out to sea, was some kind of weird Hallmark card for secret agents. I kept waiting for the cliff to blow up, or a black helicopter to appear on the horizon, but no, it was just our Jack, alone with his...

Via translation - Possible retensión of hostages in embajda of Russia San jOse. - Police Authorities have surrounded from 12:45 p.m., the building of the embassy of Russia, in the environs of the Church Santa Teresita, where it is presumed that a armed man entrance and would be retaining personnel of the diplomatic seat.