The debut episode of the Schmoes Knows podcast scored an interview with Katee Sackhoff (24‘s Dana Walsh) and she is refreshingly candid as usual. Katee described the Dana mole twist as “kinda predictable” and said “I think the writers wrote themselves into a wall because they promised me that I was going to have guns.”
Sackhoff had the option to do her own show for USA Network but turned it down to work on 24 instead because the producers promised her she’d get to play with guns. “For the first five episodes I’m behind a desk, and I’m like really guys? Where are my guns?!” [click to continue…]
Japanese broadcasters won’t show the final season of Fox’s “24,” as planned — because its storyline involves radiation poisoning.
Executives at TV Tokyo say they’re sensitive to the storyline in light of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami in Northern Japan on March 11 — which severely damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant, unleashing large doses of radiation.
In the final (eighth) season of “24,” which ended last May, the son of a Russian terrorist becomes ill after he’s exposed to nuclear rods.
TV Tokyo will, instead, re-air the fifth season of “24.”
“With the many victims of the current disaster in Japan, and ongoing concerns about radiation leaks from the nuclear power station, TV Tokyo has decided not to show the planned final season and show season five instead,” the network said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
As promised, the eighth and final season of 24 has went live on Netflix Instant Watch today, just two months after the DVD release. This addition of 24 Season 8 to Netflix streaming now makes the entire 24 series available on Netflix Instant Watch.
Like the previous five seasons and Redemption, Netflix offers 24 Season 8 in high-definition. Here’s the page to watch 24 Season 8 on Netflix.
24 Season 8 is arriving on Netflix instant streaming on February 12th, just two months after its December 14th retail release. It’s been in high demand on Netflix with a “Very long wait” time so I’m sure this will make many people happy.
This addition will make the entire series available on Netflix for streaming. The past seven seasons were put on the service last April along with the two-hour television movie “24: Redemption” (which is listed as the first episode on the 24 Season 7 page). [click to continue…]
Total sales for the 24 Season 8 DVD in the United States are now at 548,399 units with $21,032,272 in revenue after six weeks on store shelves according to tracking firm The Numbers.
The 24 Season 8 DVD set was off to a slower debut than previous 24 DVD sets selling just 178,830 in the first week, but it has remained in the top 30 weekly DVD sales charts over the following weeks and continued to sell. For comparison, the Season 7 DVD has sold 800k units lifetime in the US.
(Thanks to Rob for bringing this to my attention.)
Here’s a promo called “The Clock Has Stopped” for the 24 Season 8 DVD. It’s mostly the same as the early “Run This Town” Season 8 promo but was updated with new text and music. Probably not exciting for most people, but posting it for the sake of completeness.
Wanna see what the 24 Complete Set was like in the Netherlands? Much better than the set we got in the United States, that’s for sure. PDFierro shared pictures with us and some impressions on the IMDB forums – check out his post there for all the details. [click to continue…]
After being asked by fans on Twitter, Howard Gordon took to his other Twitter account, @24Season8 (shh… I think it’s supposed to be a secret) to explain why bloopers weren’t included on the DVD. The answer is pretty insulting in my opinion. [click to continue…]
24 Season 8 episode 20 (Dana Walsh’s execution) placed #17 on The Futon Critic’s “50 Best Episodes of 2010″.
17. “24: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.” (fox)
(originally aired: may 3, 2010)
Dark isn’t exactly a new territory for “24″ – just Google Jack Bauer and hacksaw – but the show’s waters reached some new depths in this episode, which saw Jack anoint himself judge, jury and executioner of Dana Walsh over Renee’s death. Her usefulness in finding her co-conspirators exhausted, Jack – rather than turn her over to CTU – simply opts to murder her in cold blood. Wow.
BuzzFocus has awarded Jack Bauer with “Best Action Hero” in their “Best of TV 2010″ awards. Here’s what they had to say about our favorite action hero:
Best Action Hero
Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), 24
Fact: Chuck Norris wears Jack Bauer pajamas. After personally saving America’s butt seven times, Jack Bauer wasted no time springing into action in Day 8, this time saving New York from a major terrorist attack. And just when he was ready to retire for good, he lost yet another love, Renee Walker (Annie Wersching). The result? Bauer went absolutely berserk and singlehandedly saved the day…again. And he gets a special helping of props for putting Dana Walsh out of her misery. When it was all said and done, he was able to escape and disappear into the shadows, presumably until Fox approves on a viable movie script.
Reader’s Choice Winner: Michael Western (Jeffrey Donovan), Burn Notice
TV Guide sure likes their 24 – the series finale placed on their “best episodes of 2010” list, the final scene was one of their “unforgettable moments“, and now this Dana Walsh scene is one of their “top moments” of the year:
24‘s Jack Bauer Silences Dana Walsh (Finally)
It’s always good to see Jack Bauer take down the bad guy, but it was especially rewarding for fans when he finally put double agent Dana Walsh out of her misery. After trying to sabotage the CTU the entire season (and becoming one of the series’ most despised characters), Jack finally corners Dana and shoots her dead despite her plea for mercy.
Since several people have asked me, here are all six of the deleted scenes found on the 24 Season 8 DVD.
There aren’t any audio commentaries for the deleted scenes this time around, so there’s no way to know why these scenes were cut. Most of them were probably removed for time reasons. [click to continue…]
Since I posted all the stories praising the series finale, it’s only fair that I post a differing opinion too. Cinema Blend is listing the 24 series finale as one of their “Biggest TV Disappointments Of 2010″ and here’s what they’ve got to say:
Jack Bauer’s Dismal Ending – 24
The season finale of 24 wasn’t bad. It resolved most of the issues for the season and even delivered on a few big moments, including Jack almost being executed and a very touching final conversation between Jack and Chloe that surely made plenty of die hard 24 fans tear up. Did the finale leave a window open for the movie? Sure but as a series closer, Jack should’ve gone out in a blaze of glory, either buried in medals for his acts of bravery or just plain buried (because some great stories have to end that way). Instead, 24 ended with Jack all alone, injured, grieving and a wanted man who now has to go into hiding. Potential movie or not 24 deserved a better ending and so did we.
