Guardian’s Richard Vine lists 24 along with Breaking Bad, Lost and Prison Break as TV shows that made a fantastic first impression. All good choices, and a good reasoning for 24:
Hard to beat for breathless, don’t-even-stop-to-think pacing. Jack gets a midnight call to head to the CTU offices – and as if a mole in the organisation and a major terrorist threat to the first African American presidential candidate (hey, this was 2002!) wasn’t enough to pack into one episode, he’s also got to deal with the news that his teenage daughter has gone AWOL. And by introducing viewers to that pounding digital clock, it was also the first show that dared to announce how much time it had left to entertain you – a surprisingly effective device to keep you coming back.
Check out the entire article at Guardian.
Although Kiefer Sutherland (nominated for 24: Redemption) unfortunately lost out to Brian Gleeson (Into The Storm) in the “Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie” category, he still had a presence at the Emmys. Kiefer took the stage alongside Fringe‘s Anna Torv to present the award for made for Television movie.
And of course, Cherry Jones had a triumphant win for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama series.
Thanks to Kiefersangel for the Kiefer Sutherland pictures.
University of Toronto Magazine has done a profile piece on actress Nazneen Contractor who plays Kayla Hassan in the upcoming season of 24. In it there’s a brief mention of how she met her boyfriend Carlo Rota (24‘s Morris O’Brian) on the set of Canadian television series Relic Hunter, and how she landed her gig on 24:
Last spring, Contractor returned to Toronto to visit family and earn the one remaining credit she needed for her U of T degree before heading back to L.A. Three days before classes started, the producers of 24 called – she had won the part of a new recurring character, the demure Muslim daughter of a Middle Eastern leader. (Contractor herself is Zoroastrian.) And she’d be playing opposite Slumdog Millionaire’s Anil Kapoor. Cameras started rolling in May and the new season will première in January. “I had the best job in Canada,” she says, still struck by the fairy-tale quality of it all. “And now I have the best job in America.”
Source: University of Toronto Magazine
Nazneen has also done a photo shoot recently with Clickbox Studio.
Annie Wersching (24‘s Renee Walker) was looking quite beautiful at the FOX Fall Eco-Casino Party 2009 in West Hollywood yesterday, September 14th.
Comedian Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian) and several other 24 cast members will be performing “The Lie I Told” at The Laugh Factory Hollywood (on 8001 Sunset Blvd) on Thursday August 27, 2009 at 8 PM. The theme of the night is the actors sharing stories of lies they told and what happened as a result of the lie.
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John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted (another FOX television show) has recently visited the 24 set. Rodney Charters, the Director of Photography on 24 has posted two pictures from the visit: one of him posing with Walsh and another with Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian).
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Question: 24 has been in the news lately due to its massive budget, including its well-paid main actor. I can understand the network needing to watch its budget, especially with a show that, while still performing well, is not pulling in the ratings it was a few years ago. Kiefer Sutherland has openly spoke about his desire to play Jack Bauer on the big screen for some time now, making his departure (if not the show’s) more likely. 24 has reinvented itself many times in the past, usually with good results, and losing Jack Bauer could breathe new life into the show. Annie Wersching is certainly capable of taking over the lead role, possibly the most capable person 24 has had for such a task. Do you think a cheaper, Jack-less incarnation of 24 is possible, and do you think audiences will go for it?—Todd
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After falling out of the top 30 the previous week, True Blood climbed back in for the week ending August 2, with over 44,000 units and after 11 weeks of release has sold over $42 million worth on over 1.2 million units.
So far this year, only two DVD shows have earned more than $17 million in revenue. The aforementioned True Blood and 24, which has sold $17.6 million worth in 11 weeks.
Source: TV By the Numbers
Buy 24 Season 7 on DVD or 24 Season 7 Blu-Ray.
It was announced tonight during Monday Night RAW live from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that Freddie Prinze, Jr., would be the guest host of next week’s RAW, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri.
Prinze is a long time World Wrestling Entertainment fan and has been shown on camera at many WWE events, including WrestleMania XXIV. He took his fandom to another level when he actually joined the WWE creative team in July 2008, where he was a writer for the SmackDown brand. He parted ways with WWE in an official capacity in February 2009.
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Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland have been named the top-earning actors on the small screen in the U.S.
According to a new TV Guide magazine “Who Makes What”, Sheen rakes in 825,000 dollars per episode of his sitcom Two and a Half Men, reports Contactmusic.
Sutherland leads the drama list, pocketing 550,000 dollars for every outing as Jack Bauer on 24.
He’s followed by Hugh Laurie of House and Law and Order: SVU duo Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni, who each pick up cheques for 400,000 dollars per episode.
Mary Lynn Rajskub’s has never been one to stick to convention, and the 24 star’s wedding to personal trainer Matthew Rolph over the weekend at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas was no exception.
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Katee Sackhoff has answered fan questions in the first “Ask Katee” Q&A session posted on her official website. In it contains a brief mention of 24.
For those who don’t know, I’m doing 24 now, which was just a fantastic choice for me. I love the show, I think it’s fun and I think that after the experience of the [Lost and Found] pilot and being so let down, I needed to do something that felt familiar to me, and because I’ve watched 24, that was it. And also, after working on it, I couldn’t have picked a more similar situation to Battlestar to go into. There’s such a family there and it’s fantastic. I’m having a great time.
Listen to the audio
Source: Official Katee Sackhoff website
24: Redemption Emmy nominations
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, 24: Redemption
Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Music by Sean P. Callery, 24: Redemption
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Oliver Grigsby, a writer on Heroes has revealed on his blog that 24 writer Juan Carlos Coto has joined their writing team:
We’re also lucky enough to have Carlos Coto join the team. Carlos worked on 24 last year and is no stranger to time travel or Sci-Fi having spent time on Journeyman and Invasion. He’s been a great addition to the Heroes team.
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Fox studio chairman Gary Newman has stated that they’d like to find a way to extend 24 beyond the eighth season, suggesting that the series could continue “in some slightly altered form”.
How many times can Jack Bauer defeat terrorists?
It’s a question on the minds of fans as they await the finale of the seventh season on Monday night. It’s also a question that some at Fox will be asking as production starts on the eighth season.
Fox is expected to include “24″ when it announces its 2009-10 season schedule in New York on Monday. The diminished ratings for the series and the potential legal trouble for Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who plays Mr. Bauer, have led some to suggest a series finale is on the horizon.
Gary Newman, the Fox studio chairman, said in an interview last week that “we want to find a way to extend it beyond season eight.” It may not be easy. The show has come under criticism in past season for repetitive plot lines, among other attributes.
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