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.
The Society of Camera Operators 2011 Lifetime Achievement Awards has nominated 24‘s Guy Skinner for “Camera Operator of the Year: Television”.
Other nominees in that category include Tony Gaudioz of House, Greg Collier of Bones, David Frederick of Sons of Anarchy, and Doc Karman of Raising Hope.
The awards take place on February 5, 2011 – more details on the Society of Camera Operators website. Good luck to Guy Skinner!
24 Season 8 episode 22 with Jack Bauer (or Darth Bauer/Iron Jack as fans called him) donning black body armor and kidnapping Charles Logan made the list of TV.com’s year end top 100 moments of 2010 list. It came in at a very nice 20th place.
20. Jack Bauer’s assault on Logan’s motorcade
24‘s final season provided one of the most OMG moments of the series when one-man wrecking crew Jack Bauer, outfitted in the sweetest black assault leotard ever, went ballistic on Charles Logan’s vehicle procession.
Here’s a photo gallery of Mary Lynn Rajskub on the red carpet at the 62nd Annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards and presenting an award with 24 co-creator Joel Surnow. 24 composer Sean Callery picked up yet another Emmy win for best musical score in a drama series tonight. Congratulations, Sean!
24‘s Mary Lynn Rajskub arrives at the 2010 Teen Choice Awards on August 8, 2010. Mary Lynn was nominated for choice TV actress along with co-star Katee Sackhoff, but both of them lost to Yvonne Strahovski of Chuck.
24 has received five Emmy nominations for its final season, bringing it’s total nominations to 68 across the entire series run. Unfortunately no nominations were given to Kiefer Sutherland or Annie Wersching (both gave incredible performances), nor was 24 nominated for best drama.
Probably the best acceptance speech I’ve ever seen. Kiefer Sutherland pokes fun at the weird-looking trophy saying it will come in handy at the bar later and then tells all the 24 fans that “You guys fuckin’ rock” while flipping the bird. We love you too, Kiefer!
Kiefer Sutherland will be on Spike TV’s Guy Choice Awards 10PM tonight – he won the “Biggest Ass Kicker” award. No competition there, Jack Bauer rocks!
Carlos Bernard’s (24‘s Tony Almeida) new comedy series Scoundrels premieres on ABC tonight at 9PM.
The 2010 Teen Choice Award nominees were announced and 24 is up for 4 awards.
24 was nominated for “Choice TV Show: Action” (with Burn Notice, Chuck, Human Target, and NCIS: Los Angeles). Kiefer Sutherland was nominated for “Choice TV Actor: Action” (alongside Jeffrey Donovan of Burn Notice, Zachary Levi of Chuck, LL Cool J of NCIS: Los Angeles, and Mark Valley of Human Target).
Cherry Jones has sent LA Times an email to set the record straight and explain her decision not to submit herself for an Emmy this year. Unlike speculation, it’s not because of any drama with the writers or her storylines. Here’s her full email:
Hey Tom,
Cherry Jones here writing from balmy Manhattan. I wanted to clear up the mystery surrounding my not submitting myself for Emmy consideration.
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 05: Actor Kiefer Sutherland receives the Biggest Ass Kicker Award onstage during Spike TV’s 4th Annual ‘Guys Choice Awards’ held at Sony Studios on June 5, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. ‘Guys Choice’ premieres June 20, 2010 at 10PM ET/PT on Spike.
Ooh, drama. In a surprising move, Cherry Jones (24‘s President Allison Taylor, who won best supporting actress in a drama last year) has pulled out of the Emmy race and is refusing to comment on the matter.
Jones didn’t seem all that pleased about the direction her character took in the final episodes, telling Entertainment Weekly in an interview last month “President Taylor lost her marbles” and “Each script I got, I’d look at it and go, ‘Really? REALLY?’”.
Despite Taylor’s sudden behavior shift (which was necessary for the final storyline arc to work), I believe Cherry put on a great performance. Cherry certainly had Emmy-quality acting material in 24 Season 8.
Cherry Jones role in 24 season 7 was nominated for Best “Supporting Actress in Series, Miniseries/Motion Picture Made for TV” at the 14th Annual Satellite Awards – the very same category that Cherry won an Emmy for earlier this year. Here’s hoping she has a repeat performance.
Cherry’s competition is Jane Lynch (Glee), Judy Parfitt (Little Dorrit), Chloe Sevigny (Big Love), Anika Noni Rose (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency), and Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty).
