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Now that the new TV season has started I thought it would be interesting to take a look at where the 24 crew went after the series ended a few months ago. Fans that have watched the DVD bonus features probably know that the cast and crew were very close to each other, and that’s proven by this list – many of them chose to work together on future projects.

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Chip Johannessen became showrunner of Showtime’s hit series Dexter last December, and brought along some 24 crew with him including Manny Coto (writer and executive producer), director Milan Cheylov, costume designer Jim Lapidus, and the Emmy-winning David Latham (editor). One of his first orders of business was creating a new recurring character named FBI Agent Walker – nice! Also look out for Peter Weller (Christopher Henderson from Season 5) to show up soon as a recurring character.

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In attendance were Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub along with new cast members Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze Jr, and Anil Kapoor, writers Howard Gordon, David Fury, Evan Katz, Manny Coto, and Brannon Braga and composer Sean Callery.

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24-7: The Untold Story was a special feature included on the 24 Season 7 DVD set.

It includes interviews from 24 writers Howard Gordon, Manny Coto, Evan Katz, David Fury, and Brannon Braga. They talk about scrapped plotlines for the seventh season of the show, the Writers Guild of America strike, and more.

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Here are all twelve audio commentaries from the 24 Season 7 DVD.

24 Season 7 Episode 1 commentary by Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida) and director Jon Cassar:

24 Season 7 Episode 3 commentary by Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida) and writers Brannon Braga, Manny Coto:

24 Season 7 Episode 5 commentary by director Jon Cassar and Annie Wersching (Renee Walker):

24 Season 7 Episode 9 commentary by writer David Fury and Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Iké Dubaku):

24 Season 7 Episode 10 commentary by Annie Wersching (Renee Walker) and writers Brannon Braga, Manny Coto:

24 Season 7 Episode 12 commentary by director Brad Turner and Tony Todd (General Benjamin Juma):

24 Season 7 Episode 13 commentary by director Brad Turner, composer Sean Callery, and James Morrison (Bill Buchanan):

24 Season 7 Episode 14 commentary by Annie Wersching (Renee Walker), Bob Gunton (Ethan Kanin), and writers Evan Katz and Juan Carlos Coto:

24 Season 7 Episode 18 commentary by Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida), writer Howard Gordon, and Jeffrey Nordling (Larry Moss):

24 Season 7 Episode 22 commentary by writer Evan Katz, Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian), and Glenn Morshower (Aaron Pierce):

24 Season 7 Episode 23 commentary by writers David Fury and Alex Gansa, and Glenn Morshower (Aaron Pierce):

24 Season 7 Episode 24 commentary by writer Howard Gordon and director Jon Cassar:

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The writers of 24 talk about the difficulties they faced during the sixth season, and some possible storyline ideas for the seventh season.

Evan Katz, Howard Gordon and Manny Coto appear in this feature.

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Here is the special feature “The Technology of 24” found on the 24 Season 6 DVD set.

Howard Gordon, Manny Coto, Michael Loceff, director Jon Cassar, prop master Sterling Rush, video and graphics supervisor Mark Macum, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and more appear in this feature.

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Here are all twelve audio commentaries from the 24 Season 6 DVD.

24 Season 6 Episode 1 commentary by Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer) and writer Howard Gordon:

24 Season 6 Episode 2 commentary by writer Manny Coto and Adoni Maropis (Abu Fayed):

24 Season 6 Episode 7 commentary by director Jon Cassar and production designer Joseph Hodges:

24 Season 6 Episode 8 commentary by writer Evan Katz and Carlo Rota (Morris O’Brian):

24 Season 6 Episode 9 commentary by Scott Powell and Eric Balfour (Milo Pressman):

24 Season 6 Episode 12 commentary by Jayne Atkinson (Karen Hayes) and Powers Boothe (Noah Daniels):

24 Season 6 Episode 13 commentary by Gregory Itzin (Charles Logan) and Jean Smart (Martha Logan):

24 Season 6 Episode 14 commentary by James Morrison (Bill Buchanan) and Marisol Nichols (Nadia Yassir):

24 Season 6 Episode 17 commentary by composer Sean Callery and Adoni Maropis (Abu Fayed):

24 Season 6 Episode 17 commentary by writer David Fury and director Bryan Spicer:

24 Season 6 Episode 18 commentary by writers Matt Michnovetz and Nicole Ranadive:

24 Season 6 Episode 19 commentary by writer Joel Surnow and Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian):

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Here are all twelve audio commentaries from the 24 Season 5 DVD.

24 Season 5 Episode 1 commentary by director Jon Cassar and writer Howard Gordon:

24 Season 5 Episode 1 commentary by director Jon Cassar and Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer):

24 Season 5 Episode 4 commentary by writers Joel Surnow and Michael Loceff:

24 Season 5 Episode 6 commentary by writer David Fury and John Allen Nelson (Walt Cummings):

24 Season 5 Episode 8 commentary by writer Evan Katz and director Brad Turner:

24 Season 5 Episode 9 commentary by director Tim Iacofano and Julian Sands (Vladimir Bierko):

24 Season 5 Episode 10 commentary by Jean Smart (Martha Logan) and Gregory Itzin (Charles Logan):

24 Season 5 Episode 11 commentary by writers Matt Michnovetz, Duppy Demetrius, Nicole Ranadive:

24 Season 5 Episode 15 commentary by director Jon Cassar and production designer Joseph Hodges:

24 Season 5 Episode 18 commentary by writer Howard Gordon and Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian):

24 Season 5 Episode 21 commentary by writer Manny Coto and Jude Ciccolella (Mike Novick):

24 Season 5 Episode 24 commentary by writer/creator Robert Cochran and Gregory Itzin (Charles Logan):

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