24 writer and co-executive producer Chip Johannessen is leaving 24 to pursue a new job as showrunner on Showtime’s popular Dexter series.
This is the second 24 writer departure this year, with Juan Carlos Coto leaving before the start of the eighth season to join Heroes.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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