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24: 4:00am — 5:00am/5:00am — 6:00 am (season finale)

We’ll soon find out.
Click here to join the chat. Permalink | Email this | | Comments The full double-episode review will be posted in that space later.
Will we get the answers to our burning questions? Filed under: 24, Episode Reviews(S06E23/S06E24) In honor of the tw…

BewbTewb: Jack gets at least 48 more!

Filed under: 24, BewbTewb Permalink | Email this | | CommentsOriginal post by Scott Johnson

Critic: 24 is anti-family

So why in the world would a New York Times critic assail 24 for being anti-family and for the fact that the program doesn’t demonstrate “ordinary social intercourse?”
Continue reading Critic: 24 is anti-family Permalink | Email this | | Comments That’s what Grey’s Ana…

4 from 24: More on hour 22

Filed under: 24*Warning, spoilers ahead from that week’s episode.*
Will the 24 season finale reply viewer questions, like what in the world Papa Bauer wants with his grandson, whether Jack will thwart his daddy’s evil deeds and whether former President Charles Logan is among the living?
Who knows wh…

Two more days for Jack Bauer

Not that that is a surprise, given that last spring Kiefer Sutherland signed a $40 million, three-year contract for his role as a terrorist hunter.
Meanwhile, it looks like 24 — winner of 5 Emmys and 51-time nominee — will likely move its Jack-tion out of LA, according to Hollywood Reporter.
Howar…

24: Nominations for best/worst of day 6

Filed under: 24With the two-hour 24 season finale days away, I thought it’d be a good moment to start thinking about the best and worst moments of Jack Bauer’s poor day, version 6.0.
I’m looking for viewers and fans to help me come up with nominations for the eight best/worst categories below. Ne…

24: 3:00am — 4:00am

Again.
However the name of the game in hour 22 was action, shoehorned into nearly every tick of the 24 clock. certain, there were still campy moments. Filed under: 24, Episode Reviews(S06E22) *Warning, spoilers ahead from latest episode.*
If you’re a fan of gunfire, dim lighting and foot chases th…

4 from 24: More on hour 21

Finis! And as for Milo Pressman, well, let’s bow our heads in a moment of silence as Milo joins Curtis, Edgar and the lengthy line of CTUers who’ve gone to meet their maker.
But before leaving the action-packed 21st hour of 24, here are four more moments to consider:

Continue reading 4 from 24: M…

Rush Limbaugh defends 24, says there are no sharks in sight

Filed under: 24 While critics — and TV Squad commenters — may be wondering whether Jack Bauer’s instance has run out as ratings for 24 have dropped that season, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh defended one of his favorite shows saying that 24 has not jumped the shark.
Noting that the show’s cr…

Jack Bauer Appreciation Day

Filed under: 24Apparently Jack Bauer has been having a rough moment of it.
In the last 21 hours, he: Has been released from Chinese custody where he was tortured for months on end, learned that not only was his brother evil but he’s now dead (after he tortured him), learned that his father is evil, …

Heroes Falls to New Low

With only a few episodes left to the big season finale, even less people are watching NBC’s blockbuster hit, Heroes. Last night the show captured it’s lowest ratings ever, a mere 5.0 barely edging out the competition for a time slot win. 24 matched its season low with a 4.0 and The Real Wedding …

24: 2:00am — 3:00am

Filed under: 24, Episode Reviews(S06E21) *Warning, spoilers ahead from the new episode ahead.*
In order to enjoy the 21st hour of Jack Bauer’s sixth poor day, I had to suspend reality and stop myself from wondering:
a) How in the world CTU could possibly be so vulnerable, b) Why a presidential chief…

4 from 24: More on hour 20

Apparently Daniels was concerned about more than pushing his agenda.

Continue reading 4 from 24: More on hour 20 Permalink | Email this | | Comments Filed under: 24* Warning, spoilers from that week’s episode ahead.*
While 24 had been critiqued left and right that …

24 producer responds to criticism

It’s still one of the best things on television.”
Continue reading 24 producer responds to criticism Permalink | Email this | | Comments Filed under: 24Responding to criticism in a recent Los Angeles Times piece that that season’s 24 is lackluster and that viewers are …

A change is gonna come for 24

“I mean, how can Jack get released from torturous imprisonment and be ready to save the world without a break?” they asked. Continue reading A change is gonna come for 24 Permalink | Email this | | Comments Filed under: OpEd, 24In a recent interview, producer/writer Ho…

The curse of Jack Bauer

Everything you touch, one way or another, ends up dead.” — was a throw-away line, not an overarching statement about Jack Bauer’s entire existence.
But folks have been chattering all through the blogosphere and wondering whether Heller has a point: Is Jack Bauer cursed?
Continue reading The curse …

24: 1:00am — 2:00am

And, oh yeah, a potential U.S.-Russian military skirmish after CTU accidentally botched a plan to recover a Russian defense component from the Chinese that Jack Bauer had handed by.
Just your average day in 24-land.
Thankfully, there was a heck of a lot more of Jack in that episode as well as some a…

Boothe says 24’s creepy VP not misguided

In the meantime, Powers Boothe, who plays Daniels, defended the power-mad pol to TV Guide, saying that he doesn’t think Daniels is “misguided.” “You had a nuke go off in [California],” Boothe said, “and humans are sitting around wringing their hands. He feels like he has to do something.”Continue r…

4 from 24: More on hour 19

Will Audrey Raines snap out of her shell-shocked, confused state? But first we need to give one more shout-out to four interesting moments from hour 19:
Quote of note: “I have the fate of the western world and the lives of millions of Americans hanging in the balance, and I just can’t stop thinking…

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