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Director Jon Cassar leads strong Canadian connection on '24'
By Bill Brioux, Canadian Press
February 8, 2007
LOS ANGELES (CP) - Jack Bauer gets all the glory, but the unsung hero of "24" is the guy one step ahead of TV's toughest counter terrorist - director Jon Cassar.
Cassar, who grew up in Ottawa and attended that city's Algonquin College, has directed 48 episodes of "24" - the most by far of any director.
Last August he was rewarded with the best director Emmy. This season, he was made an executive producer and is now busy developing a spinoff for Fox tentatively titled "NSA Innocent."
The 48-year-old was easy to spot on a recent visit to "24"'s main interior set in suburban Los Angeles. Cassar was the one wearing the Toronto Maple Leafs cap.
"If I had known all of you were coming I would have worn something more formal," he told a group of TV critics from across North America.
Cassar walked us through the concrete bunker that is the CTU set, complete with state-of-the-art video phones, high-def LCD screens and other nifty gadgets. Along with series star Kiefer Sutherland (Bauer), he is part of "24"'s Canadian connection responsible for airlifting so many Canucks into the show's mix. If you are looking for Canadian beer and cigarettes in L.A., CTU headquarters is definitely the place to start.
This season, the sixth of Bauer's staggeringly bad days (a special two-hour episode airs Monday on Fox and Global), Carlo Rota ("Little Mosque on the Prairie") is smack in the middle of the latest crisis. His character, CTU operative Morris O'Brian, was kidnapped at the end of last week's episode. Another familiar CBC face, Shaun Majumder of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes," snuck onto "24" briefly before blowing up real good in Valencia, where his character just detonated a nuclear bomb.
Cassar, who claims to be "out of it" on the Canadian scene after six years in Hollywood (although he did just pick up DVDs of "Bon Cop, Bad Cop" and "The Rocket" while home for the holidays), says he had nothing to do with casting Rota and Majumder. But at least one of those hires dates back to Cassar's previous series, "La Femme Nikita." The low-budget, Toronto-based drama was produced in the late '90s by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, who went on to create "24."
Rota, also on set for the critics tour, was a "Nikita" grad. When he moved to the States about a year ago, he picked up the phone to say hello to Surnow. That led to a two-minute meeting with the producer and Rota was suddenly part of the CTU team.
It's all who you know, admits Cassar, and he and Surnow and Cochran know Canadian talent. The ever-revolving door at "24" has seen several Canadians come and go, including Leslie Hope, Elisha Cuthbert, Alberta Watson, Cameron Bancroft, Wendy Crewson, Mia Kirshner, Geraint Wyn Davies, Shawn Doyle, Peter Outerbridge, Justin Louis and Jeff Wincott.
"I'm one of the guys who have been fighting for free trade in the business for years," says Cassar, who worked with Wyn Davies on "Forever Knight" and Watson on "Nikita." "It affected me when I was a camera operator."
At that junior level, Cassar had to turn down a job on a Clint Eastwood film due to labour and border restrictions. (More cross-border latitude is given to directors.) "I watched my career right there crash and burn," he says. "This is a business built on relationships and that border stops that from happening."
So, if he can help a Canadian across the border now, why not, says Cassar.
Besides, our actors and crew members get "24"'s slick and quick shooting style - we've been forced to do it that way for years. "It's not about beautiful shots of the star on our show," says Cassar. "The stars are in the action. The actors do the scene and your job is to cover it. It's not the other way around."
As a result, there are fewer takes on "24," maybe three or four per scene. Actors aren't forced to hit their marks, the camera finds them.
Cassar credits pilot director Stephen Hopkins for setting the speedy standard. Cassar makes sure new directors, including Canadian Milan Cheylov, who made his mark on Toronto-based shows like "Relic Hunter" and "The Eleventh Hour," sticks to the game plan. "We don't want a guy who comes in and changes our camera style. We have our camera style. We want a guy to come in and understand it."
A brisk shooting pace also helps maintain the heightened emotional level on the series. "Do you really want to stop Kiefer Sutherland in the middle of an interrogation," Cassar asks, "and just say to him, 'Pick it up at "Where's the bomb?" ' It's not going to happen. You're in the game right away."
Cassar will be working with at least one other Canuck on the new series, actress Stana Katic. Written by Cochran and David Ehrman, "NSA Innocent" is reportedly about an everyman stuck in Jack Bauer's kind of scary spy world.
He hopes to work with a few more. One of the hard parts about working on "24" is having to say goodbye to great actors who get killed off every season. "Again, it's people we know and trust," he says, singling out Hope along with Carlos Bernard and Sarah Clarke as actors he'd love to work with again.
He might even finally sneak another "Nikita" cohort across the border: "Rocket" star Roy Dupuis. "We've talked to him now for about three years," says Cassar. "We know he'd be great. It could still happen."
Biting dust on '24' didn't shock him
By Gail Shister - Inquirer Columnist
Philadelphia Inquirer
February 8, 2007
He's a sniveling traitor; his brother's a crusader against evil, and his father's a shady arms dealer who smothers him.
For Philly boy Paul McCrane, life on 24 was never easy. Then, in the season's biggest shocker, he died.
Fans of Fox's hit thriller reached for oxygen masks Monday when James Cromwell's Phillip Bauer suddenly strangled his evil spawn, Graem.
McCrane, however, expected to die.
"I knew I'd only be on for a couple of episodes, so I assumed he'd be killed," he says. "On that show, if you're only on for a short time, you're probably going to die."
McCrane, 46, a Germantown native and Holy Ghost Prep alum, debuted last season as the mysterious puppetmaster behind President Logan (Gregory Itzin).
When 24 returned last month for its sixth season, Graem's identity as the treacherous brother of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) was revealed.
Too weird? Hey, it's 24.
When McCrane read the script, "it seemed patently absurd, at first. Then I thought it was a riot. Because the show has established this roller-coaster, adrenaline-rush, twist-and-turn genre, anything goes."
Howard Gordon, a 24 executive producer, came up with the Cain-and-Abel storyline.
"I told the writers, 'This is probably a crazy, terrible idea, but what if Jack's brother is Paul McCrane?' It was preposterous, but almost instantly, we all decided it was too good to resist."
Equally hard to resist was the Shakespeare-meets-Bible idea of Graem dying by his father's hand. Other options were discussed - Graem escapes; Graem kills his father - but in the end, it was unanimous that Graem had to go.
"We weren't quite sure how he'd go, but we knew it would have to be in a pretty spectacular fashion," Gordon, 45, says.
"We felt it would describe, in some way, why Jack is Jack. He comes from a family of betrayal, avarice, misguided hubris."
To McCrane, it was business as usual. He's practically made a career of strange, gruesome demises.
On ER, as imperious Dr. Romano, his arm was severed by a helicopter blade. In a play in high school, his character was decapitated. In the '88 remake of The Blob, his Deputy Bill Briggs was pulled through a door. Backwards.
"It seems to be something I specialize in," McCrane says with a laugh. "I don't know what I did in a previous life, karmically, but it can't be too bad because the stuff isn't happening in real life."
With his boyish looks, McCrane began his career playing soft-spoken sensitive types. After his success as a lovelorn gay student in 1980's Fame, he had had enough.
"I was cast as every sort of fragile character there was. At some point in my 20s, I said I wanted to go up for bad guys. My representatives thought I was out of my mind. Then I got fairly successful doing bad guys."
Gordon agrees.
"In the pantheon of 24 bad guys, he's one of the greats, and that's saying something. He's in good company. I actually still think of him as the kid from Fame."
The kid from Fame has a wife (jewelry designer Dana Kellin), a young son and a daughter, and he's making a name for himself as a director. He's done episodes of ER, Jericho, Without a Trace, and House, among others.
In fact, it was a directing job that necessitated a shortened gig on 24 this season, according to Gordon. "It was a happy accident that our situation and his availability coincided."
On another 24 note, Gordon says we haven't seen the last of ex-President Logan, presumably pacing in a prison cell.
"He'll figure into this season in a very interesting and great way. We need him. President Palmer [D.B. Woodside] needs him, and Jack needs him to help stop something very bad from happening."
Back to McCrane, Gordon says there's something about Philadelphians that makes them great at being bad.
"They've got guts. Only someone from Philly could stand up to Jack Bauer."
Sutherland to star in 'Mirrors'
Thesp will spend '24' hiatus toplining thriller
By Michael Fleming - Variety.com
February 6, 2007
Kiefer Sutherland will spend his "24" hiatus starring in "Mirrors," a supernatural thriller to be directed by Alexandre Aja.
New Regency is financing and will distribute through 20th Century Fox.
Sutherland became available to star in the movie when plans to carry his Jack Bauer character into a "24" feature were postponed because the script wasn't ready. Fox won't start the clock on that pic until next summer, when Sutherland completes the seventh season of the show.
Sutherland last year pacted to exec produce and star in the series through season eight, in a deal worth north of $40 million.
In "Mirrors," Sutherland will play an ex-cop who works security at a mall and discovers something awry in the mirrors of a department store. He tries to discover the origin of the evil.
Producers are Marc Sternberg, Alexandra Milchan and Gregory Levasseur. Andrew Hong is exec producer.
Aja, who last directed the hit genre remake "The Hills Have Eyes," wrote the most recent draft of the script.
Sutherland finishes season six of "24" in April and begins shooting "Mirrors" on May 1, mostly in Romania. He wraps in mid-July and then goes right back to the series in late July.
Sutherland's last feature was "The Sentinel."
LMR comment: The Mirrors movie for 2007 is actually a remake of a 2003 South Korean movie titled Geoul sokeuro
Kiefer Sutherland - Guest Column
TV Guide - February 12 – 18, 2007
The Emmy-winning star reveals how playing Jack Bauer changed his life.
The experience of playing Jack Bauer has been the great education of my career thus far. It’s changed me in so many ways. I’ve reached a new level of confidence with the character and, perhaps less so but equally important, with myself. I was 33 when the show began and now I’m 40, and I’m different. I can see it in my eyes when I look back at episodes – or even a still photograph – from that first season. There was a fear I had that’s no longer there.
Looking back, I see Jack evolving from season to season. Year 1, this guy was just trying to get his family back together again while dealing with the incredible responsibility surrounding what he does for a living. Over the course of that horrible day, he loses his wife, saves his daughter and saves the incumbent president of the United States. Not your typical day at work.
Season 2, Jack starts off at an awful place – estranged from his daughter, unemployed, down-and-out. Here’s a guy who has lost everything and must struggle to recover. By season 4 he’s in the happiest place we’ve ever seen him. Audrey Raines offers the first glimpse of hope he’s had, but naturally that hope gets taken away from him.
Last year, Jack was quite content to be where he was – away from all of it. There was a fantastic sense of isolation in the character, and for good reason: Anything Jack touched ended up going very wrong. It’s hardly surprising that we found him this season at his darkest place. This season is all about Jack finding reasons to live.
For sure, Jack Bauer is not a perfect guy. But from the beginning, his flaws have made him really interesting. This is not Bond. He’s not glib. He’s constantly re-evaluating what he’s trying to do, and fans of the show understand and appreciate his absolute commitment. Like a dog with a bone, season after season, Jack just never lets it go. There’s something honorable about that. Sure, there’s a superhuman element to his character, too, and room to put your fantasies on him, but, hey, it’s a television show.
How long will we keep this going? I personally can do this role as long as audiences will accept me doing it. I feel deeply committed to it.
The Changing Man
An Interview with Kiefer Sutherland
By Tara DiLullo
24 Magazine #6
Saving the world has become commonplace for Jack Bauer. Over the span of five seasons, 24, Bauer has sacrificed family, friends, and his own happiness time and time again to stop terrorists from killing innocent people on domestic soil. It’s not a job, but a calling for Jack. His passion and dedication for what he believes drives his every move and decision…not unlike the actor that plays him. For Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer has provided a bold and unexpected new direction for the respected actor’s career, one that is almost as dramatic as his character’s amazing acts of heroism.
For more than three decades, Sutherland has lived in varied Hollywood career, achieving success and fame in films like Stand By Me, Flatliners and The Lost Boys, and also exploring the lower profile of independent film. It wasn’t until an experimental television show called 24 began airing that Sutherland was catapulted into the public consciousness – big time. The role of Jack Bauer allowed audiences to see a new side to the actor’s talent, and Golden Globes, SAG Awards and, most recently, an Emmy, were soon to follow.
Sutherland has wowed audiences and critics with his intense and emotionally wrenching portrayal of Jack Bauer – but, as they say, “You yet ain’t seen anything yet.” Those that thought it was impossible to see a darker Jack Bauer were shocked to witness the shell of the man in the premiere episodes. Literally beaten to an inch of life and broken in body and spirit, Bauer is a man changed by his torture and it’s going to take one very long day to bring the man back from the brink. This year, Jack Bauer isn’t just saving the world; he’s looking to save himself.
Already deep into production of the season, Sutherland talks exclusively to 24 Magazine about the evolution of 24, the amazing success of Season Five and where Jack is going to end up this year...
24 MAGAZINE: Six years into 24, is there a season that feels the most creatively vital and unique to you?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Season One was so creative from that perspective. People really responded to the format, but the audience has been really loyal to us for the five years we’ve been on the air and as we are going into our sixth season.
24 MAGAZINE: Do you see the show as more of an action show or a character drama now?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: I think calling it an action show would be terribly unfair to the writers, who have written something so much more topical than that. They have dealt with so many levels. It’s a real testament to [director] Jon Cassar as to what they have been able to accomplish shooting-wise. You can’t deny that the action in the show is really quite extraordinary. It’s due to our crew and how well they work together, because it’s very hard to do on our schedule. But they have been able to make that work well. I really believe it’s a fusion. We started out as real bare-to-the-bones thriller and it’s morphed into an action-thriller.
24 MAGAZINE: The 24 audience is incredibly loyal and willing to go on the creative ride with the show. Have you ever felt you needed to make the show less complex to get more viewers or to appease the viewers you have?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: This idea that we have to placate an audience on any level because they can’t “get” something is absolutely wrong. Our audiences are incredibly smart. We’ve often make jokes about some of the suggestions we get off the Internet, and while Joel [Surnow] and Bob [Cochran] follow their own hearts, I have to say that some of them have been really smart and really clever and stay in my head.
24 MAGAZINE: A lot of people wonder, what kind of person is Jack Bauer the other 364 days a year?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: I think he works on a dialy basis and he takes care of a lot. I think the reality for the people that are working in Homeland Security and anti-terroism, so much of each day would simply be tracking people. To find out who is moving where and what’s starting. You have an incredibly large network of informants that constantly need to be accessed and dealt with, so there are all of these things that could almost be viewed as mundane. But when they do culminate two or three days before they get a top for an event, then they frantically have to put all of the pieces together to a very complicated puzzle. Look at what happened in England [with the arrest of potential airline terrorists in September 2006] and how amazingly quickly it changed the United States airport structure. Through two men arrested in Pakistan, they were able to charge 14 people in England with connections all the way here in the United States. I guarantee you that right before those arrests, those were a frantic two or three days. Those frantic three days are preceded by 100 very dogged, mundane, tiring, almost bureaucratic days of just going through the investigative process. I think Jack’s life is very much like that. I also think Jack Bauer ended up working for the Secretary of Defense because he has enough experience and enough knowledge so that he was being used in many ways in an advisory capacity. All of these different things mean it was very feasible for him to have a life, but what he ends up getting brought back to is what he is ultimately very, very talented at – field work. He doesn’t quit.
24 MAGAZINE: Has there ever been a point where the show has gone somewhere, like killing Edgar Stiles in Season Five, that made you think that you were going to lose the audience?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: No. Well, I did in the first year when we lost Teri [Bauer]. But we have to make the show the way we make it. I think [co-creators/executive producers] Joel [Surnow] and Bob [Cochran] are right. I think if you work under the guise of what you think will win the audience, it’s a mistake. You have to make what you think is right and hopefully, they will be there. Going into Season Six, we are starting off with this character in the most desperate place I have gone with him. The one thing about Jack Bauer’s character is that he cared. But he is so despondent about what happened to him in China, that we started off with a guy who is absolutely indifferent. He doesn’t care anymore. He doesn’t care about living. He doesn’t care about dying. He doesn’t care about anything. He is like a shell of what he used to be and to figure out how to get back from that has been an interesting ride for the last few months.
24 MAGAZINE: Season Five was a tremendous year for the show. What distinguished it for you and do you feel it was special?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: It wasn’t so much that it was special, because there are things in every one of the years that I really liked and there are things that I really didn’t. I think that the time format and everything else makes working on the show from the writer’s perspective so restrictive. The fact that they were able to bring Jack back in a way that wasn’t going to make him do the same stuff with CTU…it was clear he wasn’t working for CTU. He was working from a very different perspective and he was not bound by the regulations of that job. He was bound only by a clear sense of right and wrong and only by his determination to avenge the death of David Palmer. I think when Jack Bauer gets to work from the perspective of something that, almost narrow, where he has one bone in his mouth, he tends to chew it until it falls apart. (Laughs) I responded to him as an actor in that capacity and I think audiences will as well.
24 MAGAZINE: Were you shocked by the President Logan revelation?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: No, I had an idea of where it was going and I thought they did a fantastic job. That really energized the show. I think in many regards, I was doing things that were very similar to what Jack Bauer had done before and in that specific instance, there was this other killer storyline, which was so fantastic and intriguing that it really balanced out the show.
24 MAGAZINE: Was there anything that really didn’t work for you in Season Five?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: There wasn’t one specific episode, for instance, that we make fun of or have been made fun of for, like [Kim] and the cougar. We didn’t have that in Season Five. We didn’t really have that in Season Four either, so the writers have done a fantastic job steering clear of that. But you always tend to think about things that could happen, like maybe wanting the Chinese to be involved a little earlier. A lot of my hopes for something to have been a little different weren’t even seen in the show, but were just an option of where we could have gone and where we didn’t go. Each year we will work on that.
24 MAGAZINE: The show has always been critically lauded and Emmy-nominated, but this year you won, the show won, and director Jon Cassar won.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Jon was my favorite part of the night. He works so hard and no-one will know that except for us and if anyone deserved that night, it was him.
24 MAGAZINE: Does it mean something different to win these Emmys now that it might have in Season One?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: I think anything you have to wait for obviously has a different perspective. Just the fact that the Academy and the people that we work with and have worked with all of our careers, to have the kind of reaction to the show that they have to nominate it all these years, it’s a fantastic way to help raise awareness of your show. To be able to stand there with your friends that you worked with for five years. Most anything, whether it’s a how or a restaurant, doesn’t ascend through five years. They hit their flash mark and then start to descend. It’s something we have all been hyper-sensitive about, that this is one of those great opportunities in a lifetime, and it’s not something to taken lightly or for granted. We have had a lot of support from our fans along the way and it’s not to be taken lightly either. We will go to great lengths to make sure we don’t get lazy with it. So to be honored like that in a fifth year, it’s certainly nothing that we would have ever imagined, so it was a special night.
24 MAGAZINE: Jack is back from two hellish years in China a changed man. Instead of saving the world, he really needs to save himself, making the season much more personal.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: He’s not even trying to save himself. Other people are trying [to save him]. He really is indifferent. He’s really not even that concerned about it either. He ends up developing a relationship with one of the terrorists [Hamir Al-Assad played by Alexander Siddig]. Even though they are ideologically opposed about what they believe are the problems in the world, there is a an amazing sense of honor between the two of them. They know the world they work in and their word to each other is their word to each other and they mean it. It’s an interesting dynamic and he protects that at the cost of someone – Curtis – who matters a great deal to him. Jack’s choice to re-engage doesn’t come until quite far down the pipe and that’s just because he sees an amazing amount of destruction. But it’s not the kind of nationalistic idealism that has motivated him before, so hopefully it will be interesting.
24 MAGAZINE: James Cromwell is playing Jack Bauer’s father this season. A big question is why your real dad, actor Donald Sutherland, isn’t playing him?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: It was more about availability than about anything else. We knew that quite quickly and James Cromwell is such a great, great actor that the sting of disappointment went away. He is unbelievable.
24 MAGAZINE: Prior to this season, Kim was the only connection to the family that the audience was aware of. What place is your father going to hold in Jack’s life? Is he a big part of bringing Jack back?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Absolutely. He is a huge aspect of Jack’s history and the dynamic of family is always going to be what shapes the person, so it’s a very important part to Jack.
24 MAGAZINE: Does it feel like this is a very different year for you in playing Jack?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Yes. It’s exciting for me because it’s a new color and side for his character. He’s certainly not functioning at full capacity. He goes to shoot someone and he misses. There are a lot of things that he used to be able to do that he can’t do anymore and he has to find other ways to accomplish his goals. There is a great scene early on where he is being asked to interrogate this prisoner. After being violently interrogated for two years in China, he looks in the guys’s eyes and can’t do it. He looks back at the other terrorist and says, “he’s not going to tell you anything,” and he walks right by him. You know that the terrorist does? He blows out his knee and the guys tells him everything, so Jack is wrong. Jack is wrong about a lot of stuff and he can’t do this anymore. He says, “I don’t know how to do this anymore. I can’t do it.” It’s an interesting place to work back from.”
Battle ground
By Adam Buckman - TV
New York Post Online Edition
February 7, 2006
February 7, 2007 -- TWO duelling serials are forcing fans of both shows to make a tough choice on Monday nights.
For three consecutive weeks, the two best serialized dramas on television - "24" on Fox and "Heroes" on NBC - have been duking it out Monday nights at 9.
While the race has been close, "Heroes" - the upstart, comic-book serial about ordinary people with extraordinary powers that premiered last September - is so far beating "24," which started its sixth season just last month.
If you're keeping score, "Heroes" won Week One Jan. 22 with 14.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen, vs. 14.5 million for "24." Among 18-49s, "Heroes" also won, 8.6 million to 7.1 million.
In week two, "24" won in overall viewers, 14.04 million to 13.6 million, while "Heroes" won in the demo, 7.95 million to 7.1 million.
And this week, "Heroes" drew more viewers - 14.6 million to 13.6 million - and also won the demo race, according to Nielsen numbers released yesterday.
Both shows are generating plenty of heat as their plotlines grow ever more complex and viewers face a weekly decision over which one to watch at 9 and which to record for viewing later.
And, perhaps inadvertently, both shows gave new meaning this week to the term "family hour."
On "24" - "Hour 7" (noon to 1 p.m.) of this "real-time" series - viewers got a lesson in Bauer-family values when Graem Bauer (Paul McCrane) seemingly plotted to kill his father (James Cromwell) and brother, Jack (Kiefer Sutherland). In the end, Graem was the one who wound up dead - killed by his dear old dad, but only after brother Jack tortured him.
And on Chapter 14 of "Heroes" - titled "Distractions" - apple- cheeked cheerleader Claire Bennet (Hayden Panet tiere) met her real mother (Jessalyn Gilsig) Monday night and viewers learned her real fa ther is horndog Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar). And Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) convinced his father (George Takei) that Hiro's sister, Kimiko (Saemi Nakamura), is better suited than he to run the family business.
Next Monday, there's a new wrinkle - Fox is presenting two, back-to-back episodes of "24" starting at 8 p.m., while NBC will have one episode of "Heroes" at 9.
Can two "24s" beat one "Heroes"? Stay tuned.
SUPPORT SYSTEM
People.com
Nominee Kiefer Sutherland took time out from an In-N-Out Burger vs. Fatburger debate with 24 costar Kim Raver to congratulate pal Forest Whitaker on his SAG win for The Last King of Scotland. "I don't think he's as aware of how much people really love him as he should be," the 24 star said. "So for him to get this award tonight was really beautiful. He's like the great gentle bear."
The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Photo by: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Photo Date: 2007-01-28
The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Kiefer Sutherland - The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals
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Photo Date: 2007-01-28
Kiefer Sutherland - Fox All-Star Winter TCA Party - Villa Sorriso - Pasadena, CA - 01/20/2007 - Chris Hatcher / Photorazzi
Cheers & Jeers - TV Guide - Feb. 5 - 11, 2007
JEERS to 24 for electing DB Woodside's Wayne Palmer as the new president. Unlike his late brother, David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert), Wayne lacks the charisma and gravitas required to be a TV commander in chief. We knew David Palmer. David Palmer was a friend of ours. And you, Wayne, are no David Palmer.
From the "Enough with all the Super hype" article
By Joanne C. Gerstner: TV/Radio - Detroit News.com
February 1, 2007
Quick clicks:
One of the new bad guys on "24" is named Darren McCarthy, which upon first hearing, sounded like Darren McCarty . And it's not much of a stretch to think there could be a sly D-Mac homage, considering star Kiefer Sutherland is a hockey fan and once narrated a documentary on the Red Wings.
'24': Television for a Post-9/11 World
By Cinnamon Stillwell
SFGate.com
January 31, 2007
Americans have yearned to see current geopolitical realities portrayed in popular culture ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Before then, Islamic terrorists were a staple, albeit a stereotypical one, of action films such as "Executive Decision," "Back to the Future" and "True Lies." But after Sept. 11, the arbiters of political correctness, fearing that fiction hit too close to home, all but erased such terrorists from the public eye.
Hollywood finally started coming around in the last year or so with films directly related to Sept. 11, such as "United 93" and "World Trade Center." But television preceded Hollywood by several years. Beginning in late 2001, shows such as "The Agency," "Jag," "Navy NCIS" and "The Unit" (all from CBS) have attempted to portray the war on terrorism through the eyes of those on its front lines.
None represent this burgeoning trend more than Fox's "24." Centered on a fictional CIA Counter Terrorism Unit based in Los Angeles, the show has become a favorite of those seeking "good guy vs. bad guy" moral clarity in America's battle against Islamic terrorism. Indeed, the lead character, Special Agent Jack Bauer, has become something of a counterterrorism icon. Played by actor Kiefer Sutherland, Bauer represents the take-no-prisoners approach to combating terrorism, complete with remorseless killings and torture. At the same time, the terrorists he fights have no qualms about using whatever means are at their disposal, including weapons of mass destruction, to take out as many civilians as possible.
To be sure, "24" has its critics, most of whom object to the show's focus on Islamic terrorism. But the creators of the show have gone out of their way to showcase a bevy of villains, including Germans, Russians, Eastern Europeans, Chinese, drug kingpins, countless moles within the CTU and the president of the United States himself. A shadowy star-chamber group of Western businessmen representing corporate interests hovers in the background, possibly calling the shots even for the terrorists. Furthermore, the show's writers take pains to present positive, if not downright noble, Muslim characters who risk their own lives to help the government track down terrorists. And "24"'s decidedly unflattering portrayal of those some label "Islamophobes" hardly qualifies as an endorsement.
Misplaced Political Correctness:
Two years ago, the fourth season of "24," which featured a seemingly mild-mannered Arab American family acting as a terrorist sleeper cell, provoked outrage from those who objected to the negative portrayal of Muslims. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) took the lead in this campaign, resulting in Kiefer Sutherland's mid-season disclaimer assuring the public that the show's depiction of Islamic terrorists was not a reflection on the entire Muslim community. Of course, this would have been self-evident to anyone who watched the show. The plot certainly didn't bother "24"'s entire Muslim fan base, although to hear CAIR tell it, one would never know it existed.
The fact that numerous CAIR employees have been indicted on terrorism charges or that the group's Saudi financing has led to allegations of extremism (even from organizations such as the American Islamic Forum for Democracy) did little to inspire confidence in the group's legitimacy. Still, the makers of "24" bowed to the pressures of political correctness.
Hard Line on Terror:
The current, sixth season should disabuse fans of the notion that the show has gone soft. It's set against an American landscape plagued by suicide bombings on buses, subway trains and other populated areas. The plot line has Muslims being attacked by racists and rounded up, a nod to fears following Sept. 11. But in an ironic twist, the perpetrators of the attacks do indeed turn out to be Islamic terrorists. This of course raises questions about the hard choices faced by both the government and the people in such a scenario.
While hackles have been raised at the show's return to Islamic villains, the current season of "24" has hardly been one-dimensional. Contributing to the plot's complexity is the addition of characters within the government who oppose the strong measures being taken against the Muslim population, as well as an official from a Muslim rights organization who helps the government gather information on the terrorists even after being falsely detained.
At the same time, some on the right have found fault with the political backdrop, namely the Wayne Palmer presidential administration's eagerness to negotiate with terrorists and the implausibility of a terrorist leader (the fabled "Assad") suddenly proffering peace. But whether the show is actually endorsing such policies is questionable. By presenting the dire consequences that result from this sort of appeasement, the show's writers may indeed be suggesting the opposite. Because it could be taken either way, "24" cleverly straddles the line between its viewers on the right and the left.
Starting Out With a Bang:
But it's the season premiere's dramatic conclusion that has gotten the most attention so far. The four-episode premiere ended with a literal bang when a suitcase nuke or dirty bomb exploded in a Los Angeles suburb, killing 12,000 people. The story line continues with four more suitcase nukes that Jack Bauer must discover before they're detonated.
The explosive ending caused some in the media to accuse the show's writers of fear-mongering. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann did a segment on "24" titled "Fear Factor," in which he excoriated the show for pushing paranoia. In a Newsweek review, Devin Gordon went so far as to label the show a "neocon sex fantasy" and to pronounce on CNN that "nothing that happens on this show would ever happen in real life." Somehow, Gordon managed to overlook Sept. 11, not to mention the numerous terrorist attacks that have been thwarted in the years since and those that have succeeded in other countries. Instead of blaming "24" and the "neocons" (whom Gordon never defines) for grappling with a post-Sept. 11 world, he could turn his attention to the existing terrorist threat. When Gordon told CNN, "If ‘24' is true, then everything the neo-conservatives have been saying all along is true," he just might have been onto something.
Fans on the Right:
Although the show has its liberal supporters, "24" has a strong conservative fan base, including talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh was the moderator of a Heritage Foundation-sponsored panel discussion last year called "'24' and America's Image in Fighting Terrorism: Fact, Fiction or Does It Matter?" Among the panelists was Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. In fact, the show is said to be a favorite of members of the Bush administration as well as other politicians. Last season, Sen. John McCain went so far as to make a cameo appearance. That a TV show would inspire interest among members of the government speaks volumes about "24"'s relevance in a post-Sept. 11 world.
Indeed, the political and moral dilemmas raised by the show could be ripped straight out of the headlines. References to the Patriot Act, NSA surveillance and Guantánamo Bay figure in the show's plot. Probably the most controversial topic is Jack Bauer's propensity for torturing prisoners, particularly in cases where a "ticking time bomb" terrorist plot is involved.
While there are those who feel that Islamic terrorists should be treated according to the Geneva Conventions (although, by definition, terrorists are not covered by the Geneva Conventions, which they don't abide by themselves), others see saving civilian lives as surmounting such concerns. This is the essence of Jack Bauer's moral quandary and it is one he answers with unswerving conviction. To quote a line from one of the "Star Trek" films ("Star Trek" is apparently all the rage in politics these days), "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
Audiences will likely continue to debate Jack Bauer's actions and "24"'s political plot twists as long as the show remains on the air. In the end, that is perhaps its greatest contribution.
Kiefer Sutherland Discusses the Politics of ‘24’ and His Own Socialist Leanings
Posted by Noel Sheppard
NewsBusters.org
January 26, 2007
While media outlets carped and whined about a perceived conservative slant to the hit television series “24” as reported by NewsBusters here, here, here, here, here, and here, none seemed interested in asking the opinion of the star of the show who also happens to be the executive producer.
In fact, all of the hyperventilating left could have just watched the Charlie Rose Show on PBS on January 12 to find out the truth, assuming of course that this is important. If they had, they would know that Kiefer Sutherland believes he "(leans) towards socialist politics."
How's that for a kick in the head? Confused? Well, you won't be when you read Sutherland's response to Rose's question, “What are your politics?” (this is where all of the "neo-con" conspiracy theorists must pay particular attention if they dare):
To a large degree they`re private, but I believe - I believe inherently that - that we have a responsibility to take care of each other, so when you can talk about socialized healthcare, absolutely, that`s a no-brainer. Free universities, absolutely, that`s a no-brainer for me. So in the definition, I guess those are leaning towards socialist politics. To me it`s common sense. And I do believe the wealthy have a responsibility to the less fortunate. Some people call that communism. I disagree. Again, it`s common sense. But I would have to say that my politics would be leaning towards the left.
Leaning to the left? I’d say if you advocate socialized health care and free universities. This set up an interesting exchange between the two concerning the use of torture:
CHARLIE ROSE: And do you get a lot of grief from your friends because we`ve had lots of discussions about torture in the last -- since we have been in Iraq...
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Yeah.
CHARLIE ROSE: ... whether it`s Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib or -- or other places where it is the Patriot Act...
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: No, what happened in Abu Ghraib was just absolutely criminal. And not only was it criminal but it was as a nation it`s going to go in and trying to tell people how to live, which is exactly what we`re doing, and we`re going to tell you that democracy and freedom and this is the way to go, and then go and behave like that. Inexcusable.
CHARLIE ROSE: But you get some grief for what the show does?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Absolutely. And it is widely known that torture - - you can torture someone and they`ll basically tell you exactly what you want to hear, whether it`s true or not, if you put someone in enough pain. Torture is not a way of procuring information. The way of procuring information is actually -- is in fact quite the opposite, and, unfortunately, that takes a lot of time. Within the context of our show, which is a fantastical show to begin with, the torture is a dramatic device to show you how desperate a situation is.
CHARLIE ROSE: Right, right.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: And how urgent and - and desperate these characters are to solve this one specific thing, and time is running out. And so it is a dramatic device. It is not to be confused with what we think is right or wrong. And it's a television show.
Some conservative, huh? Later in the interview came another fascinating sequence that those foaming about this program being a tool to promote Bush administration views should find most enlightening:
CHARLIE ROSE: I think I read somewhere that Cheney was a fan.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: I`ve heard that as well. I`ve heard that as well.
CHARLIE ROSE: And other fans within the national security apparatus...
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Yeah.
CHARLIE ROSE: ... of the Bush administration.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: I think what's - what's funny is that, you know, you`ve got John McCain...
CHARLIE ROSE: But John McCain was on the show last year.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Yes, and Dick Cheney and various people that are huge fans of the show. And then you`ve got the Clintons and you`ve got Barbra Streisand, and I think one of the great testaments of the show is that the show is incredibly balanced as well. I don`t think you could have it embraced by members of the right and members of the left at the same time. And if you ever took a look at our writing staff and their politics...
CHARLIE ROSE: It`s all over the place?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: It`s all over the place, yeah, absolutely. There is a representative from the right, and there is a representative from the left.
CHARLIE ROSE: It`s used by people from Barbra Streisand to Rush Limbaugh to make a point, "24" to make a point.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Yeah, yeah. Who am I to tell anybody how to interpret what we`re doing? We make it and we put it out there for you. Again, the thing that I can look back to with pride is that it`s that balanced, that the polarity of the audience is that diverse. Me, I kind of see things from a left perspective, so I`m always amazed when I see it galvanized by someone on the right.
Now, to put this even further in perspective, this interview was aired on January 12. The premier of the first season was January 14. Time magazine’s review wherein the writer asked “Is “24” a conservative show” was published January 14. Keith Olbermann whined about this program on January 16. And, though Newsweek’s article that suggested “24” was a “neocon sex fantasy” was published on January 12, maybe the author could have spoken to the admittedly socialist star/executive producer to get his take.
Alas, that would be too much like the lost art of investigative reporting, wouldn’t it?
Kiefer Sutherland Cites Jimmy Page and Angus Young As Guitar Influence
by Paul Cashmere - January 27 2007
Undercover.com.au
Actor Kiefer Sutherland says that he owes his passion for guitar to AC/DC's Angus Young and Led Zep's Jimmy Page.
Sutherland, co-owner of Ironworks Studios in LA with Jude Cole, is a guitar freak and collector of Gibson guitars.
In an interview for Gibson Guitars, he says it was Jimmy Page who first inspired him to pick up a guitar, but AC/DC's Angus Young also fuelled the passion.
"I had an older brother, so most of the music I had listened to, whether it was the Beatles or Elton John, were old records of my brother's that he would let me have when I was a kid" he says in the Gibson interview. "It wasn't until I heard the first Led Zeppelin record—and 12 was the perfect age to hear it—where it just made you want to fight everything (laughs). So I remember that, and I also remember Tom Scholz from Boston. He had a sound that I remember just being amazed by, just how powerful it was, how one guitar could carry an entire tune like that. People were creating these signature sounds with these guitars. And I was a huge fan of Angus Young, and T. Rex as well. There were an awful lot of players that I loved, and they always had an edgier, dirtier sound".
Sutherland describes himself as a music fan moreso a musician. "I'm a bigger fan of musicians than I am a musician. I wouldn't want to go toe-to-toe with a guitar player like Jude (Cole), but I love playing.
Unlike fellow actors Russell Crowe, Toni Collette and Keanu Reeves, Sutherland is yet to put out an album.
His is currently in production with the next series of his TV show 24.
He will appear twice in current season of The Simpsons as an Army Colonel.
Technology News: Legal: Fox Apes RIAA to Save Jack Bauer
By Keith Regan
January 26, 2007
News Corp. studio Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed Google's YouTube video-sharing service to find out who uploaded pirated copies of episodes of "24" and "The Simpsons" TV series. The subpoena, filed Jan. 18 in U.S. District Court, asks YouTube and a second video service, LiveDigital, to turn over information that names the "pirate" subscriber so Fox can stop the infringement.
Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed Google's YouTube , demanding that the video service release the identities of users who recently uploaded pirated videos of the "24" and "The Simpsons" TV series.
With the subpoena, which was issued January 18, Fox may be taking a page from the legal playbook of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Starting in 2003, the RIAA used subpoenas to force Internet service providers and others to provide the identities of users accused of illegally swapping songs, retrieved the names of those people and promptly sued them.
The campaign involved numerous lawsuits and resulted in reams of negative publicity for the music industry. By many accounts, though, those tactics also helped to dramatically reduce the amount of illegal song swapping taking place online.
Fox has not said it will file charges against those who are found to have posted the episodes of the wildly popular anti-terrorism drama starring Kiefer Sutherland. However, the subpoena issued to YouTube may suggest it intends to do so.
The "24" episodes in question appeared on YouTube before they aired on Fox, whereas "The Simpsons" episodes were of an older vintage.
Fox is also subpoenaed another sharing site, LiveDigital, which said it was in the process of complying with the subpoena.
YouTube has said only that it is reviewing the request.
The moves underscore just how high the stakes have become for the owners of video content, as high-speed Internet connections enable users to have virtually the same viewing experience online as they do on television. For Fox, the two TV shows in question are among its most highly rated and, as a result, command the highest advertising rates.
Echoes of the Past:
Fox is undoubtedly interested in finding out how unaired episodes could be made available online. If it can find the responsible party, the media giant may be able to bring criminal theft charges as well as copyright infringement claims, according to legal experts.
The approach -- and the apparent decision not to sue YouTube directly -- may be a nod toward the protections that YouTube and, by extension its parent company Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) , enjoy under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
"It appears that both sites have acted in accordance with the DMCA," Michael R. Graham, an intellectual property attorney and partner with Marshall Gerstein & Borun, told the E-Commerce Times. "While copyright owners can demand infringing material be taken down, they would need a subpoena to obtain user names, which YouTube's privacy policy says won't be turned over to third parties."
Both video-sharing sites will likely turn over the data rather than fight the subpoena, Graham noted. "In order to prevent continued posting of copyrighted works, Fox needs to proceed against these illegal postings by the individuals involved, and both YouTube and LiveDigital need to cooperate -- which I presume they will as good digital citizens," he added.
A Fox-YouTube Showdown?
Getting information from YouTube about the origin of possibly infringing material may not necessarily reveal the identity of those Fox is seeking, Graham noted.
Nonetheless, YouTube will probably comply with the request for information. Michael J. Meurer, director of the Institute for Business, Law & Technology at the Boston University School of Law, noted that many Internet service providers and other companies may be reluctant to comply for fear of being seen violating their own privacy policies. "ISPs sometimes fight these subpoenas because they clash with their own privacy policy, but they usually comply," he said.
Google has moved to demonstrate YouTube can become a legitimate distribution channel for video content owners without losing its social media roots. It has stepped up monitoring of the site for copyrighted material and has purged hundreds of video clips that it believed were infringing.
In some ways, a Fox-YouTube showdown could take on broader implications.
Fox's parent, News Corp., is also the owner of other Web properties, most notably the social networking site MySpace. YouTube is now part of Google, against whom News Corp.'s online entities may compete for advertising dollars and viewer eyeballs.
Fox subpoenas YouTube over "Simpsons," "24" - WSJ | Reuters.com
NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - News Corp. (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile , Research) studio Twentieth Century Fox subpoenaed Google Inc.'s (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile , Research) YouTube video service to learn who uploaded pirated copies of episodes of television shows "24" and "The Simpsons," The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The subpoena, filed Jan. 18, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, asks YouTube to hand over information to identify the subscriber so Fox can stop the infringement, the Journal reported.
The four-episode season premiere of thriller show 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland, appeared on the site ahead of its TV broadcast, and 12 episodes of the Simpsons were being distributed on YouTube by a subscriber called "ECOtotal," the subpoena's declaration said, according to the paper.
Fox said it officially notified YouTube about the episodes and requested immediate removal or to disable access to the service, the Journal said.
News about the subpoena filed surfaced on the blog, Google Watch.
The same group of episodes were uploaded under the username of Jorge Romero on the video site LiveDigital, to which Fox also issued a subpoena, the paper said.
A spokesman for LiveDigital told the Journal that the material was taken down right away.
Google and Fox officials were not immediately available for comment.
Rick is Ricky again
By Scott D. Pierce
deseretnews.com
January 24, 2007
CHATSWORTH, Calif. — As TV critics were visiting the set of "24" and awaiting the arrival of the actors, several of us were a little worried. The name card for one of the newest members of the cast read "Ricky Schroder."
That's right, "Ricky." Not "Rick." And, for as long as any of us could remember, we were told the actor wanted to be called the latter, not the former.
Even when Schroder arrived and said, "You haven't heard? I'm actually going back to Ricky Schroder," we weren't sure if he was kidding. But he wasn't.
Even though many of us have had experiences over the years being told to call him Rick, Schroder insisted, "I've always liked Ricky. It's one of those urban legends that got going.... I was Ricky when I got into the business and I'm going back to it."
When he was 19, his agent at the time told him to change it to Rick in order to help him "transition to an adult."
"It was kind of a silly idea because I never felt comfortable with it but I did it anyway. And I'm at the point now in my life where I realize growing up takes more than dropping a letter from your name," Schroder said. "I feel better with Ricky so I'm going back to it."
So, when he appears on "24" for the first time, the name in the credits will be Ricky Schroder. He comes aboard as CTU field agent Mike Doyle in this season's 13th episode. And, as you might expect, he can't tell us much about his character.
"He's intense. He's serious about his job. And he's very physical," Schroder said. "He likes to get information with any means necessary."
Sounds a little like a younger Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland's starring role). But, on the other hand, fans of the show know that CTU field agents who aren't Jack Bauer tend to get hit in the head with shovels, get a hand cut off or get shot to death.
"They don't tell me much. They really keep their cards close to the vest, so I don't know where they're going to head with my character," Schroder said. "As long as my run is, I'm happy just to be part of something so special as '24.' I don't know how long it's going to last, but I'm OK with it."
And he's "really excited" about being Ricky again.
"I've thought about it for years, actually. Ever since 'NYPD Blue' I wanted to go back to Ricky," Schroder said. "But I just sort of never really made the decision to do it, but for some reason it came to a head at this point in my life.
"'Rick' felt like a guy who should be on a rowing team at an Ivy League school. And Ricky just feels a little more complicated."
Schroder is joining the cast of "24" in that show's sixth season.
He also joined the cast of "NYPD Blue" in that show's sixth season. And he joined the cast of the Lifetime medical drama "Strong Medicine" in — you guessed it! — the sixth season.
"Why is that? One of these days, I'm going to get my own crack at a show from the beginning," he said with a laugh.
Well, he was the star of "Silver Spoons" from the get-go. But that was when the 36-year-old was 12.
Best. Year. Ever. - EW.com
January 22, 2007
The Simpsons will celebrate their 400th episode in May, then bring their long-awaited film to theaters in July. Exec producer James L. Brooks promised that ''it's the home team doing the movie,'' adding that they're aiming for a PG-13 rating. And we'll even get an inkling of what the thing is about (producers were still pretending not to know themselves) when a full trailer hits theaters in May. They did, on the other hand, reveal what we'll see in the landmark episode. It'll be a two-fer: one hour a satire of 24 with guest voices from Kiefer Sutherland and Mary-Lynn Rajskub, and one hour a send-up of the FCC wars. (Other upcoming guests include Natalie Portman, Eric Idle, Andy Dick, Meg Ryan, Stephen Colbert, and Lionel Richie.) So how does it feel to be TV's oldest living comedy? ''Sadly, some of our fans have died,'' creator/exec producer Matt Groening cracked. ''But luckily new ones are being born all the time.''
Zoic Studios Embarks on a Thrilling Adventure with 24 Season 6
Dexigner
January 23, 2007
Award-winning visual effects company Zoic Studios have joined the team that helps bring the acclaimed television series "24" to life.
The highly anticipated season six launched on Fox Sunday and Monday, January 13th and 14th delivering the cliffhanger excitement and bold performances for which the show is known.
Zoic will provide both dramatic and invisible effects throughout the season, as Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) embarks on his continuing high stakes adventure, playing out in real-time, hour by nail-biting hour.
"Zoic has been a fan of the 24 franchise since it started," says (Zoic Creative Director Loni Peristere) "We have been stalking them truly, as we wanted to be a part of the great work they put forth weekly.
We had the opportunity to work with the show's Associate Producer Chris Cheramie on the pilot "Beyond" and when he called for "24" this year, we jumped at the opportunity and focused on bringing work to the show which would disappear within its already powerful narrative.
We are proud to say we have helped Jack Bauer with some "thrilling heroics" and major disasters this year which you'll have to tune in to see for yourself."
24's Clock Does Double Duty With Two-Hour Television Event
Fox - Monday, February 12, 2007
Chad Lowe and Powers Boothe Guest-Star
Released By Fox
The Emmy Award-winning drama series 24 continues its amazing ratings performance as the recent 2-day, 4-hour Season Six premiere outpaced last season by +5% among Adults 18-49, +9% among Adults 18-34 and +14% in Total Viewers. The uninterrupted season continues Mondays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and will clock in for a special two-hour event Monday, Feb. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Day Six opened last week with the nation under attack and JACK BAUERs (Kiefer Sutherland) sacrificial return to the United States after a hellish 20 months in a Chinese prison. As the situation worsened and mastermind terrorist ABU FAYED (Adoni Maropis) upped the stakes, PRESIDENT WAYNE PALMER (DB Woodside) alongside his advisers KAREN HAYES (Jayne Atkinson) and THOMAS LENNOX (Peter MacNicol) debated national defense strategies. Meanwhile, the presidents sister SANDRA PALMER (Regina King) and advocacy group leader WALID AL-REZANI (Harry Lennix) extended themselves in hopes of thwarting additional terror attacks. In the final minutes of the premiere event, CTU chief BILL BUCHANAN (James Morrison) and colleagues CHLOE OBRIAN (Mary Lynn Rajskub), MILO PRESSMAN (Eric Balfour) and NADIA YASSIR (Marisol Nichols) were left to cope with the shocking loss of veteran CTU agent CURTIS MANNING (Roger Cross) and the threat of additional nuclear attacks.
In the special two-hour event, Day Six: 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M./Day Six: 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. airing Monday, Feb. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), the nation continues to reel from the terrorist attacks and Agent Bauer battles unthinkable circumstances. Additionally, savvy politico REED POLLOCK (Chad Lowe) and Vice President NOAH DANIELS (Powers Boothe) become increasingly involved.
24, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, is a production of Real Time Productions and Imagine Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Jon Cassar, Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Grazer are the executive producers.
