24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration. Premiering on November 6, 2001, the show spanned 192 episodes over eight seasons, with the series finale broadcast on May 24, 2010. In addition, a television film, 24: Redemption, was broadcast between seasons six and seven. Fox announced in May 2013 that 24 would return as a 12-episode series titled 24: Live Another Day which aired from May 5 to July 14, 2014.
The series begins with him working for the Los Angeles–based Counter Terrorist Unit, in which he is a highly proficient agent with an "ends justify the means" approach, regardless of the perceived morality of some of his actions. Throughout the series most of the main plot elements unfold like a political thriller. A typical plot has Bauer racing against the clock as he attempts to thwart multiple terrorist plots, including presidential assassination attempts, weapons of mass destruction detonations, bioterrorism, cyber attacks, as well as conspiracies which deal with government and corporate corruption.
24 garnered critical acclaim, winning numerous awards over its eight seasons, including Best Drama Series at the 2003 Golden Globe Awards and Outstanding Drama Series at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards. At the conclusion of its eighth season, 24 became the longest-running U.S. espionage-themed television drama ever, surpassing both Mission: Impossible and The Avengers. Day 5 begins at 7:00am PT (10:00am ET), taking place 18 months after Day 4 and 7 years and 6 months after Day 1. Eighteen months after faking his death, Jack Bauer is living under the alias Frank Flynn and renting a room from a single mother and her son. Soon after Former President David Palmer is assassinated, and a car bomb kills Michelle Dessler and leaves Tony Almeida in critical condition. Jack gets a frantic call for help from Chloe O'Brian and he realizes that the four people who know he is still alive are being targeted. Jack returns to CTU Los Angeles to figure out who is really behind the assassination of David Palmer, and uncovers a plot involving deadly nerve gas and people inside President Logan's administration. As Jack searches for the people involved and tries to stop the nerve gas from being released, he discovers that the conspiracy goes higher than anyone could have ever imagined.
Kiefer Sutherland . . . Jack Bauer Elisha Cuthbert . . . Kim Bauer
Dennis Haysbert . . . David Palmer Carlos Bernard . . . Tony Almeida Reiko Aylesworth . . . Michelle Dessler
Kim Raver . . . Audrey Raines Roger Cross . . . Curtis Manning
William Devane . . . James Heller
Mary Lynn Rajskub . . . Chloe O'Brian
Gregory Itzin . . . Charles Logan
Peter Weller . . . Christopher Henderson James Morrison . . . Bill Buchanan Louis Lombardi . . . Edgar Stiles
Jean Smart . . . Martha Logan
D. B. Woodside . . . Wayne Palmer
Jayne Atkinson . . . Karen Hayes
Stephen Spinella . . . Miles Papazian
Carlo Rota . . . Morris O'Brian
Glenn Morshower . . . Aaron Pierce Sean Astin . . . Lynn McGill
Connie Britton . . . Diane Huxley John Allen Nelson . . . Walt Cummings
Jude Ciccolella . . . Mike Novick
Sandrine Holt . . . Evelyn Martin
Ray Wise . . . Hal Gardner
Mark Sheppard . . . Ivan Erwich
Brady Corbet . . . Derek Huxley Julian Sands . . . Vladimir Bierko Geraint Wyn Davies . . . James Nathanson
Paul McCrane . . . Graem Bauer
Tzi Ma . . . Cheng Zhi Kathleen Gati . . . Anya Suvarov Nick Jameson . . . Suvarov
Thomas Vincent Kelly . . . Marc Besson
Jonah Lotan . . . Spenser Wolff
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