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One of the most innovative, thrilling and acclaimed drama series on television, 24, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, will retain its unique and pioneering format in the sixth season. Each episode will cover one hour of real time, and the season’s entire story will take place in one day. Once again, viewers will be able to follow several key characters through a day that none of them will ever forget. (Source:Tv.com)

Episode Spoilers

8.01 – Day 8: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM 1/17
Season Eight will unfold in New York City amidst the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations. In this new day, CTU has been upgraded and is run by MBA-schooled and razor-sharp head honcho Brian Hastings (Williamson, “Forrest Gump”). (Source: TV.com)

8.02 – Day 8: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM 1/17
Season Eight will unfold in New York City amidst the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations. In this new day, CTU has been upgraded and is run by MBA-schooled and razor-sharp head honcho Brian Hastings (Williamson, “Forrest Gump”). (Source: TV.com)

8.03 – Day 8: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM 1/18
President Omar discloses the fact that he handed over the keycard of his private UN residence to the journalist. Omar’s brother keeps the terrorist informed of the inside happenings and the fact that Omar disclosed the fact. Meanwhile, CTU decryptys the journalist’s laptop and finds the embedded material that shows the bombs placed inside UN. CTU thinks its real and gives the evacuation order for UN. By that time Jack convinces the NYPD officers, who arrested him that he’s from CTU. Jack says that there might be a possible attempt to bomb Omar’s convoy and the bomb scare inside UN might be a prank. Jack finally gets in touch with the CTU officer on field and asks him to stop Omar’s car somehow. The CTU officer races and dashes against Omar’s car saving him from the bomb placed under the manhole. (Source: Tv.com)

8.04 – Day 8: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM PM 1/18
Cole chases after Davros for a final showdown, while Dana’s attempts to hide her mysterious past proves to become increasingly difficult. Hassan reveals to CTU a connection between the attempt on his life and the uranium traces found on Davros’ clothing. Renee is called in to CTU to assist with the situation, but Jack is shocked to see she is not the same woman she once was. (Source: Tv.com)

8.05 – Day 8: 8:00PM – 9:00PM 1/25
In Kamistan, General Wasid, a leader of the insurgency, answers a call from Farhad, as the news on tv describes a failed assassination attempt on Hassan. Wasid says it’s over; his men are being arrested by Hassan’s security forces. Farhad says don’t worry; he’ll have the uranium soon as long as Wasid agrees to get the money to the Russians today. Wasid agrees… (Source: Tv.com)

8.06 – Day 8: 9:00 P.M.– 10:00 P.M. 2/1
President Hassan’s moves to quash any dissenters in his country starts to draw concern with President Taylor and other members of the United Nations. Kevin Wade starts to push Dana to the breaking point, forcing her to help him get into an NYPD evidence lock-up for a huge score. Josef has had success in treating his radiation-poisoned brother Oleg, but the treatment is cut short by their father, who is furious. Renee gets the plan back on track to acquire the uranium, but not without a demand by Vladimir, who also, without Renee’s knowledge, has plans for the buyer, Jack. (Source: Tv.com)

8.07 – Day 8: 10:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M. 2/8
Jack tries to pull Renee out of the undercover operation with Vladimir, but Renee tries to reassure him that she can get the operation done. President Taylor tries to get answers from President Hassan, who continues his personal war against his opponents including certain members of his own staff. Dana Walsh has to guide ex-boyfriend and former partner-in-crime, Kevin, to a $100,000 score in a police warehouse. Arlo tries to call Chloe’s attention to the situation. (Source: Tv.com)

8.8 – Day 8: 11:00 P.M. – 12:00 A.M 2/15
Jack tries to convince Sergei that he is willing to broker a deal with him in exchange for the Uranium rods. Dana is being blackmailed by Kevin Wade and his partner for services to rip off more jobs. Hastings has Chloe get a statement from Renee, then have her get a psychological evaluation. (Source: Tv.com)

8.9 – Day 8: 12:00 A.M. – 1:00 A.M 2/22
As Farhad Hassan and Josef Bazhaev prepare to complete the Uranium transaction, Rob Weiss suggests that Renee Walker be blamed for the terrorists getting hold of the weapons. Jack races to help Renee escape from CTU. (Source: Tv.com)

8.10 – Day 8: 1:00AM – 2:00AM 3/1
Jack prepares to go to Farhad Hassan’s last known location to rescue him and stop an impending terrorist attack on New York City. His other endgame is to clear Renee from taking the fall if the operation fails. President Taylor warns President Omar Hassan that if the attack is successful, she will have no choice but to declare war on his country. Cole and Dana have to figure out how to solve the aftermath of the confrontation with Kevin and Nick. (Source: Tv.com)

8.11– Day 8: 2:00AM – 3:00AM 3/1
Jack works to resolve the bomb situation that has come up with Marcos isolating himself in the pressure chamber while terrorists talk him through how to manually arm the bomb. Meanwhile, Cole and Dana arrive back at CTU to face Hastings regarding their absence. (Source: Tv.com)

8.12 – Day 8: 3:00AM- 4:00AM 3/15
Jack Bauer and Cole Ortiz track down Tarin Faroush, who has kidnapped Kayla Hassan. Parole Officer Bill Prady arrives in CTU to question Dana Walsh about Kevin Wade’s whereabouts. Samir Mehran prepares to demonstrate his power over President Omar Hassan over live footage. (Source: Tv.com)

8.13 – Day 8: 4:00 A.M. – 5:00 A.M. 3/22
CTU recovers from an EMP that knocked out all of its systems while Jack and Cole fight the terrorists and try to escape a shootout. Chloe works to get CTU back online and get satellites up so that they can help Jack and Cole while Dana dodges Prady and his questions. (Source: Tv.com)

8.14 – Day 8: 5:00 A.M. – 6:00 A.M. 3/29
Jack must lead a security detail to get President Hassan and his family to safety as the threat of a dirty bomb detonation intensifies. (Source: Tv.com)

8.15 – Day 8: 6:00 A.M. – 7:00 A.M. 4/5
President Hassan makes a drastic decision that will ultimately affect not only his family’s lives, but the world’s interests. Jack tries to intercept Tarin Faroush before he can deliver Hassan to the terrorists. (Source: Tv.com)

8.16 – Day 8: 7:00 A.M. – 8:00 A.M. 4/5
After her cover is blown, Dana Walsh agrees to give up President Hassan’s location in exchange for full immunity, but only if Jack Bauer leads the assault team. Cole Ortiz is forced to face the fact that Dana is the mole. Samir Mehran makes his final plans to execute Hassan live over the internet, but not before torturing him. (Source: Tv.com)

8.17 – Day 8: 8:00AM – 9:00AM 4/12
Following Jack and Renee’s failure to save Hassan on time, Ethan suggests to President Taylor to bring in disgraced former President Charles Logan to cement the peace agreement with the Russians. Jack and Renee confirm their romantic feelings for each other. (Source: Tv.com)

8.18 – Day 8: 9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. 4/19
After Renee’s death Jack finds himself searching for information about the Russian Mob to lead him to her killer. Logan’s talk with the Russians has brought them back to the Peace-Treaty table. Logan also learns that Jack is talking with one of the Russians and Dana Walsh who has come to light as an actual higher up in the scheme of things, to get vindication for Renee’s death. This jeopardizes Logan’s information that he’s holding over the Russian’s heads to keep them in the talks. Logan convinces the President to keep Jack in custody to control the information Jack has learned. Meanwhile Cloe is put in charge of C.T.U. and finds herself in an internal battle between her job as Head Of CTU and helping Jack when he escapes custody while being transported to an Air Force Base. (Source: Tv.com)

8.19 – Day 8: 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. 4/26
Jack tries to escape from his “lockdown”, while long time friend, Chloe O’Brian, pursues him. Logan proves that he never runs out of immoral ideas and continues to have a huge impact on the President. Dana desperately seeks help from Chloe after an offer for immunity is rejected. (Source: Tv.com)

8.20 – Day 8: 11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. 5/3
Jack enlists Cole’s help in tracking Dana Walsh down, while the peace talks continue with Dalia Hassan taking her late husband’s place. (Source: Tv.com)

8.21 – Day 8: 12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. 5/10
Jack makes contact with journalist Meredith Reed, offering her the true story of her lover President Hassan’s death. Having detected this communication with CTU’s resources, Pillard and the Russians set an ambush — but thanks to an unforseen ally, Jack turns the tables on those hunting him. To the horror of Meredith Reed, Jack uses drastic measures to make the Russian assassin Pavel reveal who should be the next targets of Jack’s vendetta. (Source: TV.com)

8.22 – Day 8: 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. 5/17
Jack’s mission for justice makes life difficult for President Taylor as she prepares for the signing of the peace treaty. Meanwhile, Chloe leads CTU on a collision course with Jack; and President Logan meets a formidable foe. (Source: TV.com)

8.23 – Day 8: 2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. 5/24
In the series finale, President Taylor puts all her concentration into the signing of the peace treaty; and Jack has to once again take matters into his own hands. (Source: TV.com)

8.24 – Day 8: 3:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. 5/24
Chloe offers Jack a drastic alternative to his vengeful assassination scheme. As the treaty signing nears, President Taylor agonizes over the means she has used this day to bring this even about. Charles Logan takes one last bitter step against an old opponent. (Source: TV.com)

Season Spoilers

Katee Sackhoff’s role: “I play Dana Walsh, the head data analyst for CTU, and she’s engaged to Cole Ortiz (Freddie Prinze Jr.). She’s got a shady little past, and we’ll see how that affects her.” The show has 13 episodes finished and wraps in January, and Katee tells us: “It’s the same usual 24. They’re used to having new characters coming in. There’s so many new cast members this year that if it is the last year, they’ll go out with a bang.” (KristinEonline)

Gregory Itzin is returning to 24 as lunatic ex-prez Charles Logan for a multi-episode arc. Logan will resurface towards the end of Day 8 when Cherry Jones’ President Taylor reluctantly enlists her disgraced predecessor to assist with an escalating diplomatic crisis. 24 returns with its customary two-night, four-hour premiere on Jan. 17 and 18. (Ausiello)

Jack Bauer thinks he’s gotten out; because they always suck him back in! Plus, Freddie Prinze Jr. has joined the cast of 24, which is just, well, amusing. (KristinEonline)

Renee Walker has essentially morphed into a female Dexter, so girlfriend’s definitely working through some demons. (Ausiello)

David Anders’ character on 24 is in league with a bunch of nefarious Russians with access to fissile materials. (They want to make the world go boom.) Anders doesn’t appear live in the Jan. 17-18 eps of 24, but we will see a glimpse of his character in a dossier. Other familiar faces popping up in minor roles in the 24 four-hour premiere include Vampire Diaries’ Paul Wesley as Kim’s baby daddy and The Wire’s Domenick Lombardozzi as a NYC patrolman who doesn’t much like Jack Bauer. Oh, and by the time the first four hours of day eight are done, you’ll find yourself taking Freddie Prinze Jr. seriously. (KristinEonline)

There are certain things you come to rely on with 24, so it’s not gonna be a good day for Jack Bauer. It’s gonna be a tough day for him, and we used New York as a backdrop and we shot a little bit there. We’ve also shot predominantly in Los Angeles, but there’s a kind of an energy in New York that suits our show. So we’re very excited to have that as part of it. And the show is also grounded this year in a very realistic political potential—the disruption of a potential Middle East peace conference. (KristinEonline)

It’s a showdown 24 fans would no doubt pay big bucks to see: Jack’s two loves, Audrey and Renee, battling to the death. Winner takes Jack. But according to Annie Wersching, such a duel would quickly turn into a one-sided massacre. “Renee could definitely take Audrey,” she says, “no question.” (Ausiello)

Season eight of 24 has yet to premiere, but people are already wondering if there might be a ninth season. Star Kiefer Sutherland seems game, but nothing’s for certain yet. He told reporters, “There’s never been any one season where it was guaranteed that Fox would pick it up…Right now our focus is on finishing season eight.” Kiefer says the renewal of 24 always been decided on a year-by-year basis, but also that, “This has been one of the best experiences of my life.” (KristinEonline)

Jack finds himself on the receiving end of yet another brutal interrogation. But this one may be worth sitting through, if only to witness the shocking (literally) conclusion. (Ausiello)

In the next three or four hours, something truly horrible will happen at CTU. And I swear that’s not a subtle dig at the horrifyingly awful Dana Walsh subplot. (Ausiello)

The aforementioned horrifyingly awful Dana Walsh subplot is about to become slightly more bearable thanks to the fantastic Stephen Root. The alum of True Blood, Pushing Daisies, etc, joins the cast next week, as the parole officer of Dana’s dead ex who starts looking into his disappearance. (Ausiello)

Multiple sources confirm to me exclusively that 20th Century Fox has approached NBC about picking up the series should Fox opt to cancel it — and the Peacock is considering it. “There’s definitely some interest,” says an insider close to the talks. (Ausiello)

It’s official: 24’s time is up. Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) confirmed via Twitter that “we [just] got the word officially… this is 24’s last season.” Former exec producer/director Jon Cassar also tweeted that the crew “has been told that 24 has come to an end. There will be no season 9. It’s been a great run.” (Ausiello)

24 is bringing in a TV veteran to help save Jack’s latest (and now it looks like last) bad day: Eriq La Salle has signed on to appear in this season’s final two episodes, sources confirm to me exclusively. The former ER doc will play the charming and regal UN Secretary General. (Ausiello)

Fans hoping for a Jack/Audrey reunion are out of luck. Although exec producer Howard Gordon admits he’s “personally curious” about what happened to Audrey, he says the fate of Kim Raver’s bedridden character will remain one of the show’s “unresolved” mysteries. (Ausiello)

The May 24 series finale will find Jack squaring off against his most formidable adversary yet: Chloe! “Chloe and Jack are in a real face-off,” reveals executive producer Howard Gordon. “And Chloe has to decide between her duty [as head of CTU] and her friendship and allegiance to Jack. Their relationship gets put to the test in a way it’s never been tested before. It’s a collision course that culminates in the finale. It’s about as hairy a confrontation as you can possibly imagine, and it’s a nearly lethal one.” (Ausiello)

New: 24 fans who were counting the minutes until Katee Sackhoff’s CTU analyst/mole, Dana Walsh, was wiped off the face of the earth can start celebrating: The double-crossing evildoer found herself on the wrong end of Jack Bauer’s pistol in last night’s pulse-pounding episode. Her death brings to end one of the show’s most ridiculed story arcs since Kim Bauer’s took a detour to cougar town in season 2. (Ausiello)

New: We have it on good authority that Jack Bauer will actually get a happy ending…whatever that means in the land of 24. (KristinEonline)

New: When we asked Kiefer Sutherland if the finale will spill over into the film, he squashed the theory right then and there. “It’s less of a cliff-hanger as much as it is a personal ending between a few of the characters, which is very intimate for us, when we’re not blowing up the planet. It was very wonderful for us to make and I hope the audience likes it as well. I’m very happy with it.”
Echoes Howard: “It’s exciting, it’s emotional and it just feels right. The ending fits somewhere between Jack dying and a happily ever after.”
Kiefer also says that moving into the end, Jack experiences “moments” of happiness, but “his are unfortunately fleeting. It’s certainly something we’re pursuing.” Promises Mary Lynn, “Chloe going to be a changed person by the end of this, too. She’s going to confront Jack in a pretty major way by the end.” (KristinEonline)

Cougar.

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