Thursday, February 14, 2008
No 24 until 2009 - and Surnow is leaving
It's official. "24" will not return to the tube until next year:
NEW YORK — Fans of the Fox drama "24" will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season's most prominent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike. The network has committed to air a full season on consecutive weeks, and had been planning to start last month.
But if it had started airing new episodes soon, the season finale would not have taken place until the summer, when TV networks rarely show their high-profile programs.
Even though eight episodes for this season had already been filmed before the beginning of the writers strike, producers would have had to ramp up production soon to complete the season.
A January 2009 start seemed the best way to comply with viewers' wishes that a season's episodes run without interruption to conclusion, Fox said on Thursday.
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And tacked onto the end of that story is the news that series creator Joel Surnow is leaving the show as one of the Exec producers. Hmmm... Didn't see that one coming. Wonder if he'll stay attached to it in some way though...
I'm not fussed about the longer delay until Jack is back. I would rather watch the show in its entirety - and concurrently - rather than watch a bit here and a bit there. It sucks, but hey, maybe this will give Kiefer Sutherland a bit of a break and he can get re-energized about playing Jack. I was just thinking the other day that playing that role has to take a toll (rhyme unintentional), especially after playing it for so long with very little downtime between seasons. Might also give the writers (bless their little old hearts for staying strong throughout the strike) time to make season 7 the best one yet :)
NEW YORK — Fans of the Fox drama "24" will have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer again, this television season's most prominent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike. The network has committed to air a full season on consecutive weeks, and had been planning to start last month.
But if it had started airing new episodes soon, the season finale would not have taken place until the summer, when TV networks rarely show their high-profile programs.
Even though eight episodes for this season had already been filmed before the beginning of the writers strike, producers would have had to ramp up production soon to complete the season.
A January 2009 start seemed the best way to comply with viewers' wishes that a season's episodes run without interruption to conclusion, Fox said on Thursday.
[LINK]
And tacked onto the end of that story is the news that series creator Joel Surnow is leaving the show as one of the Exec producers. Hmmm... Didn't see that one coming. Wonder if he'll stay attached to it in some way though...
I'm not fussed about the longer delay until Jack is back. I would rather watch the show in its entirety - and concurrently - rather than watch a bit here and a bit there. It sucks, but hey, maybe this will give Kiefer Sutherland a bit of a break and he can get re-energized about playing Jack. I was just thinking the other day that playing that role has to take a toll (rhyme unintentional), especially after playing it for so long with very little downtime between seasons. Might also give the writers (bless their little old hearts for staying strong throughout the strike) time to make season 7 the best one yet :)
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